I used to live nearby years ago and while I wasn't afraid to pass through here, I remember that I always felt there was a certain "emptiness" to this immediate area at night. I think for Queer folks like myself, or women, or Black, Indigenous, or other minority groups, "emptiness" (or an absence of witnesses) in the city is not a good feeling especially if you have experienced casual racial, gendered, or homo/transphobic verbal abuse, cat-calling or even physical violence in situations just like like these, as so many of us have.
