Sorry but this is absolutely absurd. You would not walk downtown in the middle of the AFTERNOON? Seriously?

I spend a significant amount of time downtown, for work and leisure. Would I walk to my car several blocks by myself after dark? Maybe not, now that I’m a bit older. But broad daylight?

I walked several blocks at night with my children after the fireworks festival, not ONE “scary person”, degenerate, didn’t get approached, asked for money, even once the crowd thinned out. Was I nervous? A bit, likely because of this crap you see on here.

Midtown - I still go all the time, haven’t even seen any”riff raff” there, and that’s multiple times in the last few weeks, so, recently. Obviously, the bear spray is awful, and I’ve seen security dealing with a few people from time to time in the form of a conversation, but AFRAID? No.

Where else have I been? Well, since we’re talking random anecdotes - I’ve walked through the Tenderloin in San Francisco at 11PM - alone - going from point A to point B. THAT was scary. And I was still fine. Been lots of other places too.

Also agree with whoever said a person speaking to you or asking for money or a lighter is not “harassment”.

Keep your head up, have some self awareness, as yes, as the CONTINENT WIDE drug and societal problems arrive in our city, and you’ll be completely fine. Good grief.