Avoiding mislabeled dangerous areas strips urbanites of freedom and belonging

Evidence

From another point of view, however, one might argue that it matters a great deal; that, in fact, the urbanite loses much by avoiding areas incorrectly defined as dangerous. Freedom of movement is lost. The area in which one may pursue urban adventures (see Chapter Eight) is constricted. The sense of being “at home” in all parts of the city is forgone. And, as in the modern world, when the dangerous label is applied to total cities, not just areas within them, who can count the cost? — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 1153

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s cross-reading of Simmel’s blasé attitude — this shows the cost-side of the defensive strategy: the cognitive map of ‘dangerous’ areas constricts the urbanite’s world, diminishing the sense of being at home anywhere. — connects to: Environmental degradation of a place is experienced as an attack on community identity — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 232