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I assume you’re not in a violent criminal gang in your country. If you were in America and continue to not be in a violent criminal gang then your numbers don’
by frumper 5y ago
I assume you’re not in a violent criminal gang in your country. If you were in America and continue to not be in a violent criminal gang then your numbers don’t hold up nearly as well. Its even smaller chances if you’re not related to a gang member, and smaller yet if you don’t live in gang neighborhoods, which I assure you are not hard to determine. It’s easy to overblow the concerns if you don’t factor that in your calculations.
- peoplefromibiza 5y ago> I assure you are not hard to determine. It’s easy to overblow the concerns if you don't See? this is exactly what I am talking about: when you talk about quality of life in Europe "living in a gang neighborhood" is not a concern, there is no "gang neighborhood" the like you can find in many US cities. There are of course bad neighborhoods but the chances of being killed are still very low. I am from a bad neighborhood, one of the most powerful criminal organizations of my country's history was from the neighborhood I grew up in. It was bad, but far from American armed gangs bad. You might get harassed or have to be careful who you talk to, journalist receive threats, someone is beaten, but killed? Possible, but highly improbable. And when it happens usually the reaction from the State is quite strong. That's generally the worst that can happen. The only place where I've seen something similar to LA gangs (I've lived in LA) is developing countries ruled by warlords.
- frumper 5y agoI don’t disagree there are worse places in the US, just that talking like that averages out throughout the US is t an accurate portrayal. It’s fairly isolated. Most Americans don’t experience what you’re afraid of