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Re:Interactive NYC Homicide Map by chops on Thursday June 18, 2009 @09:54PM (#664484)
There's this widespread belief that you can't go in the park after dark, since it's /so dangerous/, but apparently statistically that's not the case.

Could that widespread belief perhaps have led to folks deciding not to go to the park after dark, though?

Or am I completely off-base? I'm not from NY (been there twice, and love it), so I have no idea. Do people go to the park after dark pretty regularly?

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Re:Interactive NYC Homicide Map by madmanslitany on Thursday June 18, 2009 @10:57PM (#664585)
No, I'm pretty sure people don't. In general, I think the attitude is to avoid parks at night. I would imagine that it's hard for police to maintain visibility that well when there's all kinds of bushes and trees in the way, not that much ambient light, and a lot of ground for them to cover.

I have also heard that Central Park has improved tremendously in the past decade.

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