this is where i live.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4713306.stm

u'll expect this of america, not england.
we go on exchange. charissa moves to philedelphia, where there are drive-by shootings.
i move to nottingham, the area with allegedly the highest gun crime in england.

not to fear, it isn't that bad, we are still alive.