For me it was part of Gary Indiana. I was there to do some service in a building. Five blocks of boarded up buildings. The place I was working and then five more blocks of baored up buildings. I told my partner we were leaving before dark job done or not.
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Downtown Sudbury on a Saturday night.. when the bars let out you have to be careful of tripping over the drunks.
Regent isn't a problem. Just don't walk around staring at people in the middle of the night with money sticking out of your pocket. Same goes for most "bad" areas in toronto. The real toughs don't care about someone passing through. It's only the young punks trying to prove something or addicts in need of a fix that give anyone problems. There are many areas in the world where the "law" doesn't go but not in Canada.
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I remember stopping to use a phone booth in McArthur Park in LA a few years back, and Cop stoped and told me to get the hell out of there if I knew what was good for me.
I was later told that for most major cities in the US, the cops put up road blocks and will not go in to some neighbourhoods after dark. So if you go into an area they will not come and get you. They are out manned and out gunned.
And unless we are careful, this will be Toronto in a few years....
I remember stopping to use a phone booth in McArthur Park in LA a few years back, and Cop stoped and told me to get the hell out of there if I knew what was good for me.
I was later told that for most major cities in the US, the cops put up road blocks and will not go in to some neighbourhoods after dark. So if you go into an area they will not come and get you. They are out manned and out gunned.
And unless we are careful, this will be Toronto in a few years....
My buddies and I walked through Harlem, but the lower east side was scarier.
My Dad and I walked down Bayview and along the Bridal Path, and it actually was a little scary. There are no sidewalks and no pedestrians, and lots of places had big loose dogs that would come running up to us and bark at us aggresively. Evidently they were well trained, because we did not get attacked, but we were pretty vulnerable.
My Dad and I walked down Bayview and along the Bridal Path, and it actually was a little scary. There are no sidewalks and no pedestrians, and lots of places had big loose dogs that would come running up to us and bark at us aggresively. Evidently they were well trained, because we did not get attacked, but we were pretty vulnerable.
The Jacket thing would never happen with a real HA, but I'll let that go. Places where I have been afraid for my life:
In the US: South side of Chicago, many parts of Detroit, Gary Indiana, parts of south central LA, rural and remote parts of Kentucky, Tennesee and West Virginia.
Internationally: Pakistan/Afghanistan border - even deadlier today, Rio slums, all of Columbia, Kingston, Jamaica, all of Haiti
In Canada: No where yet.
In the US: South side of Chicago, many parts of Detroit, Gary Indiana, parts of south central LA, rural and remote parts of Kentucky, Tennesee and West Virginia.
Internationally: Pakistan/Afghanistan border - even deadlier today, Rio slums, all of Columbia, Kingston, Jamaica, all of Haiti
In Canada: No where yet.
Morgan Ellis
Bitchy McBitcherson
I got lost in downtown Detroit at three in the morning, with myself driving and two skinny white boys as passengers.
I was looking for the MGM Grand, and ended up someplace near Greektown. The streetlights were all out, there were burned out cars everyplace, and the streets were deserted, other than a few scary looking clusters of guys hanging on the corners. A nice older black man looked slightly stunned when I pulled over and asked him for directions. I tried to figure his instructions out, but was still thoroughly lost 15 minutes later when an Escalade full of blingin' guys pulled up beside me at a stoplight.
Their initial reaction was to yell for me to ditch the geeks I was with and ride with them, which of course caused screams of terror from my now completely traumatized passengers. I think they assumed they were about to be abducted and made into prison bitches. In spite of their kidding, the guys in the SUV were quite happy to let me follow them to the tunnel entrance.
I've also walked around solo in other areas that most people call 'scary' - everyplace from Regent to Harlem to southside Chicago. I think a lot of it depends on your attitude. If you look like you expect to be jumped, chances are good you will be. If you have a good attitude, you'll be fine.
Morgan
I was looking for the MGM Grand, and ended up someplace near Greektown. The streetlights were all out, there were burned out cars everyplace, and the streets were deserted, other than a few scary looking clusters of guys hanging on the corners. A nice older black man looked slightly stunned when I pulled over and asked him for directions. I tried to figure his instructions out, but was still thoroughly lost 15 minutes later when an Escalade full of blingin' guys pulled up beside me at a stoplight.
Their initial reaction was to yell for me to ditch the geeks I was with and ride with them, which of course caused screams of terror from my now completely traumatized passengers. I think they assumed they were about to be abducted and made into prison bitches. In spite of their kidding, the guys in the SUV were quite happy to let me follow them to the tunnel entrance.
I've also walked around solo in other areas that most people call 'scary' - everyplace from Regent to Harlem to southside Chicago. I think a lot of it depends on your attitude. If you look like you expect to be jumped, chances are good you will be. If you have a good attitude, you'll be fine.
Morgan
Got To Be Flint Michigan!!
Hmmm:
A few years back I was on the road through Michigan and had to stay the night in Flint. This was about 12 years ago, and I was driving a brand new Honda Accord. I've never been so worried about getting my tires slashed anywhere! Just recently rented Roger and Me, and well, I guess I'm not too surprised. I don't know if large corporations "owe" the towns they build in anything, but without GM, what a scary place.
Hmmm:
A few years back I was on the road through Michigan and had to stay the night in Flint. This was about 12 years ago, and I was driving a brand new Honda Accord. I've never been so worried about getting my tires slashed anywhere! Just recently rented Roger and Me, and well, I guess I'm not too surprised. I don't know if large corporations "owe" the towns they build in anything, but without GM, what a scary place.
Scary ....... Commercial District C near the Sheraton in Karachi ...... Sudan was pretty ugly all over .......... I had some tight moments in Cambodia and Vietnam too.
I have yet to see an area in the North America that makes me feel any more uncomfortable as some of the back streets of South East Asia. Except the sub Sahara .......
I have yet to see an area in the North America that makes me feel any more uncomfortable as some of the back streets of South East Asia. Except the sub Sahara .......
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