<p>Be advised that when you say "tougher" in reference to the NYPD it means a consistant berage of brutality against random individuals who "fit the profile"...i.e. if your skin is dark, don't bother pulling out your wallet in public because as history has shown, there's a good chance your going to be shot 41 times...and an even better chance that the cops who did it will walk free.</p>
<p>Either way I hope you got the PM I sent you jwblue. I'd still argue that New York is not an entirely safe place to be at night, at least where I grew up, and where I grew up was a pretty good neighborhood by New York standards. I think the crime would keep the people who don't care about the city from flooding into it and acting like its their own.</p>