I’ve been chased down on bike and trapped for the same thing in Seattle.

Dangerous assholes are everywhere. The only way to avoid them is to go nowhere. Even then… bump keys render your lock useless, all of your shit is flammable, and windows are shitty barriers. Then only reason you aren’t murdered every single day is because 99.999999999% of people in the country don’t want to hurt you… that’s reality.

And if you really want to stay safe while traveling just make sure you don’t bring anyone you know with you because being murdered by a stranger is incredibly ridiculously rare…