Love the comments pertaining to the dangers of urban Baton Rouge. While I don't live within the exact areas being discussed (Baton Rouge does have some of the higher murder rates within this country)... I do live within a mile of these areas, and my street isn't short of street solicitors and the occasional gun shot. Yet, I walk daily. In fact, the only time I use my car is for my commute to work. Imagine. Five years later, I'm still alive.
I also love the fact that it is totally incomprehensible for people of all ages to walk for groceries, etc.... when it was the only form of transportation less than 75 years ago. Imagine what they did thousands of years before the car?!? Imagine the 8 million people in New York today; and the countless other urban cities (including our very own New Orleans). How are we not loosing millions of people a day to shootings, heat stroke, and overall depression because of people's urban lifestyle.
I'm OK with people saying that they would rather live in the suburbs. But it's a lifestyle choice. It has nothing to do with safety. So don't rationalize my tax dollars being used to keep yourself safe.
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