I hear gunshots in my North Portland neighborhood - in one weekend 3 people were shot and killed this last summer. My neighborhood is the predominant black nei

I hear gunshots in my North Portland neighborhood - in one weekend 3 people were shot and killed this last summer. My neighborhood is the predominant black neighborhood in Portland. Now, I don't believe it's black/white but driven instead by poverty and lack of education, however these areas exist. Granted, even though I have heard gunshots and people have been shot I still consider this neighborhood relatively safe. I don't live in the "real hood" like you'll find in Chicago, LA etc, and the cops certainly aren't afraid to be here (they dropped a precinct a few blocks away to help with the crime rate).