The perception of safety in American cities is disconnected from actual safety.
Most Democrats think all cities are safe except Detroit and Chicago.
They are wrong about New Orleans, Atlanta, and Philapdelphia.
Most Republicans think all cities are generally unsafe, except a few Red State cities like Dallas, Houston, and Miami.
They think most Blue State cities are particularly unsafe, except Boston.
Yet, NYC and SF are extremely safe and LA quite safe, while Miami and Atlanta are not.
3 times more Republicans think Dallas is safe compared to NYC, yet the murder rate in Dallas is over 3 times that of NYC.
Americans have a very distorted perception of how safe a city is.