About 15 years ago I lived on the edge of a shady neighborhood. My side of the street was nice. Across the street - not so much.
One day I'm playing Descent (most awesome DOS game ever!) and the entire SWAT team pulls up in front of my house with dogs, guns, etc. They're standing all over the front lawn.
Turns out it was the staging area - after about 5 minutes the ran down the alley and hit a house across/down the street from me.
Fun to watch, but scared me shitless for the first couple minutes. I do not need to be where bullets are flying.