fairviewroad
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Oh sorry, that was me. Sorry about my attitude. I'll amend my comment to "the person who spent nearly 6 hours in a hotel lobby using a serviceWhen someone uses the free wifi in a hotel lobby, calling them a moocher reveals an attitude.
intended for paying customers." I suppose you support coach passengers walking into sleeping cars and helping themselves to the amenities?
We don't know the OP's skin color, actually. We only know that the OP feels more comfortable in the presence of white people. Talk about "revealing" oneself.In 2012 no one is fool enough to explicitly say a story is fishy because of the teller's skin color. People who feel that way and would say it, if they didn't fear the approbation, reveal themselves in other ways. I think we have seen more than a bit of that tonight.
And to those who say the OP's fears of being outside the train station were justified, feel free to take a look at this map, which shows that in the period from
July 1 through today, not a single crime was reported at the New Orleans train station. There was a "theft" about a block away back in July, which by the way
took place at 10:37 in the morning. But don't let facts get in the way of your fear-driven narrative.