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Thanks, but it appears we're both wrong. Here is a nice intro article that gives proper numbers on this very subject and concludes supernovae aren't a life-forbidding problem even in the galactic center.
But high density of stars might lead to planetary orbit perturbations which could be. It appears the galaxy is a bit complicated.