They always seem to forget that normal people live there, going to work every day and doing normal things. If it was as bad as they claimed it would be on worldwide news daily
Exact same impact as having a church in your neighborhood I assume? I say I assume because I don't even know if there is one near me - I bet there is now that I think of it, but that's how little it affects me.
This one bugs me so much. It may feel that way but you know why? Because they're literally being exposed to new people and ideas - you know - what being in a community does naturally. College isn't doing anything, it's because they're breaking out of their small town/suburban bubble
Spot on, and definitely right about per capital crime rate as well. They always seem to leave that out. Maybe because it's been proven that the most unsafe cities in the US per capital are in redder areas, by a pretty wide margin.
Good on you, at the very least maybe she learned not everyone has the same lame ass regurgitated opinion as her. It's how I shut down my family as well, they asked if I was safe and I literally just laughed and asked why I wouldn't be. They said the riots and I just said don't believe everything you see on the news. They stopped bringing it up. They still watch, but for one moment I think I broke their brains
We have an amazing bar near me that has an "all gendered restroom" that would make my rural family members cry out in fear. A sink in the middle big enough for 15 people to wash their hands. On one side is urinals, the other stalls, and all are fully enclosed and lockable individually. The horror
Same as every protest. People peacefully organize in a park or something. Police get all weak in the knees and put on riot gear and bring out tanks, and start pushing people around. Finally a single protester throws a rock back and the media swarms in calling it a "warzone". Closeups of the rock, slowmo of it going overhead, interviews with sergeants. Policeman crying. Every. Damn. Time.
Just last year I was laid off while my job was shipped overseas. But hey, my CSuite got richer, so congrats to them.
It was night and day what they showed on the news vs social media. Conservative news might as well had shown half of LA on fire with mothers clutching their babies because of scary rioters. Liberal news showed nothing. Social Media showed a lot of very angry citizens peacefully protesting in LA who wanted their families and friends returned from being disappeared.
I'll start with the obvious one, I live in a very urban area. Our crimerate is probably higher than average, but not obscene by any means. The most I've had to do is make sure my wallet is put away when walking around - but mostly it's standard "city mode". Don't make eye contact, don't engage - standard for any urban environment.
When my rural and suburban friends visit though hoo-boy am I exposed to the fear they're pushed. They think every step is terrifying. "Wouldn't it be safer to take an uber?" (vs getting on the train). "Are you sure it's safe to eat here?" I've had conservative family call me to ask if I was "safe" during political protests - that happened 10 miles away from me in a single park, lasting for 2 days - claiming they saw "<> is on fire, I saw it on the news!".
It always amazes me how people who don't live in my city keep trying to tell me how I'm wrong about living there. It's completely arrogant.
Her doing an American country accent will be interesting, especially right after Hungarian in the Brutalist - but she is by far my favorite actress and I'm very excited for this one.
Calling Visa today for mine! I don't play those games, but I hate the precedent. It is not a payment processor's job to dictate what can and can't be done. (Now, I have worked FinTech for many years, there is a legit risk they are taking that the feds would blame them however -) it should be on the company selling the product itself, and any decent legal team at a payment processor would be able to handle it like a normal Tuesday.