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They can also be extra cautious when driving at night, when mountain lions in populated areas are more likely to be active.

“We populated the park with families that wanted to be involved with positive things,” says Nodal, whose book “How the Arts Made A Difference” documented the transformation.

But it’s densely populated too, and that combination of pedestrian traffic and the cars zooming along the main arteries of Wilshire and Olympic boulevards and Third Street, take a little bloom off the rose.

After that, Clallam County — roughly balanced politically between its three small population centers and sparsely populated rural reaches — stood alone.

Eventually, that difficult time passed, restrictions eased, dinner parties began populating my calendar, I started dating again.