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sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Sunforged@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Such a nightmare, my wife is taking our kids to a concert at the zoo today. So horrible!

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  • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The problem with american cities is the terrible public transportation. That’s most of why I hate them.

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• zammy95@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The scariest part of going to the city is driving if you don’t do it often. That’s… All I can think of. I guess getting lost? I can do that in the woods too though

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  • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The scary part is that driving is so chaotic in american cities. I drive a lot and its still awful to me. Even if you ignore how much less safe it is than a small town, it takes ages to get anywhere; and of course you can’t walk anywhere either because its all designed for cars. It is absolutely a nightmare compared to where I live.

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• BlackNo1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  lmfao oh no so scary

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• BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why are you scared of cities?

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  • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not cities in general, just american ones because they are so car centric, yet they all still somehow suck at driving and nearly kill me at every turn.

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    • protist@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’re suffering from a problem of perception, because the car accident fatality rate is almost universally higher in rural areas than in cities. In rural areas, people drive faster for longer distances, so when accidents happen they’re more likely to be immediately fatal. They also happen further away from other people who can assist and from competent medical care

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      • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m not talking about a rural area, I’m talking about a town. You don’t go high speeds inside a town regardless of the size of the town. Its not like every building is miles away from the next one. This isn’t the middle of nowhere, we have a hospital.

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    • bestonecrazy@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Tons of other cities are car centric.

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      • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I haven’t been to every city, but if it doesn’t have a good alternative to cars, its probably not a pleasant place to be. The reason I say american cities is because I’ve been to a lot of cities here so I have personal experience with them.

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    • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ok that makes sense.

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  • jscummy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t think scared is the right word but everything about driving in a city sucks. Struggling to find parking or having to pay, taking 30 min to drive 4 miles, shitty beat up roads

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    • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yes, I was in Toronto over the weekend and it was hell t traveling around the city.

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• threadloose@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Meh. I live out in the country, and the only scary thing about cities to me is the traffic. Even NYC was fine outside of Times Square, and I took public transit. The only place I really hated was Orlando, but that was because of the exhausted Disney kids. It was overwhelming for everyone.

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  • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The traffic is the main problem to me. It is just so, so much worse than where I live. I was exagerrating which people didn’t seem to understand, but it makes it an unpleasant experience to visit most cities here.

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• Gamey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  As a european I would be scared of America in general, I mean is a heavily armed Redneck neighbor really that much saver than a heavily armed street gang?

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  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The murder rate in the countryside is often higher than in the city.

    However, this does not mean either is safe. But cities have the density of violence. Here’s Chicago from January through June 1st of this year:

    The 641 shootings recorded in 2023 so far is also the lowest total for this time period since 2020, according to CPD data.

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• ChillPenguin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Lived in downtown Minneapolis the last few years. Still never felt unsafe walking around. Safety is dependent on where you go within the city.
  As long as you don’t do anything stupid, you’re pretty good.

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• PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah my city went from being the third safest in the US to over 1,400 shooting incidents last year and they don’t even know how many murders, they’re still finding bodies.

  Also Trump got a hard-on for our town and decided to make it centerpoint of his campaign for like 2 years and he called us terrorists. Fun stuff.

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