There are probably 2 points here:
1. don't walk alone a night. period. Good advice.
2. is the talk about the neighborhood. Our lane is one down on Breadnut. Back in my younger days when I was far more naive and yes, stupid, I went everywhere and anywhere. You know the saying ignorance is bliss...
Now that I'm pushing 50 Yikes! and have 2 teens, things look much different now. Would I walk down Sommerset alone and night? Not unless I absolutely had to. Just cause I don't walk at night alone anywhere. There are no experiences alike. I had a great dinner and you didn't. I have never been robbed, you have.
I could on the otherhand walk down Breadnut cause that is our 'hood' and I know there are alot of people, not all, who watch out for us. That being said, you never know when someone walking down the lane is NOT from the 'Hood'.
Hmmm, I remember when the barrel guy's son was shot dead by the cops on Seastar Lane a couple of years ago. Doesn't make it a bad lane now does it?