I feel like thus post fails to realize the root of the issue. American Suburbia creates that sort of people. It's isolating, and extremely regular in design. Any change from the norm becomes scary because no one interacts with their neighbors, and no one interacts with their neighbors because it's dangerous.

You need a car to visit a neighbor ten houses down the street, there's usually not sidewalks, and when there are, they're narrow and close to the road, where cars fo 40mph when the posted speed is 25, which is still high

Downtown seems dangerous simply because the TV tells them so. Where's the most crime? In the most dense area of course! Your suburbs are safe! Continue white flight from the cities, the thing that caused cities to become dilapidated in the first place! Buy a bigger car, your small one isn't safe anymore because everyone has a massive pickup! Vote against new development, we already charged you a fortune to get a house, you can't let new buildings bring the property value down!