tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post2074247913464653894..comments2024-03-26T21:38:47.081-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY LIKE THE NIGHTHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-20775283299968584442014-11-03T13:56:21.518-05:002014-11-03T13:56:21.518-05:00Oh, I walked downtown too. The distance was the sa...Oh, I walked downtown too. The distance was the same. It might have helped that when I lived in San Diego that the downtown was impossibly seedy, smelled of urine and was the home of life's losers but they didn't prey on the people out long after dark. It was probably a sort of recognition that people who roamed the streets at will long after dark were much more dangerous than those who lived at the bottom of the well. I never heard of anybody attacked or assaulted in the old downtown before the full implementation of the redevelopment scheme.<br /><br />I started taking long walks at 12 in the dark over the mountain behind our house and the only time I recall being a little bit disconcerted was when I found myself in the local farmers field facing a bull. It was an encounter that was disturbing by moonlight.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-79323450925187733172014-10-31T12:11:32.450-04:002014-10-31T12:11:32.450-04:00"Personal safety" is a constant thought ..."Personal safety" is a constant thought for city dwellers today and more's the pity. Of all the things we've lost during my lifetime... and there have been plenty... the vanishing sense of security has to be one of the biggest, if not THE biggest.<br /><br />I never took long walks in the dark with the sole purpose of doing only that, but I HAVE wandered about the city after midnight... both here and abroad... and enjoyed the Hell out of it.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com