Comments on: Welcome To Nottingham

By: webduck

webduck — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:46:16 +0000

I could go out on my street at night and be safe, but over in Bremerton that is another matter. All told though, we do not have bullets flying in my area. Down where our son lives in CA they have heard close gunfire and seen an arrest. It really isn’t like the wild west here in WA though. Scrape up the money for airfare and come visit!

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:36:29 +0000

Definitely the Media. I’ve never heard a random gunshot before. But I wouldn’t suggest walking around the city alone at night or anything…. actually… there were shots fired in a dorm last weekend here. or so I hear. I don’t even know the truth.

My fellow CA (community assistant) said she gave a tour to a family with a very over protective mother. The mom wanted to know what kind of security we had if a guy from, “that street over there” shot my son playing basketball. Sheesh. It just doesn’t happen like that around here.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:25:22 +0000

For sure. S London is not a place you want to visit without a bullet proof vest on. However, the occasional impression given of the US is that it’s like the wild west only minus the horses. I didn’t think it’d be the case, but it’s always interesting to hear from people on the ground.

By: The Curmudgeon

The Curmudgeon — Thu, 31 May 2007 14:12:25 +0000

“[I]s it another media over-exaggeration?”

In plain American, youbetcha. And I live in Chicago and take public transportation, sometimes late at night.

Of course if it gets too late I’ll take a cab. And there are certain areas of the City into which you, me — no one — should go without an escort, preferably a local. These precautions are merely prudent and have nothing to do with “bullets flying,” although, naturally, they have to do with crime avoidance. This should not be surprising: One can get hit ‘upside the head’ in “Old Blighty” as well.