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Changed my walking route after dark, saw a big difference in how people treated me
I used to take a shortcut through an alley behind Main Street, but after 9 PM I switched to the well-lit boulevard. In just two weeks, I stopped getting catcalled or followed, and a neighbor even said I looked more confident on the cameras. Has anyone else noticed a change just by picking a different street at night?
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blairstone3mo ago
Simple changes like that make way more of a difference than people realize. Street lighting alone changes the whole vibe.
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terry_walker3mo ago
Yeah exactly @blairstone, that "changes the whole vibe" part really hits home. I've noticed it in my own neighborhood since they swapped out the old yellow streetlights for these harsh white LED ones. It went from feeling like a cozy, safe walking area at night to almost clinical and kinda sterile. Does the brighter light actually make you feel safer, or does it just make everything look worse in a different way?
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