Milwaukee

Sounds like you're suggesting this is an "urban vs. suburban" thing: people who don't have to deal with the problem and would rather not think about it vs. people for whom this is a pressing, daily issue.

I think I understand this position. I was raised, and spent much of my adult life, in clean, safe neighborhoods. But I spent a few years in a neighborhood where crime was rampant, shootings went on every few nights (even right outside my window one night!), buildings were in a state of severe disrepair... it was pretty bad. And it seriously bugs me how for most people that sort of thing is "out of sight, out of mind", and even for people who live there it's "get out if you can, and keep your mouth shut and stay uninvolved if you can't".