:sigh: Gotta love grand old Hartford!!!

Soooo.....where did it go from there???

i was leaveing a store and 2 blacks guys were telling me to give up my weed if i had any then they started to follow me down the street, and they kept on saying we can do this the hard way or my way

Ya gots to watch yo back, son

You need to tread carefully in any city, especially those with a bad reputation.  

I was at a party last night where I was the only white guy, and the people that grew up in the bad neighborhoods of S.F./Oakland told me that the thugs of today are much worse and lawless than a decade ago.

theres this big black homeless guy that is always  right by my school after what happened the other i have been giveing him a little bit of money to walk with me if i need to walk into town.

You\'re going to school in Hartford?  Living there too?  :sadban:

Hiring a homeless guy as an entourage is an interesting idea.  

Alone = easy target in the hood

Sometimes people will casually ask you to give them your wallet in a non-threatening manner, to see if you\'ll actually do it.  A guy asked my girlfriend\'s dad for his wallet in Oakland, and he told him to **** off.  The guy retreated and said he was "kidding".

If you\'re spending a lot of time in bad neighborhoods, where it\'s highly probable that another incident will occur in the future, you may wish to hang up the Birkenstocks and opt for a good pair of running shoes.

Have a contingency plan in case you are confronted again on your route:  Where to run to, where the nearest rock pile is (for ammo;) ) etc.

i was leaveing a store and 2 blacks guys were telling me to give up my weed if i had any then they started to follow me down the street, and they kept on saying we can do this the hard way or my way

So you are an 18 year old freshman from NH in a shitty area of Hartford huh?

Good God kid.  You might as well be wearing a bright neon sign that says "**** WITH ME" right now.

The good news, is that sign fades with time.  You might not be aware of it, but you probably look a little lost and wide eyed right now.  The more comfortable you become with your environment the better off you\'ll be.  

A little advice from someone who went to school in the ghetto:

-don\'t carry alot of valuables on you. This lessens your chance for loss, but also makes you less nervous if confronted.  A \'robbing me is a complete waste of time\' attitude goes a long way.

-walk close to the street on the sidewalk. It gives you an extra step to see what is around corners or in alleys.

-wear your worn out clothes to the store.  Brand new stuff screams \'rich kid\', and less fortunate locals really resent that.

-walk with purpose and keep moving.  If you had stopped today you may been robbed.

I agree with wild - attitude is 90% of getting in/out of any situation.

:that: And...never look them in the eye as you walk by. Get an attitude that you just don\'t give a ****!!

as a notorious bully, i\'d have to say that running is probably your best option in situations like that. otherwise your liable to get robbed and rocked

As A guy who grew up in West Hartford on the border of hartford and who spent more time then they care to admit in the north end of hartford. Where were you ?