Typical shit, this thread has devolved into, lol.
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Typical shit, this thread has devolved into, lol.
Why? I asked a simple questionQuote:
Originally Posted by Brobi-wan
https://youtu.be/JyKt8_ZLxUg?si=jzhhQlF1qBwx434AQuote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
lived here for over 10 years, never once thought I needed a gun or felt unsafe. still live downtown. ppl just either are from the suburbs so they only hear the local news, or out of towners who just go to the airport (which is a bad area) or the liberty bowl which is run down. it's a lazy takeQuote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
good luck to you. I know several postal workers there as well as real estate and pest control people. They are uncomfortable daily and are armed due to this criminal element. We used to go to red bird games but the many cars with broken windows has deterred us, same thing with the mall areas as well. My cousin has recently moved from the mud island area due to prowlers after dark. He was attacked in a restaurant parking lot by 3 fine citizens and survived. Then my great aunt who while unloading groceries had a 9 held to her head as her van was stolen by 2 more fine folks there. Both these are in the last 3 years but the mayor say that crime be down and all. be safe brother is all i can say to you and stay lucky
Poor people. Like hack alluded to - when people can't survive off of "legal" means - minimum wage doesn't provide minimum rent/necessities, programs cut for social funding - then three things happen: People move elsewhere, birth rate slows, people turn to "illegal" means to survive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Take a sociology course. State offers a great intro course - SO 1003. Honestly you should just go shadow any classes in Bowen.
No offense, but if one is going to work/live/shop/recreate in proximity to high crime areas (like Mem, Jxn, B'ham. NOLA, BR), he/she must have an acute sense of situational awareness and plan. I've worked in DT Jxn for 30 years, between my building and my parking space is a hundred yards in an area frequented by bums, I carefully survey the scene before making that walk.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pancho
good and good thing no thug just appeared from behind a building as they did in both instances that I mentioned. Some poor folk have no idea and no intention of improving their plight and just resort to a normal life of crime and get locked up or shot.
Not a big social science guy? Crime doesn't stay static. It either goes up or goes down. Like the climate. You know? Just always changing. I know some don't believe in that, but it's just basic common sense. And the policies we put in place help deter or encourage crime. Right now, we're in an "encourage crime" window and we'll see rises in violence and theft.Quote:
Originally Posted by viverlibre
The Usual Suspects.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
The folks committing the crimes are held down by the system. Otherwise they would be future surgeons, astronauts, scientists, or engineers. Every time some 16 year old gangbanger with his pants below his asscrack, his gun turned sideways, and his pockets full of drugs shoots somebody, I realize there will be another empty seat in medical school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coach34
Imagine if we set up a better plumber trade school pipeline.Quote:
Originally Posted by somebodyshotmypaw
Also while this is elite dawgs, you don't have to whistle so loud.