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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly this make me wary of taking my kids downtown and to zoo lights. I'm not even sure how you'd protect yourself when they are beating up shop owners. [/quote]

You don't need to be afraid, just be street smart.  Keep your eyes open and don't go to Zoo Lights or Gallery Place when there are going to be a ton of troublemakers (after 8pm, summers, holiday weekends).  If you see a big crowd of kids, move on.  (In fact, just avoid big crowds altogether.)  I've moved my kid from subway cars before because I don't like who's on them.  We will go to zoo lights this year, but probably from 4:30-7 on a weeknight.

TBH, my biggest fear is those d*mn firecrackers. I have a very reactive stress response, and if I hear firecrackers in a crowded place or on the Metro, I would seriously freak out.  I think my kid is much more likely to get hurt/scared in a stampede than in a shooting. [/quote]

You sound very fragile. Far too fragile to give others advice about how to stay safe in a city. With a "very reactive stress response" (whatever the hell that is) you should stay in a quiet, safe suburb. City life isn't for you.

And you also seem to be afraid of black kids. Also not really a workable condition in the city. [/quote]

It's funny that you think being self-aware of my own reactions, as well as observant of signs of possible trouble, equates to needing to leave the city. In other contexts this is called being "street smart" and how you get by living in a city.  But sure, go ahead with your bad self and enjoy the panicked stampedes off the metro and shelter-in-place orders due to firecrackers on the metro.  (Which happened last year in L'Enfant Plaza.) [/quote]

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