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That really sucks, but you make some good points. When I was a teenager I lived in one of the highest gang concentrated areas in all of California (sandwiched right between Long Beach and Compton). You mentioned location first. Yeah, I knew where the “safer” and “dangerous” parts were. There were places I didn’t go even during the day. Your second point, time is also crucial. I went to less places as the time got later.

There were many times when friends would say “man, I almost got knifed/shot/etc last night!” My response would always be first, “where were you?” and then depending on that “at what time?”. 100% I would conclude “you were in x at y time, of course you almost got xyz-ed”, to which they usually responded “yeah, you’re right. That was dumb”.

Awareness, awareness, awareness… and then not putting yourself or others in bad situations!