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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by ryandrake on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @12:36PM (#41111083)
Similar happened to me. I was at The Oaks Card Club on the border of Emeryville and West Oakland. I needed to get to BART, and it was just a few blocks on one street, so I thought I'd just walk. About half way down, a taxi driver actually pulled up without me hailing him and said "Man, what the fuck are you doing walking here? Get in and I'll drive you wherever you need to go!" It was either a great sales pitch or I was actually in danger and didn't know it.
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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by LorenPechtel on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @01:49PM (#41112073)
My SF story: Chinatown, near the convention center. My wife wanted me to pick some stuff up while I was there. I had been there by day, seemed perfectly reasonable. I get done with the trade show, head over there near closing time to get what she wanted (perishable, so I left it to the last minute) and coming back I realized the character had changed considerably and it was a place I didn't want to be. I hadn't gotten a car because the hassles of parking made it a negative to me.
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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by alexawarrior3 on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @02:04PM (#41112248)
We solved that problem for you by closing everything at 9pm now, or earlier.
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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by LorenPechtel on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @12:29PM (#41120657)
I think this was a bit before 7pm. It surprised me because I didn't expect the character to change that much while the stores were still open. The undesirable elements usually only show up once the legitimate people leave.
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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by alephnerd on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @12:42PM (#41111160)
If you were walking to the West Oakland station, he's absolutely right.

You'd be crossing a couple highway on-ramps which aren't the most pedestrian friendly.

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Re:If We Want a Shift to Walking, We Need to Prioritize Dignity by fred909 on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @06:40PM (#41114849)
I only have one friend who's been mugged - and it was in Emeryville.
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