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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

That was very much our experience before my family moved to Halifax when i was a teen. When people in our small town found out some just seemed bewildered like they had never heard of such a thing, but quite a few had all kinds of negative comments. It ranged from people saying it was dirty and dangerous to full blown hysteria with people portraying it as some sort of war zone. Someone claimed there were constant shootings, the streets were ruled by gangs, you couldn't go out after dark, and entire nabes were so dangerous even the police wouldn't risk entering them. My mother was really stressed about it. Most people didn't have that kind of wild imagination but I don't think we heard a single positive sentiment.

Sounds like SSP Canada talking about Winnipeg