Having traveled extensively as well I agree nothing compares with the slums of Mumbai. But the bad areas in America carry an extra connotation of crime and drug

Having traveled extensively as well I agree nothing compares with the slums of Mumbai. But the bad areas in America carry an extra connotation of crime and drug use that poor areas elsewhere may not. I didn’t spend any time in the slums of Mumbai, only observed from afar, but I suspect I’d feel safer walking around them than the bad parts of SF, LA, Baltimore, Detroit, etc ...