Fuckin' hell Chaos man, maybe in the 'burbs.
But the seamier side of LA attracts crazies like garbage draws flies, surely!
Mind you, so do big cities everywhere.
I think the world at large holds up NYC, the Bronx in particular, as the worst place in America for crime, especially violent interpersonal crime.
But as far as I know, that's been all Detroit for thirty or forty years.
TNBT