Exactly — so we’re in agreement 🙂 Areas change.
20-30 years ago, downtown SD, or NYC’s East Village, or Northern Liberties in Philly weren’t “places to be at night.” But things evolve, though I never considered the Northern Liberties to be all that bad even when I was in school in the 90s.
The area around the main train station in Philly was much skeevier and emptier at night.