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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8234998, member: 110350&quot;]Most of the sensationally violent crimes that have occurred lately have happened late at night, a large percentage of them on deserted subway platforms or staircases, and unfortunately, an even larger percentage committed by homeless men. I admit that I no longer ride the subways after 10 pm or so unless I&#039;m with a group of people, and don&#039;t go out much at all that late at night except in my immediate neighborhood. You&#039;re really not in much danger in the &quot;good&quot; neighborhoods in the daytime, or anyplace where there are lots of people around. And you can always call a Lyft.&nbsp; Things felt more dangerous to me back in the early 1970s, when I was in my mid-teens and had to take care to avoid certain exits in certain subway stations, even in the middle of the day -- and avoid certain stations altogether -- because there were always groups of young guys waiting to mug anyone who looked vulnerable. One of my most vivid memories, from about 1970 or 1971, is of being chased down a subway platform on my way home from school by a guy who emerged from behind a pillar with an open switchblade and a bandanna pulled up below his eyes, like a 19th-century stagecoach robber. Fortunately, I ran a lot faster back then than I do now, and he didn&#039;t catch me. I didn&#039;t even bother mentioning it to my parents. I didn&#039;t want them to get all upset.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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