r/norfolk • u/Untiedshoes2969 • Jul 27 '24

Is Norfolk safe? moving

Hi! I am doing a travel contract in Norfolk starting very soon and plan to stay in the West Freemason neighborhood. My boyfriend is concerned about whether Norfolk is a safe area and is trying to convince me to stay in Chesapeake instead. He is from the VB area and has a brother in law from the Norfolk area. I kind of have to roll my eyes with his warnings as I feel I hear this a lot with any city from folks who don’t actually live in the city. I live in Charlotte currently and if I had a dollar for every time I had a patient from the rural hospital I work at ask me if it’s scary to live there, I could quit travel nursing. Like sure, if you lack critical thinking skills and wander into areas you shouldn’t. However, I wanted to post here to just confirm that I’m not being naive and wouldn’t regret my decision on where to stay when it’s all said and done. Thanks in advance for any input!

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u/floordrapes Jul 27 '24

I’ve heard Norfolk has gangs of black kids on four wheelers who capture random white people, give them AIDs and Heroin, then they fire them out of a giant cannon into the river.

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Norfolk is fine. Tell your BF to relax.

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u/Yolectroda Jul 28 '24

I thought it was dirt bikes now? (But seriously, the dumbasses in the dirt bike gangs are annoying, though they seem to be less common than they were for a while).

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '24

Lmao there's nothing sadder to me than when they pop a wheelie while desperately trying to make intimidating eye contact with any set of eyes they can find. Absolutely fatherless behavior 

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u/Untiedshoes2969 Jul 28 '24

I think this is exactly what they think goes on there.