I remember having to explain to my grandmother than New York City is incredibly safe and so don't be worried. Her reaction to me working in Manhattan and spending time with my girlfriend in Queens, or worse, going to a party in Harlem - she reacted like I was going off into a warzone. No grandma, New York is a very safe place these days.
She's almost 90 and I finally got her to visit NY when I was passing through on my way back from Europe last year. It was near Christmas, so we went to the Rockefeller Center, saw the tree, and saw a Broadway show and she loved it all. She kept being amazed at how little crime there was, like she was expecting robberies and muggings and cars lit on fire and flipped over every other block.
She's almost 90 and I finally got her to visit NY when I was passing through on my way back from Europe last year. It was near Christmas, so we went to the Rockefeller Center, saw the tree, and saw a Broadway show and she loved it all. She kept being amazed at how little crime there was, like she was expecting robberies and muggings and cars lit on fire and flipped over every other block.