My first time on public transit in Baltimore happened when I was a freshman in college. It was at night, it was me and my friend, and three thugs about 8 seats up...one was talking about how he shot a guy and his kid...nuff said...
I still rode the bus, but I am a walker by nature, many times the women I'm with hate where I park, because I like to walk. I walk to the store, walk down to a restaurant, bar, Chinese place, etc---where I live they are all walkig distances. My granfolks have a farm, so I'm used to walking all over the place...My friend in college is from NJ and is used to walking in NYC, so a group of us would always walk somewhere, if convienent.