I find that once I'm of the giant freeways I'm much better. The anaheim resort district is very nice, and obviously a special part of anaheim. It's very reasuring to me when I see the palm lined streets.
On the sidewalks outside of the park I feel just fine.
I noted in another thread that people told me about vagrants on Harbor drive which I hadn't seen before. So on my last trip I kept an eye out for them. I saw an old lady collecting cans on Katella. On harbor I would pass cans and bottles in every trash can. Normally in California at 10 cents a peace those are getting picked up very fast. I'm sure that anaheim removes bums from the area.
Actually, they don't seem to remove the homeless from the area, and we are very saddened by the fact that there is such diversity in the wealth (day to day living styles) amongst many of them. My son and I are working on his Gr,. 8 Social Studies course now, and realize that many years ago, the Brazilian Tribe, the Tumpinambas, were horrified that there could be such a difference between those in France who were 'the haves', and those who were the 'have-nots' - those who struggle for day to day life - in a tribe, obviously, they would have felt that everyone should work together for equality.... my family has seen several homeless people over the few years in the Disneyland area to and from the parks, and sadly, the same ones over and over during the entire week we stay there (the last time was a man who sat at the bus stop with his shopping cart, apparently re-living stats and radio announcing baseball games or something like that!) He seemed highly intelligent, but so sad how his life had turned.
We thought of him often, as well as an elderly lady, who sat on the benches the year or two prior, as well as another lady who had been there the year prior - always, day after day these people sat there. So sad. We had phoned the BWPPI to see how the Grandmotherly lady was doing, but had heard only that she had moved on, and they didn't know where she was, either. The saddest thing to see, is someone who looks like your Grandmother, put on toques and gloves in Nov., and lay her head on her little suitcase cart to go to sleep for the night AT A BUS STOP. In Canada, we also see the same differences, so it's not just in Anaheim - my son and I saw a homeless man in our town while we went through a drive-thru restaurant, and bless his heart, he didn't want to think this was so - he declared that he was 'well dressed, so he can't be homeless.' I didn't mince words, letting him know I was pretty sure that the man was homeless. We make sure to donate food, money, etc., but it's never enough, is it. (?) Sorry to be such a downer, but it really is sad, that the Happiest Place on Earth is only 'Happiest' within the gates.
I am editing this to add that in no way did we ever feel our safety was compromised when walking down Harbor Blvd- I felt more at risk from the time share sellers yelling out at us asking how we were doing, and did we want 'free' this or that (sigh), as well as the people selling glo-sticks non-Disney variety, @ 3 for $5.
and that is all i know! RFLOL 
