Nope I live in a quiet little 99% White village - ahh & its lovely.
Though I have the misfortune of having 2 shithole racially diverse Fucked
Up cities less than 20miles away & also UK's 2nd biggest city Birmingham
About 35mls away & there all fucked up inner cities - I've had to spend far to much
Time in them places watching & dealing with the sub human specimens.
Ah ha! You talk a good game but when it comes down to the details you live in a whiter community than me. Birmingham, UK must be a very scary place. Only 60% of the population is white. Asians make up the next largest group with a 27%. Blacks are a mere 9%. This leaves us with all others making up 2%. I noticed this does add up to 100%. Maybe the remainder preferred not to answer, they are mixed race, or perhaps space aliens.
Regardless of racial and ethnic make up more than the usual number of the folks in Birmingham, U.K. must be real lowlifes because the crime rate is out of site and Birmingham is one of the most dangerous cities in the region and 145 per 1000. I completely understand why you'd choose not to visit there. By comparison Portland, OR has a crime rate of 66 per 1000.
You suggested I spend time in a crime infested area of town so I know what living there is like. Turns out S.E. Portland has the highest amount of crime. Maybe that is because there is nothing else to do in that part of town. A small section of downtown Portland known as Old Town and China Town has the highest amount of crime in the downtown area. A couple of things stand out. As you might have guessed it has a high Asian population. It is also where skid row is located. Add to this the fact that it probably has the most bars and nightclubs anywhere in downtown Portland.
So, in checking this against your suggestion that I personally experience what it is like to spend time in a high crime area. I must repeat. This will never happen. There are a couple of reasons for this. Too truly experience what it is like there, I would probably have to live there for a while. Fleabag hotels don't appeal to me. I am not much of a nightlife person. While I enjoy the occasional scotch, I am not skid row material. So you see, there is absolutely no good reason for me to test your theory. Sorry.