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[quote=doodlebug]I mean this in the best possible way...it's time to grow up and take personal responsibility. If you feel unsafe, then find a job in a "safe" neighborhood. If you can't or don't want to, then there are some things you can do to make yourself seem less attractive to a would be assailant:

Be big. If you can't be easily picked up and carried away, no one is going to bother with you. If you're not big, LOOK big...big klunky boots and big puffy coat etc.

Don't wear headphones. Keep your eyes and ears peeled.

Don't make eye contact with people. Look ahead, keep your head up, walk w/ purpose and like you own the sidewalk.

Have a dummy wallet. If someone tries to mug you, have a fake wallet with some fake credit cards or old ones from a closed account, expired museum cards or "club" cards etc and a few one dollar bills. Give that and get away. By the time they realize you gave them $8 and some junk you'll be long gone.

Wear a headlamp that's bright. No one is going to mug you if you're blinding them. When you move your head around your light will go with you and you'll see it's a cat and not a boogey man making the noise.

Minimize the amount of stuff you carry back and forth every day. Wear a backpack and not a purse. Keep the dummy wallet in your pocket. Don't wear or carry anything you can't run a mile with.

RELAX and understand there are billions of people on this planet and very very few of them are victims of stranger on stranger crime.

Take a self-defense class if you need to, but mostly, just relax.

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