Nighttime Excursions

It's so weird how quickly it gets dark outside during the winter. After 6 or 7pm, everyone is gone, the streets are bare, it's kind of scary. As a New Yorker, you tend to get a bit wary things get too quiet.
I don't usually like to take my camera out at night, but I wasn't too far from my house, so what the heck! What's your city/town/village/dwelling like at night?