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I've been to Killingly several times and find it completely non-credible that it's unsafe for kids to walk there. The raw number of sex offenders / violent cri
by thwayunion 4y ago
I've been to Killingly several times and find it completely non-credible that it's unsafe for kids to walk there.
The raw number of sex offenders / violent crime rates don't tell us much about the safety of a kid walking in a particular neighborhood at a particular point in time.
Additionally, I'm not sure how arresting a kid's parents is supposed to make anyone safer...
- aidenn0 4y agoIndeed. I had a friend in college from Gary, Indiana which at the time was perennially near the top of the homicides per-capita lists. He said that he learned at a young age which neighborhoods to avoid and felt generally safe in the "good parts" of town.