Why do you feel tha need ta let everyone know u live in a rough area? It says it on ur location an u post threads about it? I live in the east bay ca and I hear gunshots sometimes, been jumped, and have been shot at before while at a memorial for a friend who was shot and killed but I don't dwell on it. Bottom line is if your not in the streets you don't have much to worry about. If you have friends that are into some shit and your out there in the streets All the time posted up, trouble will find you easily. People who mind there buisness and do there own thing ( like myself) usually don't get fucked with in any rough area. Basically if you ain't looking for trouble MOST of the time you won't find it. Ive matured alot and when there's somebody tryna test my nuts I just bite my lip and keep it movin. I'm 18 now and am not tryna end up in jail lol.