That is a good point

Submitted by UdontKnoWhatYoureTalkingAbout (France), Jan 20, 2015 at 08:29

Hello Michael,

I spent a part of my childhood in one of those area, so, I know what I am talking about and I understand what your are talking about.

Let me just give you some precisions.

You are talking about red line and this concept is quite the same here. My "cité" was side by side with an other one. And even If I'm a white French guy, I have never had any trouble has long as I stayed or crossed my one, because I was "one of theirs". But When I had to cross the other one, I was walking very fast.

But I think there is a difference between France and USA in the way those place are built. In France, these are big building places with most of the time only one entry/exit and a place surrOunded by high buildings. More than a simple bundarie, the entry/exit can be seen as a dead line. That's why police don't enter those zone. But for people like you or me, there is absolutEly no reason to enter those place but if you want to buy drug. If you do, you are a customer, so they wont do anything to you.

So, people are scared of those zone, but they will never go there. Police don't enter those areas, yes, but there are no "drive-by shooting" here.

As you mentioned, and you are right. Those places in USA and in France can be compared. But in USA, the people are mostly hispanics or blacks... NO MUSLIMS. As I said in my first answer, this has nothing to do with Islam, and, there are no "little islamic states" that are growing in France. haha, what a joke Seriously.

Also, I recommend to all of you to stop watching Fox news. We all have been shocked and hurt by their lying. It's like we have been insulted. I'm sorry, the link is in french, but you can see that the reporter, Nolan Peterson apologies for what he said, and he assumed that it was talking about riots in 2005. http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/le-scan-tele/2015/01/18/28002-20150118ARTFIG00097--no-go-zones-fox-news-presente-ses-excuses-aux-francais.php

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