i am pleased to say that i've been alive nearly 31 years and have never had to fight anyone, or had anyone try to throw down on me. unless you truly encounter the rare individual(s) in a dark alley who desperately want to start shit, i think it's pretty easy to go through life violence-free.
put another way, if you find yourself in an extended knife fight at 3am in hamtramck, you've made any number of poor choices in your life.
Canadian?
nope, missourian. i guess i should rephrase and say that,
in adulthood, one should be able to avoid knife fights or gang beatings pretty easily. obviously childhood jumpings and whatnot can and do happen to folks randomly. i have lived in or near sketchy neighborhoods my entire life too.