hm, bums usually leave you alone if you don't make eye contact, that's what I do, they usually lurk in the bus stops especially at rush hour but if you don't make eye contact or simply tell them no, they will leave you alone. Granted, as a girl walking downtown where it's not especially lighted is scary, even walking around during the day can be scary near St Joseph hospital and Main St square and the reason as someone said earlier is because DT has more bum traffic than business people at certain times of the day. I've never been harassed and I've been going DT for almost a year, but I have been scared. And the fear comes from seeing the bums that are clearly intoxicated or drugged, especially on the weekends. DT needs more stores a mall or something to make it feel like a real downtown, we are the 4th largest city in the US but what stores or lively things do we have dt? Macys and the new mall with the forever 21 store? The city does need to do something about the public urination, I suggest public bathrooms. The only ones I am aware of are in the McDonalds near main st square, the ones in the tunnels, and in St Joseph hospital. And they should do something about that cheap store in main st square that's owned by the Indian couple, that's the place where all the bums get their alcohol from, I swear there's nothing more disturbing than seeing someone with a beer in a brown bag at like 11AM.
