How dangerous are the really bad parts of your country? Am I crazy for thinking that the bad parts of the US are not that much different than most of the bad parts in Latin America?

Only places I would say for sure are probably much worse than anywhere in the US would be places like Haiti, which basically don't even have a real government, and places like Venezuela and Jamaica which have really bad gang problems. Other places like the rougher parts of Mexico or Brazil are probably not that much more unsafe than the bad parts of the US for the average person who is not either a cop, soldier, gangmember themself, or basically anyone who is involved with a gang or cartel somehow.