I only have experience of your top two places Jimmy and I find that the darkness has the biggest effect on feelings of safety for me. I'm staying in the South of England at the moment and the nearest Irish club is in the red light district of the town which often causes problems when I travel in on my own to meet people inside!!

My strategy is to park as close as possible and walk fast....although it is a bit scary sometimes.br> No problems in the daylight though.....it's like a totally different place then!


Larry, (slight thread creep here!!)
Just saw you'd mentioned the Seaman's mission in Belfast. A friend of mine who is a Presbyterian minister in Belfast knows the mission clergy well and asked them to give me a personal tour of the place a few years ago....it is beautiful!

Yvonne