What place have you felt the most "unsafe" in?
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Took a wrong turn late one night and my wife and I found ourselves on a dead end street in a west Memphis neigbborhood that also could have been in "The Wire".
Inglewood in 2006. Got lost and this was before I had GPS. Saw so much craziness within 10 minutes there.
Also, got turned around in the wrong part of Louisville where a group seemed to be upset at our mere presence and yelled "Get these white bitches outta here" while we were in the car.
Also, got turned around in the wrong part of Louisville where a group seemed to be upset at our mere presence and yelled "Get these white bitches outta here" while we were in the car.
Not really a horrible area per se but coming home from destin this past summer my minivan broke down on an exit ramp on i65 at like 4am about 45m south of Nashville. Had to push it to a truck stop and wait 3 hours for a tow truck. Had my wife and 3 small kids with me. Felt like a sitting duck. My life was cool and fun that day
Was in New Orleans for the final four in 93 on Monday afternoon 3 blocks off Bourbon Street and cop comes up to us on a bike and asked what we were doing. We said walking and he said "you don't walk here, I can't believe you made it this far." 4 grown men at 1 in the afternoon. We asked him where to go and we went that way.
"Bagdad on the Bayou"
Was just in Jessamine County yesterday. never again. Felt like Deliverance mixed with a juggalo convention
It's crazy to think that stuff is so close
It's crazy to think that stuff is so close
Downtown St. Louis once. Locals were amazed that we walked certain streets. Young and ignorant, I suppose.
Same happened to me around Comisky in Chicago when I was a teenager with my mom. Yikes neighborhood.
Don't feel scared where I go in NYC, but I don't go to bad neighborhoods. Encounter lots of gross, but not unsafe.
Edit: returned a Zip Car to Newark (near the Rock) and thought there was a street fair going on. Nope, just people standing around in 6 lane traffic staring, sell stuff, etc... not truly scary, but it was light out. Was a tad scared on a mission trip to Chicago in high school when we walked through Cabrini Green (1997-ish) in broad daylight. It's right near Moody Bible College and where they used to hold the NBA pre-draft combine.
When I first moved to Birmingham in the mid 90's, I listed a mountain bike for sale in the paper. Got a call and a guy wanted to meet me in Ensley, AL, about 10-12 blocks down from the Popeye's Chicken at the first intersection right off 20/59. I was not familiar with the area. Took a buddy with me in my little Toyota truck. At about 6 blocks down, saw what appeared to be a drug deal going down on the corner and a man approached the passenger side asking us what we "needed." Locked doors and kept moving. Couple more blocks in and we were approached by another man asking us "WTF us white boys were doing down here!" Went a few more blocks and decided the man's words carried some merit, so we did a u-turn and headed back toward the interstate. Coming back thru, at the same intersection where the man warned us, a group of maybe 5-6 men walked out into the street toward my truck, yelling obscenities, shaking my truck and generally scaring the absolute **** out of us. I did not stop at another stop sign or light until we got back to the interstate. It wasn't until we got back on 20/59 that my buddy noticed the bike was no longer in the bed. Not sure if someone took it or if it flew out due to speed, but I didn't even care.
Spanish Harlem 2001. Went up there for the Jimmy V Classic UK/Duke game and stayed with a girl that one of the guys that also went knew.
We got in late so didn't realize what the area was like around us. When we went out the next day everyone stopped and stared as 13 white kids were in the area. Extremely eery feeling.
We got in late so didn't realize what the area was like around us. When we went out the next day everyone stopped and stared as 13 white kids were in the area. Extremely eery feeling.
1. 1994 SEC Tourney in Memphis. As we were leaving after the title game, dad made a wrong turn and ended up in a neighborhood where nobody looked like us, but we stopped for gas at a gas station that was only a little bullet proof shack and gas pumps. The parking lot had broken glass everywhere. The clerk politely told dad it would be best if he got his gas "quickly" and headed for the Interstate. Advice heeded. Pops put in a few gallons and got the eff out of there.
2. Had a flat tire around dusk going down Highway 52 in the sticks of Robertson County, Tennessee in 1999. I limped my car to the nearest somewhat flat driveway to change the tire. Within a minute of stopping I had some redneck pointing a shotgun at me (dude had that backwoods goat humper look). I told him what I was doing and instead of helping me he just kept his gun pointed at me like an ******* while I changed a tire on a gravel driveway shaking like a little ***** because I thought I was going to get killed or raped or both.
2. Had a flat tire around dusk going down Highway 52 in the sticks of Robertson County, Tennessee in 1999. I limped my car to the nearest somewhat flat driveway to change the tire. Within a minute of stopping I had some redneck pointing a shotgun at me (dude had that backwoods goat humper look). I told him what I was doing and instead of helping me he just kept his gun pointed at me like an ******* while I changed a tire on a gravel driveway shaking like a little ***** because I thought I was going to get killed or raped or both.
Juarez, Mexico. Surprised I'm still alive
Harlan County Wal Mart
Seville, Spain. Ate at an up and coming restaurant with my wife that we had read about online. The meal was great. Unfortunately, it was in a very bad neighborhood and in Spain dinner served about 10:00 PM. When we left at midnight we could not find a taxi and stumbled into what looked like two gangs of thugs getting ready to fight with bats, clubs, lead pipes, etc. Both groups looked at us like we didn't belong and maybe they would like to rob us. Just before all hell broke loose, I saw a cab driving by and was able to flag it down.
I mentioned up top. Inglewood and a section of Louisville, that I'm pretty sure was featured on "The First 48."
No one said anything about the race. Almost every city that was mentioned has a deserving reputation for crime.
I remember that movie. No, just stumbled into a bad situation in a foreign country. My Spanish isn't great but I could tell the fight was over a female who had been badly mistreated (like raped or something). Someone was going to pay for it.
C'mon, man. You have 2 different anecdotes detailing situations where the black inhabitants WARNED the white visitors to GTFO. I get where you're coming from, but slow that racism roll just a tad.
When someone says, "That's a bad neighborhood" I know they must be talking about those bastards in the suburbs.
Not necessarily racism. And I don't think my comment should be construed as insinuating you guys are racist. People are scared when they are the minority in an unfamiliar environment. If you are a black person growing up in an environment that you are used to and then somehow stumble into let's say a "holler" in Owsley county, you are probably going to feel unsafe. I don't think that's racist. It's just the reality of the world we live in.