[nj patriot]

I am confused. When you say do not go into certain areas because they are not safe this is very little information. Are there any other characteristics of these areas that are in common other than they are unsafe? If I inadvertently stumbled into an “unsafe” neighborhood how could I recognize that I am in an “unsafe” neighborhood before I become a statistic?

[SeekAndFind]

If I inadvertently stumbled into an “unsafe” neighborhood how could I recognize that I am in an “unsafe” neighborhood before I become a statistic?

Some general characteristics :

1) Broken windows, vacant homes, graffiti, messy yards, abandoned cars, peeling paint, or other signs that the houses are not being maintained properly.
2)Check out the area on a warm evening, or on the weekend. Are people out walking their dogs or walking with their children? If so, that means that the area likely has little crime.
3)Look around at the businesses in the area. Do you see vacant storefronts or office buildings? Do the businesses in the area look like they're doing well, or are they the types of businesses that gravitate towards low-rent areas? Retail business owners keep their fingers on the pulse of a neighborhood. If the successful business owners have moved elsewhere, perhaps you should consider a different area as well.
4) Pay attention to the number of police cars you see. Police departments assign their officers where they're most often needed. Unless the area you're looking at is very upscale, frequent police patrols mean that it's likely the area is more crime-prone than others.
5) One telltale sign of a deteriorating neighborhood is property values that are either stagnant or not keeping up with values in other parts of the city or county. Do a little library or online research for newspaper articles to see if homes in the area are appreciating at the same rate as homes in other parts of the city or county. Ask residents of the neighborhood about which homes are owner-occupied, and which have absentee landlords. Absentee landlords don't always screen their tenants well, and bad tenants can ruin a neighborhood. Look around the area to see how many apartment buildings there are. Apartment dwellers are often transient, have little or no interest in a neighborhood, and can be sources of problems.
6) If possible, try to find out the number of police officers who live in the area. Police officers know where the criminals work, and they don't like to have their families live in those areas.

[ASOC]

ROTFLMAO

How to tell if you are in the bad part of town?

How about
The number of whores on the corner?
Number of “dudes” coming up and asking “what you wanna buy?”
Number of houses with bars over the windows?
(BTW, if you are still alive to see the parts where there are no windows, you are REALLY in the kimchee)
No gas stations or grocery stores and the corner market has plate steel for ‘windows?

I could go on.

WHen I went to go work a contract in Russia, my folks worried.

I told them I was going to Moscow, not someplace dangerous like, say, Miami. ANY city over - say 20K - can get you killed if you are not paying attention.....

[bboop]

Unsafe (chiming in from LA) = gang-ridden, hookers on the corners, clumps of chumps looking for ‘something’ to do, dirty and unkempt surroundings, drunks you have to step over lying by doorways, beaters and etc. cars ‘booming’ loud music.