I never worry, still walk to the shops, balad etc. in shorts and T-shirt talk with the shopkeepers as normal. The local population are still behind their huge walls. The compounds are more like open prisons, but I just blank that out and get on with life as best as possible. Take a look at your own areas, people are scared to go out at night and where are the police (on the motorways chasing speeding motorists) catching real criminals is too dangerous.
