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Isn't that most of the densely populated city in the US in general?

Fear, weapons and violence as soon as it gets dense. Every large/chain business comes with lots of armed protection.

I haven't travelled to all the cities in the entire US, but whenever you enter/exit such areas is seems very distinct.

I've personally witnessed more violent crime in approximately two month's total presence in SF over the last seven years than I have in a total of 14 years living in Boston. Maybe I'm an outlier, though.

Not my experience at all with most cities in the US, as someone who has lived in many and visited far more. I wouldn't categorize NYC, Boston, Chicago, LA, Philly, or DC that way when you're not in literal capitol buildings. I live in one of the densest US cities, take transit all over the place and have felt unsafe maybe one time in the past 3 years. No weapon was involved.

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