Funny, you just described my exact experience going from Washington D.C. (one of the Murder leaders in the U.S.) and then later from NYC to Toronto. At least i

Funny, you just described my exact experience going from Washington D.C. (one of the Murder leaders in the U.S.) and then later from NYC to Toronto. At least in D.C./NYC the homeless people can play music in the metro/subway. And you really don't find too many of them unless you go to the absolute crappiest part of town. In Toronto it was hard to walk more than a block or two in broad daylight without getting accosted by some drug addled homeless person wanting McDonald's money. And we're talking about places like around Queen's Park and the St. James Park area. I also call B.S. on your Seattle description (but not your Vancouver description which is a very nice city). Last time I was in downtown Seattle I think I saw maybe 2 or 3 homeless people. And my threat level was darn near 0 compared to an average day in D.C.