[PRCo] Re: Location?

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Though I'm nominally a suburbanite (and like it), I've been to a few cities
in my time (granted, not as many as either Fred or Harold), including a
couple in Northern Ireland (you get used to the gunshots).  The only
occasions I noticed anyone looking at me funny were a) in Baltimore, with
Fred, photographing the then-new light rail line, and b) in Manchester,
England, while I was walking alone past a parking garage adjacent to the
main bus terminal.  In both instances, the only attraction was the 20+ year
old camera.

Now that I have a more modern (and much heavier) camera, I swing it back and
forth in front of the pocket containing the wallet, and haven't been
troubled.  But I also look around as I walk, paying attention to who's
there, and try not to go alone.  You can't avoid being cast as a tourist as
long as the camera is present.  Sometimes a tour bus is helpful, too!

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
Derrick J Brashear
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 1:05 AM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Location?


On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Harold Geissenheimer wrote:

> In Pittsburgh as in many cities, housing projects could be bad at
> night.  Also Braddock,
> Rankin.  Poverty  and race is the problem.  North Philadelphia,

These days Braddock is empty. There's not really anyone to give you
trouble.