> Why is this a surprise that cities are dangerous places? US cities. Toronto, for its faults, is a large city which is very safe. Unless you’re a gangster. I

> Why is this a surprise that cities are dangerous places? US cities. Toronto, for its faults, is a large city which is very safe. Unless you’re a gangster. I bet I could walk around Jane/Finch on my phone and have better personal security than the nice area of many US cities. It’s sad that you can’t solve the problem as a nation, because IMO cities are the figureheads of a civilization. Look at Detroit. The Rome of High Modernity 70 years ago, now a rotten husk.