Hi OutThere:

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.  

I get all mixed up emotionally and I think people here have picked up on some weaknesses of mine over the years posting here at this rag.  What I forgot when I was being unreasonable w/b.carfree or some of the others was "why were our views so different".  I didn't pay attention to those that shared discomfort like your bold typing states on WHEN they were being accosted.  I am almost always home by noon as I can't handle the intense energy by 'so many people' and wasn't being sensitive.  I was there Tuesday for farmers mkt and it was around 2ish.  From farmers mkt to the library it was like a rave.  I also realized that it got probably even more crowded in the late after. and eve.  I didn't walk in your shoes until Tues.  It would be very intimidating to me (and I've seen poverty worse in foreign countries) to have gangs doing what you all mentioned.  I would cry.

I won't give up on me/us.  I just want us all to be safe & notgetlost