i am looking at crimereports.com and you can choose up to seeing 30 days past of crimes. everything from the most deadliest to even emergencies and proactive policings. WOW...

im looking in my 10 mile radius. nothing happened in the past 30 days. stuff usually doesnt ever. but down in the next down over theres pockets where there was a crime or community policing or ANYTHING every block.
it scares me to move.

i grew up and lived most my life in a downtown area. but at that age even though i saw police often and knew stuff happened. i was too young to actually UNDERSTAND.
but even still - when i moved here i was so surprised that i didnt have to look over my shoulder for just stepping on my porch. not that it was horrible where i lived. but i was a teen female. small. there was lots of either homeless or random people walking around since i lived in the downtown area. no matter if it was 3am or noon or midnight. there was always people all the single time everywhere. and not just a few. so i had to be careful. but even my dad looked around from the moment he put his foot out the door. plus that yes my neighborhood wasnt crazy but it was mixed with low income housing/welfare mixed in with historical city housing. so on each side of me was people who werent always necessarily bad but then they were illegal immigrants or had records. or something you know?