Do any of you live in a not nice neighborhood, aka "the hood"? How do you deal with it?

I grew up in the hood. I was going to at least 2 or three funerals every month. Violence was just common. I witnessed 2 murders. It followed me all the way to college. I had a friend who got out also I was so proud of him he was one of those ppl who you would never expect to see in a classroom. He got accepted to the same college. The first and last football game that I ever attended in my life, I saw a guy walk up behind him and execute him.He was sitting 2 rows below me in the bleachers. Three days later my mom died. I walked away and never looked back