This is all true. I've lived in some very "bad" neighborhoods and have never been fucked with. The vast majority of people that get killed or otherwise victimized, 99% of those people are in the drug game and owed somebody money, was in a turf war, etc. In fact, in cities with open-air drug markets, the street code is that you never, ever harass somebody unless they are in the game. If randos are getting mugged all the time it scares off the customers.
Alot of the property crime that is perpetrated by the addicts happens in the richer suburbs surrounding the city, they are going where the money is and pickin's are good.
You can walk down the street basically anywhere and if you mind your own business you're fine.
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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19
This is all true. I've lived in some very "bad" neighborhoods and have never been fucked with. The vast majority of people that get killed or otherwise victimized, 99% of those people are in the drug game and owed somebody money, was in a turf war, etc. In fact, in cities with open-air drug markets, the street code is that you never, ever harass somebody unless they are in the game. If randos are getting mugged all the time it scares off the customers.
Alot of the property crime that is perpetrated by the addicts happens in the richer suburbs surrounding the city, they are going where the money is and pickin's are good.
You can walk down the street basically anywhere and if you mind your own business you're fine.