The raccoons are really cute. We were face to face with 3 recently. One only 3 feet away. That was the Rubbish bin area near the mail boxes, The rubbish area we use by our apartment have some very overweight raccoons. occasionaly I startle some when dropping a bag of rubbish in the skip. They can run only a short distance before becoming too short of breath. It's a particualry pathetic sight in winter when you see them resting in the middle of the car park with their breath visible as they try to regain some composure. I wouldnt want to come into contact with one as they do have long claws, do bite and some carry rabies.
I'll love to get a chance to take a photo if I come across the younger calm ones again.
Plenty of Cyotes (cant remember the spelling), Foxes, even the odd mountain lion round here. The cats are kept indoors at night. Even my "Puma"