What's the worst "area" you've run in or through?

Colfax in Aurora and Denver, CO! We play thunder or gunshot to kill time during runs.

This thread is pretty much Letsrun in a nutshell and the brojos are cool with that.

I'm sure you care what I think, but this isn't Reddit where Official Points of View (TM) only are allowed. I do care what you think...so what is your grievance, other than the creators of this website allow discussion of uncomfortable and controversial topics?

Downtown ATL before dawn. Have witnessed dudes smashing business windows, car break-ins, thousands of drug zombies, super aggressive bums, sex acts, etc.

I love cities. Not that one, though. 😅

Used to live near Las Vegas in my 20's. Was a bit heavy - 220 lbs at 5'6". So took up running to lose weight. Had never sprinted a 100m in less than 14 seconds.

Then one day, ran in Area 51 once after getting off work. Got abducted by aliens. Can't tell what happened. But do not recommend running there. All I remember was that I ran 100m in 10.5 seconds that night.

Carmel, Indiana 20 years ago. In town for a business conference. I went running and the police stopped me and asked why I was running. They assumed I didn't belong in Carmel running as a black man. Some pos called the police because I was black while running. To this very day, I always have my ID on me when out running.

Saddle River and Upper Saddle River New Jersey.

Dude, that sucks. Sorry that happened to you. I've had police cruisers pull up next to me during a tempo run in a posh suburbs, but never went through anything like that.

The worst area I ever ran through was the last quarter mile of NXN this year.

I was being chased by whole gang of boys. I thought I might be able to get away but then I saw a big hill and thought "Oh no, I'm going to die."

NJ during 1988 marathon Olympic trials.

Agreed. lived just outside DC for 2 years and can verify this.

Decades ago, my brother lived outside Palm Springs, California in a very nice town in a walled community- I could see Bob Hope's old house.

I went for a run and got to another town (must be where all the underpaid workers lived). It was scary- rundown houses, pit bulls barking, broken glass, etc- you'd never know that Palm Springs was right up the road.

Parks of Boston: Roxbury mattapan Jamaica plain dot

tons of shootings drug deals shakedown street pit bulls

makes me fast on my feet!

Having lived and run in some high crime cities, I've never felt less safe than when running in the rural midwest. Aggressive dogs running off leash at every house, drivers hitting 70 on 2 lane country roads, and sketchy looking meth dens.

Easy. Made a few wrong turns and ran right by O block. I got lost another time and ran by multiple street memorials in a small area, but that was less scary.
Two days later there was a drive by there (admittedly at night, but still).

In high school, we went to a meet hosted by an inner city public school. I was told to run the 400m. Let's just say I got smoked, and not by bullets

Yeah, east St Louis’ team would dominate the 4x100 in Illinois.

Girlfriend and I were driving across the country and stopped for the night at a Best Western off the highway outside of Boise, ID. The next morning I went for an easy 8 mile run in this somewhat rural area.

A few miles into my run a pack of dogs started stalking me. The came within a few feet, but I was able to keep them away by yelling (“go home!” while pointing was effective), throwing rocks, and walking backward slowly. Not one car drove by on this rural road.

My 48 minute run took 90 minutes. My girlfriend when I got back, “Where have you been? I thought you died!”.

This is funny. I’ve done hundreds of runs in South Bend without ever feeling remotely unsafe other than the cold/snow.

Guymon, Oklahoma is the least safe I’ve ever felt on a run.