North Surrey, more like North Scurvy or Slurry.

[drewdle]

Hey Lope, sorry to hear about your experience. I've had people call out things to me as I walk at night, but never to that extent, though I usually do pursue in the same manner, or in other words, I don't take it like a submissive mute. I get "fag" pretty commonly around here, as the majority of young men in this town are greased-up truck-driving hicks, thus anything so foreign as a slender, clean, colorfully dressed individual is a challenge to their mental acuity. I've also had trash thrown at me, although I was in a bad mood already that day and I actually chased the car down (for once, traffic was useful) and tossed it back through the open passenger window. Then kept running. Didn't stop to see the reaction.

While it is dangerous, I have to say right now I admire the fact that you challenged them. Pricks like that operate on the "gang" mentality, or power in numbers. They feel like they have control of a situation because there is four of them and one of you, and they totally expect you to run away whimpering from their abuse. The last thing they expect is a balls-out challenge. It knocks them off their basis for considering themselves superior, and makes them doubt their ability to actually effect you. Usually, it causes them not to continue with that kind of behavior at all, as they're not used to someone who will fight back. It may take two or three incidents, but if each person acted like you did, they would likely drop their shtick altogether. That being said, there's also the stance that some people are just nucking futs, and may have any number of sharp objects, blunt objects, or guns in their vehicle, and they may use them with such little provocation, even though they started the altercation. I guess there's no real way to be sure.

I've never been to that area of Vancouver, but we have a similar area in Nanaimo, around Haliburton, Nicol, and Victoria roads. A friend of a former roomate was assaulted (no lead up or confrontation leading to the attack, just open violence) for a bag of McDonald's in that area. Bad part of town.

But yeah, I may take flak for it, but I wanted to commend you on your approach. Hope you're doing well, didn't come to any harm.

[Acco]

Lope - don't blame my generation as a whole for the experience you just had. Certainly there are some absolute fucktards out there (excuse the language), but I can assure you that there are many more level-minded individuals. Surrey's just Surrey. Not easy to say it any other way.

[Runemist34]

Lope, I'm very sorry to hear that this happened to you. As Drew said, there is a part of town here that...well, isn't very safe for a female like me to walk around in, I suppose. However, I would also argue one point: It's not just that area of town.
I've had a few incidents of something similar, where people have thrown things at me from cars. Unfortunately, they way the sidewalks here work, there is not always the ability to choose which side of the road you are walking on, and thus, you cannot always see your enemy coming.
The first time for me was around 10pm, I was walking with my then-boyfriend, who was quite tall. Car came up behind, and approx. three eggs were thrown at us. Now, you might think eggs are flimsy things that break on impact, but when they are going at more than 40 kilometres an hour, they frigging hurt! One hit the back of my knee, and I had a huge, angry red welt there for a few days. I stopped walking that road at night for a long time.
The second time was when I was walking home, in broad daylight, on a very busy road. It was hot, I suppose, and water balloons seemed relatively reasonable. This was oncoming traffic, which I was facing while walking. Unfortunately, as happens to me sometimes, I was on auto-pilot, just trying to get home, as I was feeling ill. It was quite a shock when a large water balloon hit me in the stomach at about 60 kilometres per hour, and then broke, drenching the lower half of my legs.
I didn't get a description or licence plates of either cars.
Suffice it to say, I think your approach was good for the time and situation you were in, and at the very least you had someone to get mad at...but honestly, I wouldn't encourage thought that this is geographically oriented. Stupid jerks are everywhere. Drew has been yelled at a few times from cars and things while both driving, and walking on busy roads, and in broad daylight.

Intelligent, compassionate people unite, because we don't have to take this shit. :birdy:

[Masozi]

Answers posted below...

AMZinthos - Thanks, I am fine albeit quite vexed at the situation and that I didn't get the license plate number. Unfortunately the increasing of lawlessness is becoming a real problem in this country and based on the number of responses and stories similar to mine it looks like drive by prankings are quite common.

Blue - I don't intentionally mean to increase your level of fear but one of my 4 such incidents took place at the intersection of 88th and KG. I had a run in with two guys in their early 20's who were stopped at the light and probably didn't like the way I looked. After making a stupid comment they took off after I challenged them to get out of their shitbox and say it to my face.

Zen - With regards to the comment to Blue, Its a VERY good idea to stay out of Bear Creek Park after dark, someone got bumped off while going through there not too long ago.

Drewdle - I would have given anything to have a chance to throw something back at these guys if they had stopped longer or were at the light ahead of me. Based on what happened I think they thought I was going to be a soft touch and that I probably looked smaller than I was from their car.  I could see that they were 2 females and one male, smaller than I was so I would have been able to take them on had they tried to mug me or something.  If you ever come over to the Vancouver area there are two places you want to stay away from like the plague, the downtown east side and parts of North Slurry from Whalley, Surrey Central to 96th Ave. I don't think these idiots are going to stop this kind of pranking because of me, but it will probably end permanently if they pick on a someone who happens to be HA,a real gang member and is carrying a gun.

Fuzzy gorge - You don't have to worry about the language, I said some pretty strong stuff as well.  Although it'll never happen if I catch up to these twerps again I'll let you slap some sense into them.

Runemist34 - Its ridiculous that so many who have responded have had shouts or stuff thrown at them from passing vehicles. Anything thrown from a vehicle can be painful if it hits in the right spot and at sufficient rates of speed.  The idiots who threw at me were pathetic, not just because they were cowards but they were terrible shots because only one out of about 8 or 9 rocks and eggs that they threw had glanced off my backpack. It I hadn't worn the backpack then it would have probably missed, I don't think they would have hit the side of a building if they had a water balloon.

[Bee]

oi.. people are such buttheads. I live in Newton with my boyfriend.. and we have had a few interesting encounters here as well.. I got all sorts of things yelled at me one night passing some townhouses near my place (yaaaaaaay drunk guys!) I was scared enough to call my boyfriend to come walk me the rest of the way home. Thats the worst I've had.. but my boyfriend got jumped by a group of 2 guys and a girl around the bus loop. They probably thought he'd be an easy target because he's not exactly a huge guy.. but they soon realized not to judge a book by its cover.. he's trained in a couple different martial arts XD. He actually ran into one of the guys again at the esso a few days later and unbelievably, the dude tried to start something again. Just stupid kids trying to make themselves feel better.

[mediar]

I live nearish 88th and KG... and now you have me real paranoid with walking on my own. darn..

Hey if you need a lift some time, feel free to message me or Silverrose. We are on 84th and KG. Goes for anyone else too!

[Blue]

Thanks for the concern!

[Masozi]

Bee wrote - " He actually ran into one of the guys again at the esso a few days later and unbelievably, the dude tried to start something again. " 

My Turn - That was a really stupid thing for the perp to do because it exposes himself to being identified after a possible butt kicking from the BF.  A story like this tells me that the guy was not the sharpest saw in the tool shed.  After I have told of my incident it is amazing to me how many others have had incidents like this. It says something about the current state of society when a form of entertainment is to go out and commit an act of what could be loosely called domestic terrorism.

[Blazingfoxx]

Lol livin in second worst place in BC some ppl drove by yelling shit and tried throwing an egg at me but completely missed stuff like that is aight better than actually having guns or knives pulled out on you or even being jumped and shit kicked so in your case your pretty lucky it was just eggs and rocks. Some people can get pretty violent and could care less to what others say.

[twotailz]

no offence to anyone but i fucking hate that place everytime im in surry i always run into some kinda shit weather its randoms or pigs cause i forgot i was in the city and spark up a doob at the bus stop, y a theres some good stuff about it but i still hate it

fuckin angry town

[Vanilla Skunk]

....and spark up a doob at the bus stop....

I have a story for YOU.

My friend RoadKill and I were sitting on the corner of 102 and King George, he pulls out a doob and says, "Fire."

So, I pull out my lighter, spark it up, and all the sudden FOUR FIRE TRUCKS SHOW UP!

[Masozi]

 THATS IT!!    Thats what I'm going to call Surrey from now on, "Angry Town"  is perfect.  Not only is the place angry but it makes you angry when stupid shit happens there.

[Kithop]

We have neighbours down the street (138th and Fraser) that like... get out of their houses and scream at each other across the street every other week or so. :p  It's actually kind of funny, to be honest, because anything I hear is just horribly trivial shit they get all worked up on and degrade into a cussing match over.  Only ever seen the cops get called once or twice, though.

If you're walking west of Whalley Ring Road, yeah, it can be a little daunting at night, especially as you get towards Surrey Central itself, but strangely it feels like Whalley Ring Road is really kind of a border - the road itself and all the houses to the east of it up here seem really calm, but the built-up area around King George Hwy itself is not night-time-friendly.  Especially Surrey Central station itself (though King George seems weirdly okay..?).

Honestly, though, this is what happens when recessions get worse, people lose their jobs, and can't afford to make ends meet.