To live in Gotham was nerve-wracking as it is with all the crime and violence around every corner and down every block, but at least the city has Batman to protect them.
But it is a fully new form of terror to be hunted by the vigilante himself. People like the Joker and The Riddler weren't considered people in the pool of Gotham, they were all monsters but you weren't a monster!
You just.. got caught up in the wrong crowd, you didn't have the right influences and all that other bullshit.
So now, The Batman went from sitting at the head of your dinner table when you came home late at night from school while your mom was at work. To chasing you from rooftop to rooftop as you ran in the shadows of allies and did your best to avoid the creeps of the night.
It had turned into a full on hunt in your mind. And there was no escaping Batman.