Avoid the Ghetto App?

Um, I guess. I'm not gonna bash this app because I have certain instances when I want to avoid the ghetto but is it really practical? Let's look at it logically. Sometimes it is impossible to avoid the ghetto because they place may be in the ghetto or it is quicker to ride through the ghetto and quicker always means less gas spent.
Here's what the app creator, Microsoft, had to say about it:

When a user travels as a pedestrian, she is commonly more exposed environmental elements. If it is relatively cold outside, then a pedestrian is far more likely to feel an impact than if a vehicle equipped with a heating system protected her. Moreover, it can be more dangerous for a pedestrian to enter an unsafe neighborhood than a person in a vehicle since a pedestrian is more exposed and it is more difficult for her to leave an unsafe neighborhood quickly. However, there are advantages to being a pedestrian traveler; if a pedestrian takes an incorrect action (e.g., turns down a wrong street), then correction can be easier since there are commonly fewer one-way pedestrian streets.
 A large amount of focus in route generation has focused upon vehicle route generation and little attention has been paid to pedestrian route production. Since a large number of individuals travel by vehicle, application to pedestrian travel has been ignored. However, there has been a long felt need for route generation towards individuals that do not commonly travel by vehicle--for instance, many economically challenged areas are populated with individuals that do not own motorized vehicles and generally travel by walking. In addition, unexpected results can take place through practice of the disclosed innovation. As an illustration, a pedestrian could arrive at a location faster than if she traveled in a vehicle by taking more direct paths, yet a vehicle commonly travels much faster. Due to detailed route planning, a direction set can be created that allows a user to take more diverse paths that can compensate for a general lack of speed.

I can see the need for such an app when you're walking, because there is an extra danger that you can't avoid if you were driving, but if you're that scared that you need an app to avoid the ghetto, I need you to move or get a car. I also want people to stop saying that the app is racist because black  ≠ ghetto. All people of all races live in the ghetto.