@flashesofpanic @mathaetaes @mekkaokereke The “r/asknyc" reddit gets, on average, 2-3 posts a day from terrified tourists asking if some neighborhood in NYC is safe to walk though. The regulars there try to be patient and explain that the answer is literally always yes but my god it gets tiring to have your city be on the end of a fearmongering campaign.
It's not just Fox News either — there's a whole fucking ecosystem of youtube/tiktok grifters who make their living scaring people about NYC.