Of course the magic negro will never acknowledge it, but the US has hundreds more "no-go" zones than France.
On a trip from NYC to Georgetown U one year, I took the offramp to visit Philadelphia (always wanted to visit the historic places.) After about 1/4 mile I made a U turn and never looked back.
I hear you on Phili. I did go there once to visit the historic sites. It was ok. We then took a city bus to go to Geno’s Cheese Steaks. Pretty scary and a total dump, but the bus driver was great and wouldn’t even accept a tip for helping us out so much.
But yea - probably safer in most of Syria than most of Philadelphia.