Do you live in a scary place?, ... Options

[Melissa]

Do you?

I live in Morningside Heights, NY (Harlem). A PhD student died this past weekend. He got hit by a car when he was trying to run away from a mugging. A close friend of mine got rammed by a car as well while he was on his way to report a crime scene. There's been rapings, racist acts, and muggings all over the place.

I'm kinda scared to walk alone outside campus gates.

I tried going jogging by the Hudson River a few months ago right before the sun set and it was still scary as f**k.

[queen]

@melissa: morningside heights isn't considered harlem. it's sometimes refered to as "spanish harlem". the real harlem is on the east side, starting from 96th street.

also, if that student you're talking about is minghui yu, i just read about that in the paper, and it totally f**king sucks, especially since the assailants were 13 year olds >;[.

anyway, i live in the suburbs now, and it's a pretty safe place, i guess. i'm in the border of the "good" part of town, haha. another 3 blocks and i guess it'd be considered the "ghetto" part of town. i used to live in manhattan, and i miss it very much ;o.

[tokyo-rose]

@melissa: morningside heights isn't considered harlem. it's sometimes refered to as "spanish harlem". the real harlem is on the east side, starting from 96th street.

Truth.

The part of NYC I live in isn't really dangerous, but I'm wary all the same. I always have my guard up if I'm going home by myself after dark. I glance all around me to make sure no one's lurking behind a tree or car, or in a building doorway. Heh.