You started out there in circumstances which were none of your doing, but you Got Out. I think you get extra credit.
(And though I don't know your age I'll bet it was a very different city back then too.)
Related topic, my beloved just called to tell me he was accosted by a group of anti-war demonstrators at a Starbucks in Portland. The guy asked if he was military, he said he was retired, and the guy let loose a barrage of abuse. Something about warmongering babykillers. Straight out of the 60's.
Free speech only extends to theirs, I guess. Somebody minding his own business in a Starbucks isn't allowed to exist peacefully.