On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 12:10 PM Mark Wagner <mark+...@carnildo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 16:14:30 +0100 > Martin Trautmann <tr...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > hi all, > > > > did you read about the Suisse tourist couple which was shot because > > they got lost in a Brasilian favela? > > > > NZZ (Neue Zürcher Zeitung) from Tuesday 31.12.2019. ("Schweizer > > Ehepaar bei Irrfahrt duch Favela in Brasilien > > angeschossen") > > > > Other examples are e.g. Mafia areas within Kosovo - or name your own > > home town no-go area. > > > > Is there any option to mark certain areas in order to bypass routing > > whenever possible? > > > > The problem is that most of these "no-go" areas are subjective, both in > boundary and in level of danger. If you ask a half-dozen people, you > might get a half-dozen responses ranging from "I go there all the time" > to "The police don't patrol in less than platoon strength". > Yeah, I get this same impression. This has the potential to rear its head in a really classist, and varying ranges of racist, ways as well. For example, go post on Reddit on any given city's subreddit, and ask "I'm moving to ___, what parts of town should I avoid?" Fair warning, try this for a city you're familiar with, and be prepared to die a little inside with the answers you get. Personally, I'm more likely to consider middle-class suburbia a no-go area because large parking lots make it easy for car prowlers no matter how many police are on the streets, transit coverage tends to be iffy before morning and after evening peak commuter hours, and 5+-lane-wide boulevards tend to be not-safe-for-life if you need to traverse them without using a car. Your mileage may vary.
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