> In Germany, you don't need to know what neighborhood you're in: they are all roughly the same in terms of crime I was never to the US and maybe it is worse

> In Germany, you don't need to know what neighborhood you're in: they are all roughly the same in terms of crime I was never to the US and maybe it is worse there. Don't want to compare but your statement is just plain wrong and the people always telling this as a mantra just never have lived in a bad neighborhood and/or do not have kids.