How many more?

[CathyA]

Yeah, cops on bicycles just look silly......gun or no gun. I'm sure they're useful somewhere.......but not in a violent area.

[iris lilies]

IL:

Have you tried gentrifying the area?

I dont even know where to start.

ok, let's try: is sinking $100,000 into a property that we will not ever get back good enough for you, internet social warrior?

If not, how much SHoULD we sink into that 'nabe? I mean, to help the poor and downtrodden because I am quite certain you dont care if the rich 10% lose money. What more do I owe them?

but oh wait, internet social justice warrior, will you complain when gentrifying pushes out the poor people, those poor people who are not crooks but who often harbor the crooks? Would that be a problem for you? I'm sure it would be, it always is.

[Ultralight]

I dont even know where to start.

ok, let's try: is sinking $100,000 into a property that we will not ever get back good enough for you, internet social warrior?

If not, how much SHoULD we sink into that 'nabe? I mean, to help the poor and downtrodden because I am quite certain you dont care if the rich 10% lose money. What more do I owe them?

but oh wait, internet social justice warrior, will you complain when gentrifying pushes out the poor people, those poor people who are not crooks but who often harbor the crooks? Would that be a problem for you? I'm sure it would be, it always is.

It is like you barely tried.

[Teacher Terry]

I would move into an area where i wasn't afraid. The whole town can't be that bad.

[iris lilies]

It is like you barely tried.

I know! We are just self centered rich people who are hoarding our money and keeping it out of the ecnomy. We do think that it is our money to use as it best benefits us, and if it lifts a few others up while we are spendng it, that is great!!!

On a related note we are selling one of our little houses this week (fingers crossed for it to go through) and while we didnt fully develop the property, we did put thousands into it to strengthen and preserve the original facade and we paid $$$ to have junk trees removed so that they wouldnt fall onto the tiny house. That is craploads of money down the drain, but I am ok with that. This tiny house is so cute, I enjoyed havng a big garden there for a while and daydreaming about developing it. It sits in a better 'nabe than our tiny ghetto houses.

I believe our President has said a few choice words about money hoarders like us.

[iris lilies]

I would move into an area where i wasn't afraid. The whole town can't be that bad.

I hesitate to use the word "afraid" because I dntreally feel that way. Yes, I worry about DH and the dog, but never feel actual fear, just a gemeral sense of worry.

We live in a neighborhood that has the lowest crime rate in the Central corridor/near south side9f the city. It is gentrified to the max. However, two blocks away and not part of our geographic neighborhood, there are public housing projects where crime is damned high. It spills over to us all too often.

We have a huge garden in an adjacent neighborhood that is not gentrified but is working its way up. Our tiny houses there are on the bad edge of that gentrifying neighborhood. Things are quite dicey quite often. Murders, shootings, dead baby in dumpster, team of LEOs with long guns shooing out problem residents: I have seen that all take place in the past 2-3 years.

keep in mind that when I was walkng a lot some years ago, I regularly walked from my house thru the bad 'nabe into a better one at night. Friends told me I was crazy, but since I did not feel afraid, I did it. I wouldnt want my daughter doing that, however.

[Teacher Terry]

So it seems like it is an in-between neighborhood. I lived in one of those when I lived in the Midwest. Although, we were farther away from the stuff going on-about 8 blocks. Hopefully, it will continue to improve.

[JaneV2.0]

Yeah, cops on bicycles just look silly......gun or no gun. I'm sure they're useful somewhere.......but not in a violent area.

They won't look silly as we have more and more bicycle traffic, and anyway they're very effective in stalled traffic, and good for public relations.

Crime has recently come to my neighborhood, which is about as out of the way as you can get, down at the end of a winding dead end road. I had a yard cart stolen just after dark, while I watched, and two separate packages out of my mailbox, prompting me to rent a PO box (which I love). I'm assuming desperate druggies; they seem to be everywhere these days.

[iris lilies]

They won't look silly as we have more and more bicycle traffic, and anyway they're very effective in stalled traffic, and good for public relations.

Crime has recently come to my neighborhood, which is about as out of the way as you can get, down at the end of a winding dead end road. I had a yard cart stolen just after dark, while I watched, and two separate packages out of my mailbox, prompting me to rent a PO box (which I love). I'm assuming desperate druggies; they seem to be everywhere these days.

You reported these crimes, right?

[JaneV2.0]

You reported these crimes, right?

I did. I stupidly did not have the cart engraved, so I'm pretty sure that's lost forever. The Post Office acted like I was bothering them. I had proof of one loss--Amazon had delivered it, and when I went out to pick it up from the mailbox, there was a piece of mail on the ground, and no package. The call taker kept asking how I knew it was stolen. It seemed obvious to me.