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My kids are still young enough that the CBD is interesting, but I think they're becoming wary of the people who approach and ask for money. It's been really notable the last couple of times. We were even sitting just inside the front of a McDonald's and someone entered far enough to ask me for money in front of the kids. The kids were unsettled by it. My oldest also noted that piss was a common aroma. We weren't hanging out around the shitty parts of the CBD, it was an "in general" kind of thing.
It is rather.... unsavoury.