Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I went to a football game there and parked with all the other people going to the game about six blocks in the wrong direction (wrong = bad). After the game I went to the museums until they closed and stayed to see a movie in one of the buildings. I left for my car long after dark and all the other football fans were long gone. That was one scary six block walk!
Originally Posted By avromark Sort of related, a friend of mine is a paramedic, we went downtown Toronto in a bad area (Jamestown) to visit a friend, got out in the wee hours of the morning, he left his driver window rolled down and his car was still there with some possessions on the back seat. The only reason we could think of why no one touched anything was because of his uniform jacket and ID in the car. We figured maybe the only thing that saved him from being robbed was being an EMR.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Thanks, FerretAfros! We're probably going to make a trip to the area sometime this year with my parents (they live in Crestline - that'll be our home-base). I'm definitely going to push for a visit - during the day! (*Grins at Schmitty*) avromark... In many towns, the bad guys would have broken into a vehicle specifically to steal those two items. Not fun. :-(
