So it has become more and more apparent to me that i live in a very high crime area, i hear gunshots several times a week. Last night i was up at 2am playing sims and i heard at least 10 gunshots on the street next to mine, undeniably gunshots and i heard two different sounding guns. Heard sirens not long after, cops showed up but they didnt have their lights or sirens on by the time they got here so i didnt notice and tried to relax when i heard a cop over a megaphone say “come out one at a time” and couldnt make out the rest because my dogs started barking. It was so surreal i wasnt sure i was hallucinating or not until my dogs barked.
So i downloaded a neighborhood crime alert app and got a notification that a guy 2 blocks from me has a machete. So now im concerned about my paranoia going up, but this sounds super justified at the same time.
It’s normal to feel paranoid about personal safety in a violent crime ridden area. Just keep an eye that the stress doesn’t take your paranoia to other things in your life too. It’s a thin line. I struggle with paranoia too while living in a bad neighborhood so I totally understand your fears
Oakland was like that. Lots of sideshows on holidays and what was either guns being fired or cars backfiring. No trouble in Northern Virginia thankfully.
I guess you can’t do much for it other than staying indoors at night.
Hmm not really but not as bad as night. A guy on my street was recently arrested for threatening people as they walked by during the day and also a guy at the bus stop read me as a trans woman and sexually harassed me last year, and i saw on this app that the gas station 2 blocks away was robbed at 10am on xmas eve.
Yes i have pepperspray. Im considering getting a taser too.