I used to walk in the Bowery in the early 1980s, and it was not safe. It went from this to Disneyland under Giuliani and Bloomberg. This is now one of the best-run big cities in the world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We are the safest large city in America, but any crime rate is too high.
New York is the first place I have ever felt safe.
Air travel is the safest form of travel aside from walking; even then, the chances of being hit by a public bus at 30,000 feet are remarkably slim. I also have no problem with confined spaces. Or heights. What I am afraid of is speed.
There's always elements of danger in New York, but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.
All life is inherently dangerous. But beyond that, Los Angeles is just a wonderful place to be.
All through my twenties, I lived in very walkable cities - Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New York.
Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.
When I thought about Detroit, I would think big city, very urban - not a lot of places to walk around, not a lot of parks. I sort of pictured Manhattan almost, where, besides Central Park, it's all city and big buildings. But now that I'm here, you see people pushing strollers, people hanging out in the park.
I like New York in the spring and in the fall. It's one of the best cities to walk that I've ever been in.
I'd heard it was dangerous to walk around Miami.