Rita wrote in
news:86ev21haunf9v22ojoaju2o2gm493gcipi@4ax.com:
> On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 01:31:47 GMT, bellator wrote:
>
>>Rita wrote in
>>news:qnro21d3soc47f04adp37pmrkjq2pqds7v@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 03:39:57 GMT, Pan
wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 15:54:45 GMT, Rita wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I can't think of any area of New York City where I would feel
>>>>>unsafe going about some legitimate business during daytime hours.
>>>>
>>>>After an experience a few years ago, I consider the area around Utica
>>>>Av. to be potentially dangerous during daylight.
>>>>
>>>>>There may well be pockets here and there I don't know about, but
>>>>>as you say, the tourist is not somehow going to walk into them
>>>>>by chance.
>>>>
>>>>Definitely no way to walk to Utica Av. (Brooklyn) by chance.
>>>>
>>> Well, that is the whole point, isn't it? I could not say that
>>> there are not spots in the city I might feel uncomfortable. I
>>> can only say I've never yet in 25 years come across one. And
>>> I travel throughout the 5 boroughs. I do feel more comfortable
>>> overall in daytime hours than after dark in some areas because
>>> I simply don't know them as well as others. Where there is
>>> lively traffic on the street, I always feel comfortable. I'm
>>> not crazy about walking after dark on deserted streets. But I
>>> have no need to do that.
>>>
>>
>>i wouldn't recommend east new york
>
> Funny you should mention East New York. Back in the
> late 1980s I was a homeless shelter monitor for the
> Coalition for the Homeless and the women's shelter
> in East New York was one I visited frequently. The
> part of ENY where the shelter was located in a former
> school was pretty bleak, but I never encountered
> any problems.
>
>
you must be big and black
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