Only answer is you live in the jane and finch area, is it really as dangerous as they say?

Friends of mine lived there for years, and then they moved, due to the community problems. Unfortunately, the area has a lot of crime activity and it is often in the news, but there are many, many good people who live there. Concerned citizens are working with the police to sort out the problems and to make it safer. Here is some information about the area, plus a newspaper article about an incident earlier this summer: