I'm constantly confused at people who think NYC is scary. - It has one of the lowest crime rates of large cities in the USA. - It has wonderfully documented p

I'm constantly confused at people who think NYC is scary. - It has one of the lowest crime rates of large cities in the USA. - It has wonderfully documented public transportation (hell, even your iPhone can give you subway/bus directions now) - OK, so the drivers suck. And the cabbies yell at each other all the time. - Well, on second thought, the hipsters make the city pretty scary... - And I suppose it'd be scary if you're afraid of people and traffic. (I say this as a short white dude living in what was, up until about 5 years ago, the most dangerous neighborhood in Brooklyn - and about 3 blocks away from a stretch along Knickerbocker Ave that, similarly up until about 5 years ago, had the highest murder rate in the city.. and while I'm not stupid enough to walk around with my beyerdynamics on and my head in the clouds... been there two years and haven't been mugged)