Yeah I guess maybe more uncomfortable than unsafe. But I really did feeI unsafe when I was randomly strolling though the city and walked past a church with 20 junkies all over the place. They didn't threaten me or anything but still felt overwhelmed.
I do have a needle phobia so being jetlagged and the first thing I see when I open the hostel door to go out on a mainstreet is a guy injecting a needle into his vein right in my face is probably not a good thing. It's something I'll never forget and Vancouver will always be associated with that for me.
I still think it's a big black eye for the city.
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