I feel the same. I've lived here for 20+ years, and drivers are much more aggressive and careless in my opinion. Just one example: a few weeks ago, someone downtown *sped up* to try to hit me in the crosswalk as they were turning right. As for Robin's comment about generalized anxiety, as a pedestrian, I don't feel as unsafe in other places (Hoboken, Union City, even Manhattan) as I do here (and I walk *a lot*). And like the OP, I'm generally a big fan of JC.