Why Expensive houses region safer? (Houston, The Woodlands: low income, apartment complex, neighborhood)

[stanwood]

My daughter lived in a not too nice area of Houston but taped her CHL qualifying target to the front window and never had any problems.

[N. Olikee]

I think thieves tend to rip off their own first and foremost. Look at the data. What cracks me up is the whole Gated Community Thing........they're usually out somewhere in the burbs that most thieves......being lazy.......wouldn't go to!

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv

Oh, I'm pretty sure there's some gun toting liberals also.

too many people think that only conservatives have guns

Expensive areas tend to be safer because as people get poorer, they have more of a reason to steal, specially if they lose their job.
I almost went through a similar situation, except that I have a college degree, so I was unemployed for only 1 month and the job that I found actually paid me more than the one that I lost.

[Texascrude]

Most thieves are the cat burglar types you see on Ocean's 11 -- I think they usually stay close to home because they're incredibly lazy (hence needing to resort to criminal activity).

It takes more effort to 1) drive to a nice neighborhood, 2) figure out how to deal with the alarms, and 3) figure out the schedule of the home owner and constable without getting caught.

It's much easier to see toothless tom drive out of his apartment next door, run over, kick the door down, and take his worthless crap.

[jtothemak]

Originally Posted by N. Olikee

I think thieves tend to rip off their own first and foremost. Look at the data. What cracks me up is the whole Gated Community Thing........they're usually out somewhere in the burbs that most thieves......being lazy.......wouldn't go to!

This, people that commit crime are not typically the brightest people. They are looking for a quick and easy fix to get what they need so they typically stay in their area stealing from the neighbors. I knew someone in that worked for an apartment complex. One night every apartment community of the street got hit for breaking into cars except the one that was gated. They were just too lazy to wait for that gate to open even though it was the nicer property.

[HoustonRonnie]

None of the above. Same exact house in a different location costs more? It's the land under the house, plain and simple. Safer from what?

Ronnie

[Dopo]

Police are very different in expensive areas compared to cheap areas.

I've never seen anybody pulled over when I drive through The Woodlands.
You go to a poorer area, and police instead of protecting people, seem to go around just waiting for any chance they get to screw somebody over.

[DejaBlue]

Originally Posted by stanwood

my daughter lived in a not too nice area of houston but taped her chl qualifying target to the front window and never had any problems.

rotflmao!

[Zhang Fei]

Originally Posted by truelies

A same house in different places have very different price. Usually more expensive place is safer. Wondering what's the reason for this. I think the robber should be interested in wealthy place, cause they have more money.


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I don't think wealthier areas within Houston itself are safer. I've looked around at the crime numbers and it appears that crime in Houston is pretty evenly distributed. My guess that HPD has uniformed patrols focusing on areas where crime becomes a problem, and criminals move on to areas where cops are less visible. This whack-a-mole strategy has endless cycles of criminals moving to greener pastures, and the cops following them, a day late and a dollar short. Wealthy suburbs that are not part of Houston are probably safer, because they have their own dedicated police forces. Bottom line is that if low crime is your principal concern, you're better off living outside of Houston - being in a wealthy Houston zip code won't help you, crime-wise.

[Texascrude]

Originally Posted by Dopo

Police are very different in expensive areas compared to cheap areas.

I've never seen anybody pulled over when I drive through The Woodlands.
You go to a poorer area, and police instead of protecting people, seem to go around just waiting for any chance they get to screw somebody over.

It's because poorer neighborhoods have higher rate of criminal activity, and by pulling people over police get an excuse to run your id and see if there are outstanding warrants, etc. I don't usually defend the police, cause I think most of what they do is far from what they should be doing, but I agree with them on this point.