I didn't realize the Fairfield was two blocks off the boardwalk, I don't T/S in Atlantic City...a weekend once a year suits me fine.
Generally, I stay in a hotel up on Pacific Street. Pacific Street is pretty safe at night, too, it's well lit and lots of people about.
But even that one block between the Boardwalk and Pacific is scary, and best traversed via the Frontier Casino, or through the skywalk and the Sands. I'm 6'3", 220lbs, a former Marine who keeps himself fit, and even I'm a bit intimidated by that one block at night. Too many bums, and worse, lots of people appear to be whacked out of their minds on God knows what sort of dope...unpredicable and scary.
I can certainly imagine that many people would be completely, and rightly, afraid to traverse two blocks off the Boardwalk at night.
What were these people thinking?