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Do you feel safe there? If not, why not?

It's pretty safe here.

Can't complain at all. Just a few harmless drunk college kids.

Aside from random drunken college children of the rich neighbours driving around, it's fairly safe. :)

Overall, pretty safe. Drunk people like to walk down my street and punch mirrors off cars, but that isn't so much dangerous as it is annoying.

There is a group of shit punks around, but I generally stay away from their usual locations, and know people who know them, so I'm generally safe.

I wouldn't let my kids (if I had any) wander around at night here. Mostly because there are two or three packs of coyotes who live around the neighborhood.
On the plus side, they keep the streets clean, aren't overly intrusive (although I did once see them rather uncomfortably close, two or three of them were sitting in the cul de sac at the end of the street.), and are nice to listen to.
Plus, we don't have any stray cats at all.

Do you feel safe there? If not, why not?No. Two out of the three places we've lived in in this town have had a shooting VERY close nearby every three weeks on average, and/or racers, as well as theft. On the plus side, people like to goller at whatever hour, and it's occasionally hilarious. Mostly annoying though.

Overall, pretty safe. Drunk people like to walk down my street and punch mirrors off cars, but that isn't so much dangerous as it is annoying.

There is a group of shit punks around, but I generally stay away from their usual locations, and know people who know them, so I'm generally safe.
Do you sick Ruffy on 'em, or do you *mean* Ruffy?

Do you sick Ruffy on 'em, or do you *mean* Ruffy?

Ruffy is too fragile for the shit punks. They've sent one of my friends to the hospital already. Think Anonymous, but in real life. Not fun.

Oh, and some members of our hockey team got beaten up by some kids from BC with a wrench. That wasn't fun.


Generally safe, but we are a poor neighborhood populated by bums, bohemians, students, and immigrants (though, the immigrant population is very good about recycling all of the cans left by the student population).

Marginal. I can go out whenever I want, but I wouldn't advise it. My car has been vandalized. Lot of wannabe thugs, which in a way are more dangerous than 'real' thugs because they don't know what they're doing, haven't thought shit through, and have something to prove. But they can be backed off with bluster a lot easier than someone who is 'actually' hardcore who would call the bluff and beat my ass. But someone who is actually hardcore wouldn't bother with someone like me because it wouldn't be worth it.

skunks, rattlesnakes, bats, the occasional drug deal going on on our road closer to the real road 1/2 mile or so from here. the knowledge that if someone wanted trouble we're much too far away from police protection to have it be of any good.

im more afraid that heavy rains will mud us in in the case of an emergency or that a tree limb will fall on the car than that the killer will show up.

Very. I live in the woods and the only large animals around here are deer. They don't really seem like a huge threat to me.

Ruffy is too fragile for the shit punks.Yeah, he's too pretty to make it on the street.
They've sent one of my friends to the hospital already. Think Anonymous, but in real life. Not fun.[/quote]That sucks. One nice thing about living in these circumstances, though, is the gangs don't seem to have much of their shit together ... even though there is some pathetic wanna-be action on occasion. In many instances you can laugh aloud and they just have to deal with it.

Oh, and some members of our hockey team got beaten up by some kids from BC with a wrench. That wasn't fun. Wrench? Now that's not fair, that's personal. What a coward. I doubt the guy had a legitimate gripe.

There's a police station next door, so I feel pretty good.

Very. I live in the woods and the only large animals around here are deer. They don't really seem like a huge threat to me.That would depend on your sense of fashion. Some are into bling.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2006/11/deerAP_468x667.jpg
And you might need to keep your dog on a tight leash ...
http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/pictures/bad_deer.jpg
And, when in groups, they can develop some extremely amoral behaviour.
http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/three-deer-all-at-once1.jpg

Yeah, he's too pretty to make it on the street.
That sucks. One nice thing about living in these circumstances, though, is the gangs don't seem to have much of their shit together ... even though there is some pathetic wanna-be action on occasion. In many instances you can laugh aloud and they just have to deal with it.Sad thing is, this isn't even a gang. Imange your every-day punk/scenester. Now imagine him beating people up for no other reason than entertainment. Those are shit punks.
Wrench? Now that's not fair, that's personal. What a coward. I doubt the guy had a legitimate gripe.

Top players from BU's hockey team, crossed with some very drunk (and upset, given a loss that night) BC hockey fans. Hilarity does not ensue.

BU and BC have a long standing rivalry, but this is the only time I can remember that it went a bit too far.

Sad thing is, this isn't even a gang. Imange your every-day punk/scenester. Now imagine him beating people up for no other reason than entertainment. Those are shit punks.Like the K-Fed punks on that episode of CSI?


Top players from BU's hockey team, crossed with some very drunk (and upset, given a loss that night) BC hockey fans. Hilarity does not ensue.

BU and BC have a long standing rivalry, but this is the only time I can remember that it went a bit too far.What don't these people understand about the rivalry needing to be settled ON THE FIELD, with rules? That sucks.

Depends on if it's football season and, if it is... It depends on who Alabama is playing, how drunk the students and fans get, and if Alabama wins or loses. I'm generally at the home games anyway since I'm a grad student at Alabama... The only real thing that pisses me off about my apartment complex is how rowdy the undergrads who live here during the regular school year can be.

Overall, though, since I'm a male I feel fairly safe here in good o'l Tuscaloosa... Women, however, should watch their backs.

I could probably sleep in the street every night and wake up fine. Well, I might have to watch out for the occasional deer, but yeah.

I feel safe where I live, it's a nice place.

I could probably sleep in the street every night and wake up fine. Well, I might have to watch out for the occasional deer, but yeah.Usually those ones have that look in their eye. You know.

Like the K-Fed punks on that episode of CSI?
Them, without the charm.
What don't these people understand about the rivalry needing to be settled ON THE FIELD, with rules? That sucks.[/QUOTE]

It was pretty rough on the team...a lot of them really did not feel safe, and, considering that most either live out here or are out here on a regular basis, made life pretty miserable. Luckily the guys were caught shortly after, and all of the victims made full recoveries, and were able to play in the beanpot, defeating BC in a much-deserved victory for the green line.

I feel safe where I live, it's a nice place.

'Cept when there's lightning flaring barely overhead, no?
*reviews pix*

Pfft. The most dangerous thing around here is a bear.

Which is pretty dangerous, actually, but not in the criminal sense. In fact, so far as I know there's no crime up here at all.

My neighborhood is very safe. We have affluent young Indian drug dealers two houses away that live in a little house behind their parents' house, and occasionally there's a lot of annoying late-night traffic, but they're usually very quiet. My entire city is actually quite safe, except for extremely random homicides every once in awhile.

However, I live in the 'burbs. The neighborhoods my friends live in range from okayish to dodgy to "you'll be fine as long as you don't go past XXth street, then you might get shot."

Well, lets see...in my "neighborhood," we have vandilisms, a few cars have been broken into, rims stolen. We had a stabbing last year. Drunk mofos run around being loud, drunk driving, etc., but nothing life threatening...accept for this one dude that ran around taking the puss from his fresh small pox vaccination and rubbing them on people's door handles...no one was infected.

You see, I live in Army Barracks, so somehow that's more dangerous than your average neighborhood. "Staff Duty," which have universal keys to the doors in the Barracks, have also been known to steal things from people's rooms.

My town is very safe. And does anyone want to take a gander at why?

It's safe... aside from the skunks and the drunk people wandering over asking if I have a tree.... The homeless people from the city are starting to filter in more though, since the government is 'cleaning up'. -_-

My town is very safe. And does anyone want to take a gander at why?

Is it the geese?

Is it the geese?

Geese will fuck you up, man. Especially if you're in possession of stolen food, like bread or hot dogs.

Is it the geese?

XD. No its the guns. There atleast two in every household, and the only crimes are traffic violations, underage drinking and other minor infrignements.

It seems like everyone here lives in a relatively decent neighborhood, with one or two exceptions in some ways. Does anyone live in a really bad neighborhood? I'm interested in hearing about where it is, especially if it's outside of the U.S. I live in a great neighborhood, but living in the Bay Area I know of many places that I'd never go to alone, and a few places I'd never go period, even with friends in broad daylight. Anyone else live near places like that?

Well, I live in a somewhat decent area... granted, there was a shooting half a block away last summer, and somewhat OD-ed and died in the middle of the street about a block away... but I still walk to and from work anywhere between 4.00am and midnight, and I've never had any problems. I live right on the edge of the downtown area, though, and it gets pretty damn sketchy once you head in that direction - enough that if I'm walking alone after dark, I'm a little on edge. One of my coworkers was also attacked on the way home from work one day, and has a scar running down across her face from a knife slash - but she was heading in the downtown direction, and I live in the other direction.

So, on a scale of one to ten (ten being safest), I'd rate my immediate area a seven, and the downtown-ish area a... five to six. Still not too bad.

Marginal. I can go out whenever I want, but I wouldn't advise it. My car has been vandalized. Lot of wannabe thugs, which in a way are more dangerous than 'real' thugs because they don't know what they're doing, haven't thought shit through, and have something to prove. But they can be backed off with bluster a lot easier than someone who is 'actually' hardcore who would call the bluff and beat my ass. But someone who is actually hardcore wouldn't bother with someone like me because it wouldn't be worth it.

Sounds pretty much like my area. It likes to think it's Brixton or Hackney, only the chav-thugs round here are too poor and/or stupid to have guns. Mostly it's just run down, litter strewn and full of chavs and drug dealers with poorly bodykitted pimpmobiles. I don't walk around alone at night, though me and my s/o have never had any serious problems. I just wish the local peasantry would stop pissing in the lifts at the station.

my area is full of old biddies and people I hang around with so read what you will

I have never had any trouble with my town

I just wish the local peasantry would stop pissing in the lifts at the station.

never!

never!

Srsly! Call the geese!

Do you feel safe there? If not, why not?

Very safe.
We only lock our doors when we go away or are asleep. And that's really only because of the insurance.

My street and town is pretty safe its one of thoose towns that everyone praticaly knows everyone else or knows somebody that knows them so there

XD. No its the guns. There atleast two in every household, and the only crimes are traffic violations, underage drinking and other minor infrignements.

Funny... my area is safe because there aren't any guns.
And there aren't even that many traffic violations or underage drinking...

fairly safe.some kids drinking at night,generally drinkers.there were some break-ins to the block of flats,where i live but then they put codelocks to the doors.they even put a codelock into the place where the trashcans are.don't know why.there aren't much guns in Finland,1.6 million in a country of 5.3 million.here's awki article on gun control in finland:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Finland

With the drug arrests just up the street from me I actually feel much safer.

It seems like everyone here lives in a relatively decent neighborhood, with one or two exceptions in some ways. Does anyone live in a really bad neighborhood? I'm interested in hearing about where it is, especially if it's outside of the U.S. I live in a great neighborhood, but living in the Bay Area I know of many places that I'd never go to alone, and a few places I'd never go period, even with friends in broad daylight. Anyone else live near places like that?

I used to live on Tyrell st. in Hayward, that place was sketchy as hell. On 4th of July a neighbor celebrated by firing a pistol in the air on his porch in front of my mom who had come to pick me up. The apartment down and in front of me dealt drugs and prostitutes, the couple down and to the left were heroin addicts. A dude died in my lap-his wife called out to me to help but I really didn't know what to do so I was holding him trying to remember CPR when the ambulance showed up. We'd hear shootings every now and then. There were a lot of guns and strangely enough that didn't make it safer, rather the opposite. A car chase almost took me out. Every now and then there'd be a huge drug bust complete with undercover cops in ski masks. (immediately afterwards the Glad Tidings Church would buy the house and turn it into a missionary center) I would have to walk late at night and the tactic was no matter what, keep moving and walk with purpose. My apartment was broken into, but the police actually found out who did it immediately. Every once in a while someone would try our doorknob even when we were home.

And, the cat we had was a spawn of satan.

The town I live in is quite safe. There was a shooting a couple of years ago, but that was some crazy guy shooting his ex-wife, not some random killing. Other than that I don't really recall any serious violence there.

Quite literally half of the town population are college students, but they're mostly harmless and there are 5 police agencies in town (State, County, City, University, Tribal) so it's quite heavily policed.

Live in a student subrub, so apart from drunk fuckers, not much goes on. Basic idea is that if you come across them at night and they outnumber you, either avoid them (without looking like you are) or act drunk and get chummy with them. Every few months we get a fire extinguisher or something similar turn up in the front yard.

Most risky thing is probably a stupid 17 year old in his overpower ricer is going to come through our front door.

Australia has enough gun control that they pose a very small problem. While i have been here I don't think there have been any serious crimes (that I know of) but there are a few break ins from time to time.

Srsly! Call the geese!

call them all you want I will only pee on them!

*is mugged by Gander on way back from bakery*

My street and town is pretty safe its one of thoose towns that everyone praticaly knows everyone else or knows somebody that knows them so there

sounds horrendous

Every once in a while someone would try our doorknob even when we were home.

sounds like its time for some home alone antics :wink:

Well, I haven't gotten shot yet, but my neighborhood isn't very "safe". Poor area, crime, gangs, etc. It's not as bad as the media makes it sound by a long shot, but it's not a "good" or "safe" area.

Good neighbors & neighborhood...well, village, actually. The store, post office, bar, and police station are all within a short walk from my front porch. The biggest worry around here is when a rookie cop gets hired and invariably starts channeling Barney Fife.

Just about as safe as any neighborhood can be with me and my children in it. :)

Seems pretty safe to me.

I've lived in the area for most of the last thirty years and I don't remember a single local death due to a shooting. There was a murder (a stabbing) a couple of years ago and a few miles away, and there are occasional assaults reported in the local press, but I can't say that I've ever felt 'unsafe'.

Perhaps I'm just lucky (or not very observant).

this neighbourhood is very safe - burgled only once in the last 10 years. had my car keyed pretty bad the other day though :( its mostly retired people or folks who work at the university or hospital round here

overall, this whole city is mostly safe. i used to walk back an hour from our favourite pub, at 2 in the morning, totally without fear.... usually not seeing another soul (apart from the odd group of equally drunk students of course). there are neighbourhoods you don't go into, but for the most part this place is good. couple of knife murders in the last few years, and a few kids at my school went missing/died, but mostly ok.

edit: and the other side of the high street in this part of town is a bit no-go. drug dealers/growers and police stuff going on quite often. but that's at least 10 minutes away from here

Pfft. The most dangerous thing around here is a bear.

Which is pretty dangerous, actually, but not in the criminal sense. In fact, so far as I know there's no crime up here at all.


your neighbor is probably cooking meth or has a big field of marajuana growing just out of sight.

There was a car stolen from a house down the road a few years ago.

That's pretty much the only crime I can think of in the 16 years I've lived in this house.

So, yeah, I feel pretty safe here.

Do you feel safe there? If not, why not?

Very safe. But I only have to drive 10 minutes to be somewhere that isn't safe at all, and 20 minutes to be in a place that has more casualties per year per resident than Baghdad.

People from bad areas also have a habit of coming to "safe" areas, in order to do home invasions around here - largely because people who feel "safe" also feel that if a home invasion occurs, the invaders will allow them to call the police, and wait patiently until the police arrive.

"Safe" is more a matter of situational awareness and mindset, than statistics and how much the police are paid.

My house is on a road with only a few houses over several miles. No-one ever comes down there, or generally evern knows the road exists unless they're trying to take a short cut to the city centre. Most of the few people who live round are also 40 or older, and don't have kids. So theres quite little potential for crime.

Its pretty safe. There's a lot of burglaries around here but my flat is almost never empty so the risk is reduced. There's a real dangerous estate close by but most of the violence stays there rather than affecting the areas around it.

I live in the 2nd safest county in America... I'm pretty comfortable... nothing happens ever. Even in the notoriously "bad" areas of where I live it's not bad.

I live in a very safe small city (although you wouldn't believe it reading the local press...but then they have to write about something). There are a few "bad" areas around but relative to some cities, these would be good areas.

The only crime I tend to hear much about is minor vandalism really and maybe student/ hen party drunken antics late at night.

Here at school my neighborhood is safe. I live in Christian apts, just across the field from me is a catholic church...there are some regular apts nearby, and also the foreign house.

Back home is different. My mom lives a few houses away from drug dealers. I've been shot at in that neighborhood, when I was younger. Its technically out of city limits(though we all have city services and such), so the city police don't come down there, only the occasional sheriff's car.

I live on the safe side of town :)

Mostly safe.

I have to lock the doors when I am home because the neighbor kids like to just walk right on in when looking for my son to play. Urg...

The town newspaper lists the week's local crimes, which always seem to be minor ones (like jaywalking or parkling tickets). And in four years of high school, the hugest "scandal" was when they found a pair of empty beer cans in one of the bathrooms.

It seems like everyone here lives in a relatively decent neighborhood, with one or two exceptions in some ways. Does anyone live in a really bad neighborhood? I'm interested in hearing about where it is, especially if it's outside of the U.S. I live in a great neighborhood, but living in the Bay Area I know of many places that I'd never go to alone, and a few places I'd never go period, even with friends in broad daylight. Anyone else live near places like that?

For most of my childhood and adult life I lived in pretty bad neighborhoods. I was mostly the minority in the area as a white and was around drugs, prostitution, gangs, organized crime, unorganized crime, meth labs and drive by shootings.

I recently moved to the less dangerous, yet still a bit seedy bohemian artsy area. It's actually much MUCH safer than where I was, there is a sense of community here at least and neighborhood watches and security and everyone knows everyone.

I did go to the grocery store late last night though and had a pretty scary incident which got physical, but it's the only problem I've had here, and it probably wouldn't have been such a problem if my first instinct wasn't to punch people who grab me. The man (I found out today) was just drunk and didn't remember how to get home, he was just wanting someone to help him, but I didn't know that, all I knew was scary man was grabbing me in dark parking lot and wouldn't let go. :rolleyes: I guess all the time I spent in the bad area of town has gotten to me. :(

With my parents it's a pretty safe place. Large immigrant population which mixes well with everyone else. Nice friendly pub down the road where anyone is welcome. Of course we get the occasional trouble (once, years ago the pub was victim to an arson attack) but all in all not bad.

The estate I'm moving onto for my 2nd year of uni not as safe. Student population and some of the more permanent population do not mix as well. Some violence in the area. Safest place is on campus. There were enough reasons as to why we didn't opt for a place with a garden. It should be fun...

Funny... my area is safe because there aren't any guns.
And there aren't even that many traffic violations or underage drinking...

Its not because you don't have any guns, its because you live in a police state.

My neighbourhood is isolated and has about 10 houses. I feel pretty safe.

Its not because you don't have any guns, its because you live in a police state.

I never knew Ireland to be a police state...

Safe. Very safe. Nothing ever happens here. It's a good thing I s'pose.

Safe. Very safe. Nothing ever happens here. It's a good thing I s'pose.

Want me to come over and throw trash in someone's lawn?

Funny... my area is safe because there aren't any guns.
And there aren't even that many traffic violations or underage drinking...
Funny... My area is safe because there are so many guns.

Want me to come over and throw trash in someone's lawn?

*Gasp* It'll be all over the front page of the newspaper! :tongue:

*Gasp* It'll be all over the front page of the newspaper! :tongue:

It'll start the War on Trash! I tell you it'll be Apocalyptic.

For most of my childhood and adult life I lived in pretty bad neighborhoods. I was mostly the minority in the area as a white and was around drugs, prostitution, gangs, organized crime, unorganized crime, meth labs and drive by shootings.

I recently moved to the less dangerous, yet still a bit seedy bohemian artsy area. It's actually much MUCH safer than where I was, there is a sense of community here at least and neighborhood watches and security and everyone knows everyone.

I did go to the grocery store late last night though and had a pretty scary incident which got physical, but it's the only problem I've had here, and it probably wouldn't have been such a problem if my first instinct wasn't to punch people who grab me. The man (I found out today) was just drunk and didn't remember how to get home, he was just wanting someone to help him, but I didn't know that, all I knew was scary man was grabbing me in dark parking lot and wouldn't let go. :rolleyes: I guess all the time I spent in the bad area of town has gotten to me. :(
i thought you guys moved into a nice condo!

It'll start the War on Trash! I tell you it'll be Apocalyptic.

There'll be people walking down the sidewalks with TRASH BAGS Everyday! *Faints*:tongue:

I never knew Ireland to be a police state...

You'd be surpised. Any place without guns is a de facto police state.

There'll be people walking down the sidewalks with TRASH BAGS Everyday! *Faints*:tongue:

http://billstclair.com/blog/images/hometrends-oval-trash-bin-384x512.jpg

Just tell me that doesn't strike fear into your very soul!

You'd be surpised. Any place without guns is a de facto police state.

i don't have guns and still i feel fairly safe.how come?

You'd be surpised. Any place without guns is a de facto police state.

Wait...what?

I live in a place where handguns are banned yet I don't feel I live in a police state.

i don't have guns and still i feel fairly safe.how come?

Thats the point of a police state. You are safe, just without freedom.

Wait...what?

I live in a place where handguns are banned yet I don't feel I live in a police state.

Then the people in charge are doing it right.

http://billstclair.com/blog/images/hometrends-oval-trash-bin-384x512.jpg

Just tell me that doesn't strike fear into your very soul!

*shivers* I thought only the military was allowed to have equipment like that!

It seems like everyone here lives in a relatively decent neighborhood, with one or two exceptions in some ways. Does anyone live in a really bad neighborhood? I'm interested in hearing about where it is, especially if it's outside of the U.S. I live in a great neighborhood, but living in the Bay Area I know of many places that I'd never go to alone, and a few places I'd never go period, even with friends in broad daylight. Anyone else live near places like that?

If you want to know about places outside the U.S, this might be interesting for you. I live in a very peculiar neighbourhood here in Mexico, it used to be a town (complete with cobblestone [sorta]) and where the priest used to have more power than the regional government delegate (not that that has changed :p). The city grew so much (2nd biggest in Mexico, 4 million people) that it "swallowed" the town and realtors bought all the farms and houses and turned them into either factories or gated communities (I know, strange mixture).

I live in one of those gated communities, so I am therefore almost entirely safe, they have just stolen the rims from a car and I think ransacked a house but that was when the main gate was open at night because it wasn't working. Anyhoo, outside it's very funny. Wander around the gated communities at 4 am and nothing will happen. Wander further ahead, and it gets uglier architecture-wise, but still safe. Wander 3 kilometers away, and you can be killed by mara-salvatrucha style gangs that enjoy putting machetes through people's heads.

I pretty much walk around my neighbourhood a lot (when drunk and coming back from a nearby party, and no ride back home was possible) and nothing has ever happened to me. Here, it's full of contrasts, and some gated community houses go for as much as 400,000 usd (yes, that's a lot here) and the houses of poor people outside don't have plumbing. Nice, right?

Thats the point of a police state. You are safe, just without freedom.



Then the people in charge are doing it right.

I also have freedom. I'm free to do whatever the hell I want, within the law. The UK and the US have similar freedoms except the gun ban thing. Basing the law of allowing guns or not is not the basis to decide if a nation is a police state.

I also have freedom. I'm free to do whatever the hell I want, within the law. The UK and the US have similar freedoms except the gun ban thing. Basing the law of allowing guns or not is not the basis to decide if a nation is a police state.

Seconded.

I also have freedom. I'm free to do whatever the hell I want, within the law. The UK and the US have similar freedoms except the gun ban thing. Basing the law of allowing guns or not is not the basis to decide if a nation is a police state.

Yes it is.

Know why?
Because I say it is, and the UK makes 1984 look appealling.

Well, it's usually pretty good around here. We have drunk people who destroy cars and cause much heartache, but the odds are good you won't be beaten up.

i thought you guys moved into a nice condo!

We did. It's not the best neighborhood ever, but it's much nicer than where we were. The area we were in had 139 crimes within a mile radius in the last 6 months, this one only has 30 in a mile radius in the last 6 months, and none of those are murders or rapes (which a lot of the ones at the old place were), but to the north of me is the gay village which apparently on the weekends is filled with drunk gays.....I didn't run into drunks so much in the old neighborhood as much as muggers/rapists/gang members, so I probably over reacted.

There are areas in the city with no crime. I can't afford to live in those areas.

The good news is that if you take and look at a 1/4 mile radius, we only had 1 crime in the last 6 months, which was last night, when I reported the guy who grabbed my arm, who was arrested for assaulting me.

Yes it is.

Know why?
Because I say it is, and the UK makes 1984 look appealling.

That made me smile. Thanks, I've needed that.

That made me smile. Thanks, I've needed that.

Do it while you can before Big brother tells you to stop and bans smiling. Right after they ban carrying anything heavier than half a kilogram because if its used wrong, things can be used to hurt some one.

We did. It's not the best neighborhood ever, but it's much nicer than where we were. The area we were in had 139 crimes within a mile radius in the last 6 months, this one only has 30 in a mile radius in the last 6 months, and none of those are murders or rapes (which a lot of the ones at the old place were), but to the north of me is the gay village which apparently on the weekends is filled with drunk gays.....I didn't run into drunks so much in the old neighborhood as much as muggers/rapists/gang members, so I probably over reacted.

There are areas in the city with no crime. I can't afford to live in those areas.

The good news is that if you take and look at a 1/4 mile radius, we only had 1 crime in the last 6 months, which was last night, when I reported the guy who grabbed my arm, who was arrested for assaulting me.
o.

we do get more than our share of crime in town (not my neighborhood, i live in the woods) but its not really random. we had a crazy man kill a college student 2 years ago and 2 jealous teen brothers kill another this spring for messing with their girlfriend. and we get drug crime because we are on I-25 which is a major drug corridor from mexico.

Do you feel safe there? If not, why not?

I'm pretty safe in my neighborhood. The same goes for my truck, except for the punk that's let the air out of one of my tires, twice (same location, passenger rear tire, left the valve cap on the ground next to the tire both times).

Well I feel very safe in my city. There is a bit of an urban myth that the railway station at night is not safe. Yet I've been there many times (walking back home) and it was pretty quiet. So, nothing to worry about!

Do it while you can before Big brother tells you to stop and bans smiling. Right after they ban carrying anything heavier than half a kilogram because if its used wrong, things can be used to hurt some one.

They have the guy with the Guy Fawkes mask for such occasions.

They have the guy with the Guy Fawkes mask for such occasions.

And, more realistically, the Queen.

And, more realistically, the Queen.

Oh come on! V is superior the Queen! Has the Queen ever said something as cool as:

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant and vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.

Aside from the halfway house around the corner and down the street a bit... and the streets about two blocks to the south and three to the east, my neighbourhood isn't bad.

Oh come on! V is superior the Queen! Has the Queen ever said something as cool as:

You do understand that the Queen...is real, and V...fictional?

...right?

You do understand that the Queen...is real, and V...fictional?

...right?

Other way around.

You do understand that the Queen...is real, and V...fictional?

...right?

I don't see why this little details would make him less cool. Even Santas does not exist but this does not stop billions of children ... :mad:

Well, where I live is pretty much in the middle of where all Manchester's gun crime* seems to be happening. Still, it's all gang-related stuff so I'm not that bothered by it.

I don't see why this little details would make him less cool. Even Santas does not exist but this does not stop billions of children ... :mad:

The Queen has her own government; Her Majesty's Government. She has an army, and a fairly advanced one at that, that swears alliegance to her, a few battleships, submarines, and other navy type stuff, and quite a lot of money.

I fail to see how that is not cool.

your neighbor is probably cooking meth or has a big field of marajuana growing just out of sight.

My neighbor is an elderly Jewish woman with an awesome poodle named Beau.

Somehow I don't think she's growing marijuana.

Well, where I live is pretty much in the middle of where all Manchester's gun crime* seems to be happening. Still, it's all gang-related stuff so I'm not that bothered by it.

You live in Manchester? No Wai.

I always had you down as an American.

You live in Manchester? No Wai.

I always had you down as an American.
Ha, fuck that. I live opposite Platt Fields Park.

EDIT: Wait, American? I'm not sure whether to be offended. I'm Northern scum, through and through :p

Very Safe. I live at the edge of a small town. Nothing goes on except for a few whiggers that try their damnedest to look "bad" and they are more amusing/annoying than anything.

Its not because you don't have any guns, its because you live in a police state.

It's funny, that... the police don't have guns either, here.

Ha, fuck that. I live opposite Platt Fields Park.

EDIT: Wait, American? I'm not sure whether to be offended. I'm Northern scum, through and through :p

Platt Fields? The times I've spent drunk/playing football/cricket/drunk in there during my uni days (and since).

You don't live in the toaster do you?

I live just north of Philly :D

So long as I stay in my town, I'm (relatively) safe. If I walk to far, though...oh man.

Quite safe here. Everyone has guns, too.

It seems like everyone here lives in a relatively decent neighborhood, with one or two exceptions in some ways. Does anyone live in a really bad neighborhood? I'm interested in hearing about where it is, especially if it's outside of the U.S. I live in a great neighborhood, but living in the Bay Area I know of many places that I'd never go to alone, and a few places I'd never go period, even with friends in broad daylight. Anyone else live near places like that?

I've never lived in a bad "neighborhood" (what exactly is a neighborhood, anyway?). My sister lives in Inkster, Michigan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkster,_Michigan), which isn't a great place. I've lived in some poorer areas, but those towns were rather small, so there really wasn't any crime to speak of.

All the places I've lived:

Riverdale, Michigan
Friedberg, Hesse, Germany
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Alma, Michigan
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Angers, France

When I'm not off doing the Army thing I live in Mount Pleasant.

None of which are really dangerous. Of course, the biggest city (and most dangerous) out of all of them is Colorado Springs with a metro population of only about 600,000. I grew up in Riverdale which had perhaps 200 people or so in it at the time, and I don't recall any actual crime occuring there in the 17 years I lived there.

Platt Fields? The times I've spent drunk/playing football/cricket/drunk in there during my uni days (and since).

You don't live in the toaster do you?
Oh hell no, the toast rack's Man Met isn't it? I'm a couple of roads over from that, utterly surrounded by parks. Whereabouts in Mancunia are you?

Oh hell no, the toast rack's Man Met isn't it? I'm a couple of roads over from that, utterly surrounded by parks. Whereabouts in Mancunia are you?

These days I'm back in Droylsden.

These days I'm back in Droylsden.
Ah, I've been lost round there before. Also, a few miles from you there's a place called Failsworth. Made me chuckle, anyway.:$

Heh, with all the sirens going off right now, you'd think I was in the ghetto.

'Cept when there's lightning flaring barely overhead, no?
*reviews pix*

I pay them to avoid my house. *nod*

My landlord's a police chief, and lives on the same property.
I think I'm ok. ;)

Eh, lots of kids around here, and quite a few think they're real badasses. We get a lot of immigrants from NYC to the poconos, so they bring the guns and drugs with them. It's starting to turn into a mini gang area, but the gangsters don't really mess with the locals unless the locals mess with them first.

But yeah, I'm semi-safe being a local and all. Plus I know A LOT of people around here.

Heh, with all the sirens going off right now, you'd think I was in the ghetto.Or you're *almost* successful in the stalking-me area.

The town newspaper lists the week's local crimes, which always seem to be minor ones (like jaywalking or parkling tickets). And in four years of high school, the hugest "scandal" was when they found a pair of empty beer cans in one of the bathrooms.

Okay, I went to one of the nerdiest, most elite public high schools in the state, and even we had at least two situations of guns on campus, a drunk driving death and an inter-city gang fight during school that involved golf clubs. Seriously, empty beer cans??

Funny... My area is safe because there are so many guns.

Funny... my county had over 200 murders last year, the majority of them utilizing guns. See how much fun we can have with anecdotal evidence?

At least 10% of my neighbors are convicted felons, 'cause I live three blocks from a prison. The gangs have a good grip on the town in general, I've been told, but I haven't seen too much evidence of that.

We did. It's not the best neighborhood ever, but it's much nicer than where we were. The area we were in had 139 crimes within a mile radius in the last 6 months, this one only has 30 in a mile radius in the last 6 months, and none of those are murders or rapes

Can I ask how you found those statistics? I'd love to know those things about my area, instead of going by personal experience, hearsay and the newspaper.

I live in a fairly safe place. The cops chase car thieves around the streets, because it's the first suburb off the highway for a fair distance. There was a murder two kilometres away, five years ago but it was actually someone from out of town, who'd been followed there.

OK, I live in a very safe place.

Do it while you can before Big brother tells you to stop and bans smiling. Right after they ban carrying anything heavier than half a kilogram because if its used wrong, things can be used to hurt some one.

The cops said I could carry this, 'cos it only weighs 900 grams.

*beats 1010102 unconscious with stuffed panda bear*

My area always feels fairly safe. We have the usual anti-social wannabe chavs, but they are mostly harmless. My neighbours are great, cos they are all retired and keep an eye on all the comings and goings. I also live in a cul-de-sac so we get no passing traffic

Shit, I live in a shit area, where young gangs roam, and stabbings and shootings are almost second nature.

My old place in Texas was moderately safe. Sure, there was that drive-by shooting next to the neighbourhood, sure the neighbourhood rich guy was robbed of several thousand dollars of whatever, sure that car was broken into about several times in the same night, but overall it is safe.

Now, it's much safer in Cali. I could pretty much write my name on a piece of tape, stick a diamond on it, and drop it on the floor outside. It's almost guaranteed that it will be returned to me within the next hour or so. Granted, I'm not going to take that risk, but it's safe.

Do you feel safe there? If not, why not?

yep. A nice neighborhood next to a fancy resturant, a police station, and filled with retirees and working people.

Shit, I live in a shit area, where young gangs roam, and stabbings and shootings are almost second nature.

Well aren't we being all mr my-glass-is-half-empty today? Think of the area as exciting. It has a lot of (illegally carried) edge.

Do you feel safe there? If not, why not?

As safe as safe gets. Car/house/garage doors unlocked at night, people actually leave their keys in their cars for convenience, and your neighbors look out for all the kids. A very nice place.

Very safe.

Very unsafe, and I live in the suburbs. I have to go outside and watch my dog every night when I put him out, because otherwise, he could get murdered. A cop was fatally shot next door to me. I used to live next to a pedophile who raped a male teenager, and there's at least 5 drug runners in my neighborhood. Tons of people walk around with knives, and people just walk around smoking pot and drinking beer in full view. My house has also been broken into, and my tires slashed.

New England sucks. We have the strictest gun laws in America, but I bet if I went outside and walked around at night, I would be cut down by an assault rifle. I could only imagine what the cities are like. lol

Well aren't we being all mr my-glass-is-half-empty today? Think of the area as exciting. It has a lot of (illegally carried) edge.

Heh on the contrary, I get no trouble around my area, coz I aint' young nor a member of a gang.

Glass always full, brimming over infact.