You could go to any housing project, for example, like the one that was down the street from my church, and you would walk in, and it would be like a ghost town, because the parents wouldn't allow their kids to come out and play, even in the summertime, because of the violence.
Se andavi in una zona qualunque di case popolari, come quella nella stessa strada della mia chiesa, e ci entravi, sembrava  una città fantasma, perché i genitori non permettevano ai figli di giocare fuori, anche d'estate, a causa della violenza.