Originally Posted by PHLviaUS

For the record, I have been at the Salinas station several times and I did not feel uncomfortable at all. Salinas is not Beverly Hills (neither is my hometown), but it is not a third world country either. It is a blue-collar, agricultural community with all the attributes that come with that demographic. Given the diverse nature of Amtrak clientele, I suspect there were people as unsavory on board your train as you feared were lurking outside your curtained window at the Salinas station.