lenny fackler wrote:
> Jim Davis wrote:
> > IClast@JPS.Net wrote:
> > > [Posting problems likely to continue for a month or so.]
> > >
> > > Jim Davis wrote:
> > >
> > >>Well s'cuse me. I agree about the Buena Vista which is the place we
> > >>always go, but I suppose I was 'wrong' in calling that the 'wharf'
> > >>cause it is only a block from the ocean and the wharf.
> > >
> > >
> > > The Buena Vista Café (BV) and The Wharf are farther than a mile from
> > > the
> > > ocean.
> > >
> > >
> > >>>Jim Davis wrote:snip
> > >>
> > >>I'm sure you must know I was referring to 'dangerous' as being the
> > >>probablity of being mugged by thugs or panhandlers.
> > >
> > >
> > > It's a POSSIbility ANYwhere in the known universe; by thugs, who have
> > > cars and/or carfare just as you, but extremely unlikely by panhandlers.
> > Well, those panhandlers must have gotten a lot gentler in recent years.
> > Maybe they are just getting more mellow. Put those together with all
> > the druggies and other riffraff I still say it is a dangerous place.
> > Different strokes...
> > >
>
> I visited sf earlier this year and stayed at Union Square. There are a
> few panhandlers around who ignore you if you ignore them.
> I wandered around much of the city day and night, mostly alone and on
> foot (caught a bus if I was tired), and never once felt threatened by
> anyone or anything. There must be bad neighborhoods somewhere but I
> didn't run across any.
Next time you're in San Francisco make sure to walk along Market street AWAY
from the Ferry Building and then when you get past the Cable Car Turnaround
look for "Turk" street and turn onto it and check it out.
Oh and make sure to flash LOTS of money and jewelry and make sure that you look
like you have no idea where you're at or where you're going and that you're
completely helpless and......
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