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That town was great in the 50’s - 70’s. I was born and raised there, crime was not noticeable, we could roam at night (parents sleeping) and did. Just to do it. It was like farm country after dark. I remember they had a bus stop just for servicemen, with the information on the side that these guys didn’t have one. They would sit in it, and people would pull up and give them rides. That was before they had fleets of buses, wasting fuel moving people from place to place in an endless loop. My dad did it often with us kids in the car. Of course he was retired Navy, and the sailors would “shoot the shit” with Dad all the way along. Hell, we used to ride the boat to Seattle a lot too, kids walking in Downtown Seattle, TODAY??? no freakin way.

80 posted on 08/22/2022 9:16:48 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)

My Mom and Dad both graduated from South Kitsap High School, Dad joined the Navy in 1943 and served on the USS Dixie during WWII (Torpedoman 3rd class) and remained in the reserves for about 12 years.
I have a photo of one of my great uncles at the Bethel Crossroads near Port Orchard driving a horse and wagon.
Went to grade school in Des Moines, my brother and I used to ride the bus to downtown Seattle and goof around at the Pike Place Market, First Avenue pawn shops and the like. Never had any trouble but it probably wouldn't fly today.