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>Did I ever feel unsafe? No. How safe you _feel_ often has little correlation to how much danger you are actually in. A lot of people are oblivious to their im
by sky_rw 3y ago
>Did I ever feel unsafe? No.
How safe you _feel_ often has little correlation to how much danger you are actually in. A lot of people are oblivious to their impending assault or murder until just before it happens to them.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoSure, but likewise many people spend large amounts of time feeling in tremendous danger and yet nothing happens to them.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThe opposite is also true, and much more frequently. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/16/voters-perceptions-of-crime-continue-to-conflict-with-reality/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/16/voters-perc... Making you feel unsafe is a specific political tactic: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/25/fox-news-crime-coverage-decline-us-midterm-elections https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/25/fox-news-crime...
- AbrahamParangi 3y agoWhile this is true, the amount of blatant denial about SF in particular is ridiculous. The city is a place of both incredible wealth and incredible human misery. It’s shameful to not acknowledge this or the fact that whatever the causes, nothing anyone is doing seems to be making it better.