>>2820699
New Orleans shocked me with how dilapidated it was on the outskirts. Didn't stop me from parking under a bridge for the night and taking a walk after dark through the ghettos saying "Good evening" to the bucks I passed. They responded politely. It's very rare to encounter rudeness from strangers in an American ghetto, because disrespect gets people killed, and it's automatically assumed that a white guy who is both polite and fearless is packing a firearm.
>>2820686 (OP)
Utica doesn't look any worse than Wichita, Kansas. The boulevard with all the cheap motels in Wichita had a lot of rough characters walking around. Drug dealers, temp workers, and losers who'd rather live in a cheap motel in Wichita than be homeless somewhere else.
Timid Eurocuck autists who are used to being ignored as a low-value male walking around in public are likely to feel "super unsafe" in an American ghetto, simply because they are being noticed. Whereas if you simply say "hello" and chat with randoms on the street, you'll discover that most ghetto dwellers when sober are surprisingly friendly toward strangers, if a bit profane, dramatic and overly informal.
My first solo roadtrip as a 19 year old took me to Camden, where I walked the streets in the winter cold with my camera. Almost everyone was indoors. A black guy at the McDonalds asked me what I was doing with the camera, but he wasn't hostile, only curious. Again, sobriety makes all the difference. Drunk/drugged-out ghetto dwellers should be avoided.
