there exist people in *Cambridge* Yeah. Rationally it isn't all that relevant, but emotionally one reacts to that sort of news item more when it's local.
I have never been particularly scared of walking places on my own, after dark, where there aren't many people, where lighting is poor etc. I figure the risk of being attacked by a random psycho is low enough to balance against the unlivable inconvenience of needing to be chaperoned everywhere I go. (I can't drive and I can't afford take taxis everywhere either, even if I wanted to.)
I think what really clinched it for me was a teenager who was raped and murdered a couple of years ago when she was walking along Mill Road at 3pm. I mean, if it can happen a busy main road in the middle of the day, any attempt to avoid 'dangerous' situations becomes completely meaningless.
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Date: 2005-01-19 12:08 pm (UTC)Yeah. Rationally it isn't all that relevant, but emotionally one reacts to that sort of news item more when it's local.
I have never been particularly scared of walking places on my own, after dark, where there aren't many people, where lighting is poor etc. I figure the risk of being attacked by a random psycho is low enough to balance against the unlivable inconvenience of needing to be chaperoned everywhere I go. (I can't drive and I can't afford take taxis everywhere either, even if I wanted to.)
I think what really clinched it for me was a teenager who was raped and murdered a couple of years ago when she was walking along Mill Road at 3pm. I mean, if it can happen a busy main road in the middle of the day, any attempt to avoid 'dangerous' situations becomes completely meaningless.