What place have you felt the most "unsafe" in?

[ETWNAPPEL_]

Route Lincoln, Iraq

 

[allabouttheUK]

To all you guys that served in Iraq or Afghanistan, thank you. You guys are my heroes. I served in the Navy from 98-02 and didn't get the chance to truly serve. I got out to chase greener pastures, and it's something I have always regretted.

 

[oldsports_]

Took my son to MEPS in Louisville, when he was done, we headed over to Bearno's Pizza. All these weird sketchy smelling people was frantically walking past us. I looked up, and damn if we wasn't right in front of the Chicken Bucket, aka Yum Ctr. Never again will I eat downtown Louisville when the dirty birds are playing.

 

[ThwKentuckyKid]

But these cities have a majority black population as well.

Are we supposed to feel guilty now?

 

[KentuckyStout]

Pistol Wavin' New Haven!

Lot of bad areas in CT.

This surprised me but it's so true - Greenwich is pure social elite, but the cities along Long Island Sound (like Bridgeport) are like extensions of the nastiest parts of NYC.

 

[KentuckyStout]

Ooh I forgot about Baltimore. Easy to forget Baltimore though. What a dump.

 

[LineSkiCat14]

This surprised me but it's so true - Greenwich is pure social elite, but the cities along Long Island Sound (like Bridgeport) are like extensions of the nastiest parts of NYC.

CT might have the starkest contrast between the good and bad areas. Greenwich, Lyme, Glastonbury.. and then New Haven, Hartford and Bridge Port.

I love the Chappelle standup where he talks about going from San Francisco, across the Golden Gate Bridge to "welcome to Oakland, *****!".. that's like going from awful Bridgeport to harbor-town full of rich whites in Port Jefferson.. just an hour ferry ride.

 

[uksam21]

Are we supposed to feel guilty now?

No I have no care in the world about that

 

[uksam21]

No I have no care in the world about that

my point was most white people are not comfortable in a neighborhood full of minorities and urban blight. I know I am not.

 

[ekywildcat_rivals26726]

Me and my wife were in new orleans for a conference for about 3 days about 2 years ago. One of the nights we had dinner at this nice local restaurant, and then were going to take a stroll to and through the marigny district there, which is a really nice fun area. It was march and like 75 degrees so we figured we'd walk there as it was only about a mile. About 1/4 of the way in the walk I looked around and just see all these boarded houses and the most slum looking area I can ever remember. Me and my pretty blonde wife ended up in a dead sprint the last 3/4 of a mile with both our hearts racing. That city is a mess.

Pics of the "pretty blonde wife" or it didn't happen.

 

[starchief]

Walking the streets of the Muslim Quarter after dark in Jerusalem.

 

[Elbridge]

I was in New Orleans and along the coast of Mississippi two weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit, escorting a female friend of mine who at the time worked for an insurance company. It was very creepy. Every house had spray paint near the front door indicating if people were found dead or not. Once you got past check points with the National Guard you were pretty much on your own. No police anywhere.

 

[Guess Who]

I was in New Orleans and along the coast of Mississippi two weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit, escorting a female friend of mine who at the time worked for an insurance company. It was very creepy. Every house had spray paint near the front door indicating if people were found dead or not. Once you got past check points with the National Guard you were pretty much on your own. No police anywhere.

You were safer then than before Katrina hit. "The city that care forgot" is a pure hell hole