It's literally only my black coworkers that live right by me that call it to hood to me, the ones from the burbs are super careful and try to not be offensive but you can def see the fear in their faces. One middle aged white dude wouldn't stay in Richmond past 5pm like it was a sundown town.

I've gotten lucky and only had one thing snatched from the porch in 2 years. It helps to have a gate in the front yard or some type of additional barrier people have to cross. But def buy a package dropoff box. If I'm buying really expensive things I get them shipped to my work.