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opendoor · 08-30-2011, 02:54 PM

I guess it depends on what someone thinks is worse, a heavily concentrated slum that extends for about 7-8 blocks or a slightly less concentrated slum that makes up a huge portion of a city. Personally I've felt less safe in parts of Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, Dallas, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Miami, Washington DC, and about a dozen other US cities than I ever have in downtown Vancouver. I've been to entire towns in the American South that look worse and felt more dangerous than the worst slums in Canada.

I never really realized how clean and prosperous even the poorest Canadian areas are until I traveled extensively through the USA.

08-30-2011, 02:54 PM	#65
opendoor Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2007 Exp:	I guess it depends on what someone thinks is worse, a heavily concentrated slum that extends for about 7-8 blocks or a slightly less concentrated slum that makes up a huge portion of a city. Personally I've felt less safe in parts of Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, Dallas, San Francisco, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Miami, Washington DC, and about a dozen other US cities than I ever have in downtown Vancouver. I've been to entire towns in the American South that look worse and felt more dangerous than the worst slums in Canada. I never really realized how clean and prosperous even the poorest Canadian areas are until I traveled extensively through the USA. Last edited by opendoor; 08-30-2011 at 02:57 PM.