[FLT-bird]

You could live in a big city your whole life and never encounter any crime.

You could but that isn't representative.

Meanwhile I have driven through rural areas where people at the gas stations and diners will tell me to keep driving past X and Y areas otherwise I become a victim of meth zombies or self-sovereign types who will shoot from their trailer homes right at your passing vehicle.

Yes, you could encounter such areas but again, that is not representative. You are FAR more likely to encounter crime in urban areas.

[pigeoninthepark]

“You are FAR more likely to encounter crime in urban areas.”

Except crime is almost always in Latino and black areas.

If you stick with mostly white north Chicago you will be mostly fine, for example.