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Post by raeoflyte on Sept 24, 2019 9:20:13 GMT -5
I logged onto Nextdoor due to this thread, and found out that someone within city limits is illegally harboring a rooster! Unfortunately the code enforcement people won't get out of bed early enough to track him down, so lots of drama. We starting hearing a rooster in our neighborhood over the summer, but it was really sporadic. Finally heard it as we were walking to school and we're pretty sure which house it is. It hasn't been an issue for us, so I won't report it, but it did make me laugh. Our hens get so loud sometimes I'm surprised we haven't heard from the neighbors complaining.
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Post by sheilaincali on Sept 24, 2019 9:22:29 GMT -5
There seems to have been a pretty big upswing in petty crime in Southern MN. Lots of reports of cars being broken into. Some muggings, etc. We are a pretty college heavy area- there's a state school in the big town (where I grew up) and much of the crime seems to be centered around campus. I live in a smaller town 10 miles away but the University by my house is an expensive private Lutheran one- we don't get near the crime they do by the State School.
The criminals were getting pissy so if they went through your car and didn't find anything good they would soda, laundry soap, etc on your seats as "punishment" for not having valuables in your car for them. We live on a super quiet street but there is one rental across from us that has a odd family with a lot of people coming and going. We have a ring doorbell and a motion activated camera on the front and back of our house. We've never had a problem but yeah- our street is tiny (9 houses) with an elementary school behind my house and like 2 street lights on the entire street. At 44 I'm the youngest homeowner in the neighborhood.
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Post by tskeeter on Sept 24, 2019 21:35:10 GMT -5
A few years ago we had a rash of burglaries and thefts from cars parked in driveways. The police caught the key members of the group that was doing it. When asked how and why they picked certain neighborhoods, the gang said they selected neighborhoods where people felt they were safe. I interpret this comment to mean they targeted neighborhoods where people felt so safe that they parked cars in the driveway, left garage door openers in the cars, maybe left cars unlocked, and were affluent enough that garages were full of easily transportable small power tools that were worth stealing.
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Post by daisy on Sept 24, 2019 23:43:00 GMT -5
Interesting timing on this - just reading on our local scanner page that there have been a number of local towns hit by people breaking into cars, both locked and unlocked, to steal the contents. If locked, they're breaking windows to get in. A theory is that it's the same group traveling around to different towns - seems to be the same teens caught on cameras, but no arrests made so far.
Most of these towns are smaller, but not too distant from Madison, which is our local hub of criminal activity.
We had a spate here a year or so ago, horse trailer stolen from a driveway, fishing boat stolen, some cars rifled. All the vehicles here are locked up, along with the buildings, dog on alert, going to keep it that way I guess.
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Post by Ava on Sept 25, 2019 6:26:17 GMT -5
I haven't noticed any changes where I live.
Burglaries, break-ins, etc. are almost non-existent.
There's quite a bit of drug activities going on, but as far as you are not involved in their dealings, they don't bother you. I have always said that the day I feel unsafe here is the day I move, no matter the cost or what I would have to sacrifice financially to get away. So far, so good.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 13:26:30 GMT -5
My Nextdoor site had a very long discussion on whether people with temporary handicap tags (the kind you hang from rear view mirror) were a danger on the road due to limited sight from the tag hanging from mirror. Mine says that you are not supposed to drive with it hanging. I keep it on the front dash. I try to remember to hang it, but a police officer could see the info just as clearly where it is if I forget.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 29, 2019 13:53:36 GMT -5
My Nextdoor site had a very long discussion on whether people with temporary handicap tags (the kind you hang from rear view mirror) were a danger on the road due to limited sight from the tag hanging from mirror. Mine says that you are not supposed to drive with it hanging. I keep it on the front dash. I try to remember to hang it, but a police officer could see the info just as clearly where it is if I forget. I leave mine hanging because it slips down in the dash and you can’t get it out. I forgot to put it up once, and it was a $450 ticket. I got it removed, but it was a pain in the ass to do so. If you don’t get ticketed for all the crap people hang from their rear view mirror, how is this any different?
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 29, 2019 16:25:33 GMT -5
Mine says that you are not supposed to drive with it hanging. I keep it on the front dash. I try to remember to hang it, but a police officer could see the info just as clearly where it is if I forget. I leave mine hanging because it slips down in the dash and you can’t get it out. I forgot to put it up once, and it was a $450 ticket. I got it removed, but it was a pain in the ass to do so. If you don’t get ticketed for all the crap people hang from their rear view mirror, how is this any different? "$450 ticket" Yikes! But I welcome the fine for those who abuse the system.
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Post by weltschmerz on Sept 29, 2019 16:28:33 GMT -5
My Nextdoor site had a very long discussion on whether people with temporary handicap tags (the kind you hang from rear view mirror) were a danger on the road due to limited sight from the tag hanging from mirror. Mine says that you are not supposed to drive with it hanging. I keep it on the front dash. I try to remember to hang it, but a police officer could see the info just as clearly where it is if I forget. Do you have police officers checking that and parking violations? We have teams of "Green Onions", which are a branch of the municipal government checking placards, meters and illegal parking. The police have other things to do.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2019 17:42:52 GMT -5
Mine says that you are not supposed to drive with it hanging. I keep it on the front dash. I try to remember to hang it, but a police officer could see the info just as clearly where it is if I forget. Do you have police officers checking that and parking violations? We have teams of "Green Onions", which are a branch of the municipal government checking placards, meters and illegal parking. The police have other things to do. I have no idea. I rarely use the handicap hangtag because it is for DH, not me. He was driving himself until this summer, and now he is pretty much housebound.
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Post by TheOtherMe on Sept 30, 2019 8:01:22 GMT -5
I have a hanging handicapped placard that I use when dad is in the car. Otherwise it lives in the glove compartment.
I leave it hanging from the rear view mirror when I am taking him places. Never had a problem.
As many cars as I see parked in handicapped parking without the license plate or placard, I don't think anybody enforces the law around here.
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Post by zibazinski on Oct 19, 2019 11:20:27 GMT -5
My Nextdoor site had a very long discussion on whether people with temporary handicap tags (the kind you hang from rear view mirror) were a danger on the road due to limited sight from the tag hanging from mirror. In Florida you can be ticketed for anything hanging down from your rear view mirror. It’s rarely enforced
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I put locks with combination padlocks on my gates to the rear of my house. The only person who comes in the back is the pool guy and he has the combination. Would it keep a determined criminal out? No. But it’d take time and make noise to remove it and I’m hoping they move onto an easier target. I also have an alarm system and a 9mm.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Oct 31, 2019 12:05:03 GMT -5
My Nextdoor site had a very long discussion on whether people with temporary handicap tags (the kind you hang from rear view mirror) were a danger on the road due to limited sight from the tag hanging from mirror. I have almost stopped reading our Nextdoor site. The petty grievances make me roll my eyeballs so much, I get a sprain every time and need to drink some wine to make them feel better.
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Post by andi9899 on Oct 31, 2019 12:11:58 GMT -5
The stuff in the OP happens here all the time. I live in KC.
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I put locks with combination padlocks on my gates to the rear of my house. The only person who comes in the back is the pool guy and he has the combination. Would it keep a determined criminal out? No. But it’d take time and make noise to remove it and I’m hoping they move onto an easier target. I also have an alarm system and a 9mm. Could they not just jump the gate?
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I put locks with combination padlocks on my gates to the rear of my house. The only person who comes in the back is the pool guy and he has the combination. Would it keep a determined criminal out? No. But it’d take time and make noise to remove it and I’m hoping they move onto an easier target. I also have an alarm system and a 9mm. Could they not just jump the gate? Yes but it is a tall fence. I’m hoping they just head for an easier access backyard and leave mine alone. I have to say though, my backyard security light has not gone on since I’ve locked the gates which says to me that I’ve had people in my backyard at night.
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Post by Blonde Granny on Nov 1, 2019 7:27:01 GMT -5
My Nextdoor site had a very long discussion on whether people with temporary handicap tags (the kind you hang from rear view mirror) were a danger on the road due to limited sight from the tag hanging from mirror. In Florida you can be ticketed for anything hanging down from your rear view mirror. It’s rarely enforced I have a DV+++++ license plate. It has the same meaning as the standard wheelchair emblem. The DV stands for Disabled Veteran. It is from the state along with all the veterans benefits that my DH had as a veteran. I also have the traditional hang tag that I seldom use but if I do, it's on the dash in the corner by the window. The opening is too small to put it on the mirror arm.....and like Zib, it clearly states NOT to drive with it hanging on the mirror.
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My Nextdoor site had a very long discussion on whether people with temporary handicap tags (the kind you hang from rear view mirror) were a danger on the road due to limited sight from the tag hanging from mirror. I have almost stopped reading our Nextdoor site. The petty grievances make me roll my eyeballs so much, I get a sprain every time and need to drink some wine to make them feel better. It's the thinly veiled racism that gets to me. Person of this skin color knocked on my door and I accidently answered. He said he was interested in buying my unicorn car. Do you think he was casing my house? *clutches pearls*
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Nov 1, 2019 10:50:55 GMT -5
I have almost stopped reading our Nextdoor site. The petty grievances make me roll my eyeballs so much, I get a sprain every time and need to drink some wine to make them feel better. It's the thinly veiled racism that gets to me. Person of this skin color knocked on my door and I accidently answered. He said he was interested in buying my unicorn car. Do you think he was casing my house? *clutches pearls* My next door likes to fight about descriptions of individuals (veiled or not so veiled racism) vs wanting to "fight crime the neighborly way." E.g. A: A man came to my door at 4AM snooping around. He had a grey hoodie on, was about 28, ripped jeans, black hair, dark skin, he left on a blue bicycle. B: That's racist, you can't describe people using their skin color A: Do you want to watch out for him or not B: Yes but not with your description On and on. We hate the neighborhood crime but we also hate describing people (no matter their skin color) and so instead of being productive we fight about racism. I honestly had to unsubscribe.
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Post by countrygirl2 on Nov 1, 2019 11:11:23 GMT -5
There is lots of theft in the nearby town. Lots of welfare types there with no jobs and drugs. I think the big issue is drugs. Hubs leaves the house he is working on unlocked, he has all kinds of tools in it. Now I will say that his more expensive tools are locked in his tool trailer and he has a hitch lock for it. Think he decided that was to much of a draw. If we go on vacation he puts hitch locks on things like the boats and we lock everything up. Nothing sits out here but his truck and back hoe, and we are considering building a roof over for them, weather is harsh on that stuff. We have a Simple Safe, it isn't hooked up to law enforcement would take them forever to get out here. We are going to put up some motion cameras or game cameras, I do have 2 of the false ones to put up too.
Hubs has been on me more about not leaving the garage door open if I'm gone or his garage door. They are not locked nor the house, but he said shutting them people don't know if we are home or not. He really got on me after a guy he knows said he saw our house all open one day as he was coming by, he is a drug user and borrows money from hubs at times. He has always paid him back, but hubs said there are many here that would do opportunity theft. I agree. We leave keys in everything, tractor, truck, back hoe, mowers, vehicles, motorhome, all of them.
We put a coded lock on our front door, as occasionally our back door will lock us out, I think he fixed it and we didn't want DD to get locked out so she can get in that one With all our windows, over 20, getting in here would be pretty easy. I am always after him to take his keys and lock his truck when out. One day he will get it.
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It's the thinly veiled racism that gets to me. Person of this skin color knocked on my door and I accidently answered. He said he was interested in buying my unicorn car. Do you think he was casing my house? *clutches pearls* My next door likes to fight about descriptions of individuals (veiled or not so veiled racism) vs wanting to "fight crime the neighborly way." E.g. A: A man came to my door at 4AM snooping around. He had a grey hoodie on, was about 28, ripped jeans, black hair, dark skin, he left on a blue bicycle. B: That's racist, you can't describe people using their skin color A: Do you want to watch out for him or not B: Yes but not with your description On and on. We hate the neighborhood crime but we also hate describing people (no matter their skin color) and so instead of being productive we fight about racism. I honestly had to unsubscribe. I think there is a line that has to he toed. If there is an actual crime being committed like vandalism or trespassing the detailed physical description makes sense. If removing the physical description leaves a completely innocuous barely noteworthy encounter, I'm calling it racist.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Nov 1, 2019 12:35:23 GMT -5
My next door likes to fight about descriptions of individuals (veiled or not so veiled racism) vs wanting to "fight crime the neighborly way." E.g. A: A man came to my door at 4AM snooping around. He had a grey hoodie on, was about 28, ripped jeans, black hair, dark skin, he left on a blue bicycle. B: That's racist, you can't describe people using their skin color A: Do you want to watch out for him or not B: Yes but not with your description On and on. We hate the neighborhood crime but we also hate describing people (no matter their skin color) and so instead of being productive we fight about racism. I honestly had to unsubscribe. I think there is a line that has to he toed. If there is an actual crime being committed like vandalism or trespassing the detailed physical description makes sense. If removing the physical description leaves a completely innocuous barely noteworthy encounter, I'm calling it racist. I agree. It's a mish mash of racism and overzealous anti-racists. I don't care what color you are, if you're on my porch at 4 AM you are up to no good. If you're poking my nose in my mailbox I'd describe you to the best of my ability. However, lots of posts unfortunately are "omg there is a person of color standing on the corner!" At which point someone posts about how it's a pokeman go training site or something and then there's 25 more posts of fighting. It was entertaining and first but now it's just tiresome and quite frankly sad.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Nov 1, 2019 13:13:43 GMT -5
It's the thinly veiled racism that gets to me. Person of this skin color knocked on my door and I accidently answered. He said he was interested in buying my unicorn car. Do you think he was casing my house? *clutches pearls* My next door likes to fight about descriptions of individuals (veiled or not so veiled racism) vs wanting to "fight crime the neighborly way." E.g. A: A man came to my door at 4AM snooping around. He had a grey hoodie on, was about 28, ripped jeans, black hair, dark skin, he left on a blue bicycle. B: That's racist, you can't describe people using their skin color A: Do you want to watch out for him or not B: Yes but not with your description On and on. We hate the neighborhood crime but we also hate describing people (no matter their skin color) and so instead of being productive we fight about racism. I honestly had to unsubscribe. How in the world do you describe a suspect if you do not describe the skin tone? I laugh because our local news started this a couple of years ago. "a male in his 20s, approx. 6'1", 200 lbs, dark hair, last seen wearing jeans and a red hoodie". Skin color is as important, if not more, than hair color. In my area, the skin color either knocks at 90% or 10% of the population pool. Why would we withhold that piece of information? And funny enough, what they started doing in the beginning is only withholding the skin color if the person was black. If the person was white, that was noted in the description. That actually DID lead to racist sounding comments like "well of course we know what skin color the person was"...but those comments were really about the fact that the skin color wasn't mentioned and based on the fact that they were still mentioning the skin color it was white. At least that was what I would think when I would read an article and that had nothing to do with the crime but the fact that the newspapers withheld skin color if the person wasn't white. They received a lot of backlash about that.
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Post by souldoubt on Nov 1, 2019 13:19:48 GMT -5
Months ago I got something hand delivered in the mail about one of the community boards asking me to sign up. It wasn't Nextdoor but I googled it to see what people were saying and the rating was ~1.5 out of 5 stars out of thousands of votes. Most of the complaints had to do with the fact that the moderators were prone to abusing power and would ban or target people who made complaints that might have been directed at them. People weren't necessarily going after moderators on the boards rather they would complain about a barking dog or whatever and it happened to belong to the moderator or someone they knew. It seemed like an extension of high school in the worst way so it was an easy pass. There's a FB community group I can google and see the posts which I've done a few times and it's usually a mistake. The most vocal posters are too far one way or the other and reading their posts makes me think the city is ready to burn down or we're not being sympathetic enough to every plight.
That said going back to the OP there's been an uptick in crime and the number of transients in our city but this is the case in just about every city in our state. There's areas where every morning the city has to come along to clean up needles along with other waste which was unheard of 5 years ago. Some of the issue is the lack of shelters or options but some of the individuals don't want help and you can't force them unless they're a danger to others or themselves. We've had more cars broken into locally while cameras some individuals have up have shown they range from people who may be transients to petty criminals who pull up in a car and look for reasons to smash a window or check for an unlocked door. Work trucks appear to be a popular target which is probably the case in every state because people keep their tools and supplies in there. I talked to a cop who said when it comes to dealing with a lot of the homeless drug users it's not worth their time because they have to catalog everything the person has which can take an entire shift while the person is out the next day.
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Post by souldoubt on Nov 1, 2019 13:23:55 GMT -5
My next door likes to fight about descriptions of individuals (veiled or not so veiled racism) vs wanting to "fight crime the neighborly way." E.g. A: A man came to my door at 4AM snooping around. He had a grey hoodie on, was about 28, ripped jeans, black hair, dark skin, he left on a blue bicycle. B: That's racist, you can't describe people using their skin color A: Do you want to watch out for him or not B: Yes but not with your description On and on. We hate the neighborhood crime but we also hate describing people (no matter their skin color) and so instead of being productive we fight about racism. I honestly had to unsubscribe. How in the world do you describe a suspect if you do not describe the skin tone? I laugh because our local news started this a couple of years ago. "a male in his 20s, approx. 6'1", 200 lbs, dark hair, last seen wearing jeans and a red hoodie". Skin color is as important, if not more, than hair color. In my area, the skin color either knocks at 90% or 10% of the population pool. Why would we withhold that piece of information? And funny enough, what they started doing in the beginning is only withholding the skin color if the person was black. If the person was white, that was noted in the description. That actually DID lead to racist sounding comments like "well of course we know what skin color the person was"...but those comments were really about the fact that the skin color wasn't mentioned and based on the fact that they were still mentioning the skin color it was white. At least that was what I would think when I would read an article and that had nothing to do with the crime but the fact that the newspapers withheld skin color if the person wasn't white. They received a lot of backlash about that. Yahoo articles and comments are amazing at this.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2019 15:03:57 GMT -5
It's a combination of things, I think. In my area the two biggest problems are mail theft and people breaking into cars left out at night. I ended up getting a PO Box after I paid my property taxes late because (apparently) the bill was stolen from my mail box and got slammed with a 10% penalty when they were received 6 days after the due date. Sometimes it's just pranksters- switching mail around in boxes- and sometimes it's outright theft of things in the mail. I think there's more drug addiction than there used to be, especially with people addicted to opioid painkillers finding that heroin is easier and cheaper to get these days.
But... having gotten connected to NextDoor.com and Ring.com, I think there's a lot more reporting of suspicious activity. It's enough t make you want to buy a gun and sit at your front window looking for criminals. Some of it's justified, of course, but there's a fair amount of paranoia. A pair of young women ringing doorbells at night turned out to be Mormon missionaries (they're allowed to knock on doors till 9 PM). Someone else reported that a package had been reported as delivered but she didn't see it; it was delivered at 9 that night.
I just try to take ordinary precautions. Very annoyed at having to pay for a PO Box but what else can you do?
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Post by TheOtherMe on Nov 1, 2019 16:06:12 GMT -5
My mail is delivered to a community box across the street and it is locked.
I have friends that have installed locked mail boxes. That is what I would do regarding mail if I had to provide my own mail box.
Here, it seems the code word is "Chicago". Yes, it's racist. They say it before any description of the suspect is released. It's used as soon as the crime is described.
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Post by violagirl on Nov 1, 2019 17:06:52 GMT -5
In my area there is an existential crisis over the homeless population. We aren't a large city, but there definitely is a greater number of homeless and panhandlers than before. They are trying to create larger shelters, but it seems that that attracts people from other places which do not have as many programs so that at the end of the summer, the police basically went into the local tent city and told people to either go to the shelters or go back home.
Now they just keep chasing them from camp to camp (since they keep setting up camps on peoples private property) and sending them on their way. My friend who buys and flips homes in the less desirable neighbourhoods is having people squatting in his houses and costing him money in the subsequent cleanup of garbage and needles.
It seems to be more of a drug problem really than a housing crisis, as we have some of the most affordable real estate in the country.
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