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> So much knowledge of various places (downtown of my city, for example) is not first hand, but from (social) media.

> I'm reminded of this video from Bowling for Columbine, where they stroll around South Central LA, and realize its pleasant and nothing crazy is happening.

You might have a point, but:

1. A citation to a partisan propagandist shouldn't convince anyone.

2. The segment seems to rest on the fallacious assumption that dangerous areas can never be pleasant and will continuously have something "crazy" happening. I mean, there are literal warzones where you could probably manage to film a five minute stroll through some pleasant meadow (due to lulls in the fighting).

I think the truth is that it's just hard to get a true impression of a place without actually spending a lot of time there.