There is a common myth that "cities are dangerous" while suburbanites don't even let their kids ride bikes in their own neighborhoods bc they're so dangerous bc of cars and everyone knows it.

Cities are safer than suburbs and they are lying to you about it.

@wvistheduck after having grown up in a 5mio city in Russia in almost city center and after embracing the "city center is always the best place in the country" mentality I still can't grasp how Americans and americanoid Europeans prefer suburbs and villages.

For me, villages are always more creepy because corruption potential is so much higher.

I recently went through Eisenbahnstraße in Leipzig, the most "criminal" street in Germany, filming my walk, and just nothing fucking happened =>

@wvistheduck and I'm really, really tired of interacting with village-dwelling Germans trying to explain me how German cities are "dangerous" because "muh Syrians".

why don't I know it then, with my neighbor being Syrian and two Syrian businesses in walking distance.