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It's irrational, really. Not to say that the Golden Gate bridge won't ever get attacked, it may well. But you're far more likely to get killed crossing the road every day, and I doubt you apply the same level of calculation to working out if every road is worth the risk of crossing.

Don't get me wrong, it's totally understandable. I hate to rely on "the terrorists won!" as an argument, but terror is only effective when we allow ourselves to be terrorised by it. If we/politicians/the media applied the same amount of attention to road safety that we do to terrorism we'd all be in self driving cars by now.

Turn off the TV and go outside

In 2001 NY was by far the biggest target. Today I think the Bay Area is a close second.