I oddly like walking around ghetto areas (even though I don’t live in one). Is that weird?

[Anonymous]

There is fitness gym I have a drop in membership in that I sometimes stop by at. It’s a nice gym but it’s in a bad part of town. It’s not my primary gym but it’s convenient to drop by given my jiu jitsu training schedule.

Anyway everything around the gym is ghetto. Lots of pawn shops, dollar stores, head shops, dispensaries. Lots of homeless people around (I always lock my car doors). Lots of addicts. Police are often patrolling and for good reason. But there is a real good Chinese food restaurant I sometimes get take outs from. I checked out the dollar store and found some good deals on useful stuff

Anyway I don’t know why but I often feel relaxed and even “alive” in ghetto areas. There is just no pretentiousness. Food and services are usually cheap. It’s rarely boring. And admittedly having a slight feeling of danger around makes me feel more awake. Even younger.

Anyway I wouldn’t want to live there. Not going there to buy drugs. But I get this weird “breaking bad” feeling in ghetto areas.

I’ve also been to some much more dangerous places in Mexico which is similar to above but on a whole another level. Nervous but more “awake” at the same time. Just no pretentiousness.

Anyone ever felt this?

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8 mo

I personally grew up in an upper middle class neighborhood that was very safe yet very boring and very uptight. It was the worst of both worlds for kids. No redneck fun (you could go around with dirt bikes or hunt with shotguns) nor was there any ghetto excitement element. It was a haven for Karen types. It was about as exciting as watching grass grow.

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8 mo

And I now own a townhouse in a similar neighborhood. Of course I don’t want to live in the ghetto. I don’t have kids but if I did i wouldn’t want them there either. But at the same time I still got some lingering “breaking bad” curiosity in me for some reason. It’s one of the reasons I got into pro mma years ago. I needed some danger/excitement to feel more alive.

[exitseven]

I went to college in a bad part of town. After a while I just got used to keeping my car doors locked when I drove through and if I stopped at red light I always left a carlenth in front of me un case a panhandler of somebody started to hassle me. Of course I kept a jack handle under my front seat.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[KostasKouvalis]

I studied urban geography, so I also enjoy visiting the non-touristy neighborhoods whenever I go to a new city, to see how the average people are living. Though normally when I wonder into a ghetto area, it's completely by accident.

[MadKezDyno]

I doubt it's by accident

[Asker]

I’m the exact same way. I have done the exact same thing while traveling. I want to see how average people live while traveling.

[KostasKouvalis]

@MadKezDyno It IS! I mean, okay it's half accidental. I plan to go there, because usually there is a landmark there I want to see, but I don't realize it's a bad neighborhood, until I actually go there. But so far I've been fortunate enough to make it out without incident.

Bur there's this black guy on YouTube who films dashcam footage of the most dangerous hoods in the US and Mexico. Occasionally he'll get out of his car

[MadKezDyno]

Can you please message me, I have a question for you @KostasKouvalis

[KostasKouvalis]

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[MadKezDyno]

I changed it

[Anonymous]

Yeah, that is weird.

[Asker]

I admit it’s weird. Not sure why I feel that way.

[Anonymous]

That's stupid weird.

[Asker]

Well I didn’t say it was normal.