[ck2]

Yeah except for me, the sheer existence of the crowd makes my brain go "avoid avoid avoid at all costs".

I even go shopping in the middle of the night or very early morning when stores first open. I don't mind a few people but a crowd will make me turn around immediately. It is some kind of primal fear to me that shouts danger.

Apparently a great many people don't seem to have that survival instinct.

[Johnny555]

It's not necessarily a survival instinct, crowds aren't inherently bad, and they rarely result in death or injury -- what if the crowd you're avoiding is the big line for fresh water after a disaster, waiting around until the crowd dissipates may mean that supplies run out.