Does your favorite city have a bad reputation?

It’s easy for a city to get a bad reputation as being dangerous, and someone’s opinions can be set in stone without ever having actually been to a city. Ben Groundwater’s article in the Sydney Morning Herald talks about Glasgow’s (in his opinion) undeserved bad reputation. What are some cities you’ve been to that you were told were dangerous, scary or otherwise unsavory? Were these reputations wrong? We’d love to hear about it in the comments!