re: Is crime the most overblown issue on the OT?

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My current job brings me through the worst of the hood every day.

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I used to bring a guy home after working in a restaurant and he lived behind the bus station, deep in the hood. He would always ask me to just drop him off at the corner and he'd walk. One night, it was raining and I insisted on bringing him to his house. It was a run down shack, but whatever. There was a car parked on the street and I just pulled up next to it to drop him off. He got kinda antsy and said 'no man, not here, pull up a bit' so I did. I was kinda confused and he said that his brother would probably think someone was about to break into his car and come out shooting. THat resonated with me about the environment this kid was growing up in. Never, at any place I've ever lived or anyone I've ever brought home, have I had to worry about someone coming out shooting over anything, much less because I was parked next to their car, with my lights on, for 30 seconds. I don't know, not a big thing but the anxiety and seriousness of his voice about stopping where I did and the danger that we were in but doing that left a mark on me. Also, just seeing the activity out on the street at midnight was surprising.