system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why is crime concentrated in certain areas in the US? What stops these people to drive to a so called safer neighborhood where they are least expected?
gpt
The type of crime where being 'least expected' actually matters is exceedingly rare. Most crime is not Ocean's 11-style heists, but either interpersonal conflicts (where the location of the crime is dependent on the location of the individual you're targeting) or opportunistic crime (where the location of the crime is dependent on what you see in your daily life).

Indeed, for most crime, it's as easy - if not easier - to predict crime by looking at *victims* rather than criminals. If you open a liquor store in a certain neighborhood, there's no guess who will attempt to rob it. But *someone* probably will. In contrast, if you open an upscale wine shop in McMansionland, you're unlikely to ever experience a theft unless you make a particularly bad employment decision.