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Isn’t it sort of a gift to be cut off from downtown Detroit? I’ve never been there but I’ve got an acquaintance who was held at gun point while fueling in “vibr

• aaronbeekay 4y ago
  I live in Detroit, a couple of miles north of downtown. I wouldn’t think twice about wandering around downtown, anywhere downtown, at any hour of the day or night. It’s just not dangerous at all. There are certainly neighborhoods where I wouldn’t do that, but the most surprising thing for me when I moved here was how aggressively friendly everybody is, and how off-base the “Detroit is a crime-ridden wasteland” comments are.
  • t-3 4y ago
    Yep. It's not like crime doesn't exist, but you're probably not going to encounter it unless you're a criminal or unlucky. Almost all of the murders are about drug money.
• lostlogin 4y ago
  There is someone who was held at gunpoint in pretty much every town on earth. Poor guy. Stupid jokes aside, the safest city on earth has victims of crime.
  • oefrha 4y ago
    You and I both know Detroit is very far from the safest city on earth. It’s among the most dangerous in the U.S.
    • justin66 4y ago
      Eh. It's #14 for Violent Crime / Robbery, behind a pretty interesting list of other cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b... The main thing I'm getting from that list is that I sure don't remember Fremont being some kind of mecca, of safety or otherwise. So that's surprising.
      • samatman 4y ago
        #3 in murder, after St. Louis and Baltimore. The thing about the cities in really bad shape is that all we get is the reported crime rate, which tends to be lower. Murder rates are a more accurate statistic since you can't ignore a body like a jacked car or a rape.
        • ticviking 4y ago
          Man there's a case in Virginia where they did just that.