ners
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Post by ners on Nov 1, 2019 17:24:58 GMT -5
HoneyBBQ Your pokeman comment made me . On the neighborhood facebook group you will often see I am going to be playing pokeman at such and such place do not call the cops on me.
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cktc
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Post by cktc on Nov 1, 2019 18:11:30 GMT -5
HoneyBBQ Your pokeman comment made me . On the neighborhood facebook group you will often see I am going to be playing pokeman at such and such place do not call the cops on me. I've been tempted to post "if you see xx car driving slowly through random neighborhoods, I'm just trying to get my one year old to sleep." DH laughed but told me not to stir the pot.
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cktc
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Post by cktc on Nov 1, 2019 18:40:45 GMT -5
I live in a relatively well off st louis suburb and lately have been noticing a significant increase in crime and what I'll call general unrest. Thieves are canvassing different neighborhoods almost every night looking for unlocked cars with guns or drugs to steal inside, often leaving other valuables untouched. These are neighborhoods were people feel safe not only leaving their cars outside of the garage overnight but even unlocked. Local police are having to post public notices to try to get people to adopt the habit of at least locking up and even better using their garages. Facebook neighborhood pages start up every morning with photos, comments, and even security footage of the thieves looking point blank at the cameras. Police are overwhelmed without enough resources to track them down, and I'm hearing that not many end up prosecuted. Folks (us included) are used to leaving garages open all day when we are home. Thieves are targeting those with tools and valuables in sight. Yesterday, there was a fb post about a neighbor doing a project in his backyard - someone stole a miter saw out of his garage in broad daylight when he was clearly home. Several malls that I have been to often and would have considered completely safe have major shoplifting problems now. Like groups of 2 to 4 men or women go into Macy's, grab handfuls of clothes and run out of the mall into waiting cars. Store employees aren't supposed to stop them and again police aren't prosecuting many of them, so I guess it seems like a worthy gamble. And there has been a midnight plant thief hitting the local nurseries overnight and stealing their most expensive plants. I can't help but wonder if it's all a sign of society changing into haves vs have nots and what other layers of unrest are coming next.A re you guys seeing similar problems?Our city has been on the top 10 safest for around a decade. I kinda feel there is nowhere for it to go but down. Annectodally it's always seemed to me that there are more home/car roberies in wealthier neighborhoods than poor ones. If you check the crime reports in areas that light up red it's generally more domestic disturbances and drug arrests. I do think as the gap increases there will be a rise in civil unrest/classism/racism/xenophobe/sexism. People aren't happy to be have nots. They don't generally consider themselves stupid, or lazy or deserving of less. Rightly or wrongly people will look outward.
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