People are people, whether its the hood, the country club, or other exotic parts. If you are obviously "not from around here", its natural that some folks are going to come up and poke you a little bit, to see how you react. If you come off all "get out of my face" or "don't touch me I'm better than you" you can expect trouble of one kind or another. On the other hand, if you are relaxed and treat folks with some tolerance (because after all, they live there, not you) and humor, mixed with some basic decency you'll usually be ok. I've been lost/stranded/alone on the street at night in some god-awful places (Mogadishu, Port-au-Prince) and had the local fun boys come up and nose around, and there's nothing like sharing a smoke and a joke to set things right. At least that's been my experience; mostly. On the other hand, smiling and being nice to the true right bastards doesn't work either, so who can say what to do? Ya pays your money and ya takes your chances.

JMO, FWIW.