If you talk to blacks,you will find out that there are MANY places in this country they will not go after dark.Now they may be wrong about those places,but that is their perception.
And why so many presumably"white"scaredy cats on this thread?People in these "tough"areas can sense your fear and then see you as a "vic".My work brings me to all kind of crazy areas but I just walk with my head up and show confidence.
If you believe the crime stats,its blacks and Mexicans themselves that have far more to fear in these neighborhoods.
I believe this is true. Went to see a friend in California a few years back. We went to San Francisco..got caught out after dark walking to parking garage.
Coming directly towards us on the sidewalk was a group of young blacks, both male and female maybe (6 of them or so, the number gets larger every time I think of it. LOL!).
I wanted to cross the street, get out of the way. My friend says "no you won't".."We are walking right through them without either looking straight at them OR averting our eyes".
I was SO SCARED. My friend says if we would have crossed the street, we'd have made ourselves "easy marks". Staying the course, so to speak, told them we were from "around there".
I've NEVER been back to S.F.