Being out at night is basically always less safe than during the day. No question, any area in the county probably safe or not. Your car example is the funniest one because a car is a lot less safe at night, from people being tired or drunk.

> night is basically always less safe than during the day

But not always to the degree that it makes it irresponsible.

Honestly, if you're married and have kids, being out socially at 230am is irresponsible imo. Even if you're working late at the office, you have some uncomfortably higher odds of being taken out by a drink driver on the way home. Or robbed/killed at a gas station if you forgot you were low. This is stuff people knew and talked about not too long ago, but now we pretend it's not the case for some reason.