Definitely something that happens everywhere no matter how old you are. There's kids out there who give the good ones bad names, and causes people to think all BMXers are disrespectful and rebels or druggies or whatever they think. I've noticed if you just try to avoid people and you're just a respectful person and don't cause problems, people are more apt to tolerate you. There's always going to be those ignorant people who don't give any kid or any person on a bike/skateboard/etc a chance. Something you gotta live with I guess.