I have recently moved into an estate that's full of council flats with the rest of my family, previously me and my family were used to a middle class life style so I am not like the people that live around me now, they are all in gangs and are involved in street crimes. I feel they are thinking of me as a target yesterday a girl who's a little older than myself picked on me for no reason the problem is she's local, I didn't do anything to her until she started speaking to me, and because she's in a gang and her gangs members were with her at the time I didn't respond like I usually would because I felt a little intimidated I really didn't know what to do, I blanked out then she started trying to tell me what to do eventually I walked away. I heard laughing as I walked off, I felt more scared just thinking about what had happened... I really didn't deserve that happening to me I'm a nice girl but I'm going to be living with people like that so do I need to grow more of a back bone? I can't have them walking all over me but at the same time I don't want to stand up for myself and end up getting stabbed/beat up. I really don't know what to do, I feel I can't win with them... If I'm too nice I am seen as a push over, if I respond back aggressively I am seen as a mouthy bitch and deserve to be beat up. I'm thinking it may have been because I still have nice clothes and other things from my previous life style could they be jealous? I can't have this happening I shouldn't be made to feel uncomfortable in my new home.