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EA, kudos on your prescient warning re: street crime from a few days ago
Noticed a rash of evening carjackings in Dall's HP and Uptown were reported in recent days as well (and I firmly believe most street crime in any major city goes unreported as most affluent are fully insured and don't want to waste valuable time reporting stuff to police who don't want data entered in public crime stats)
Funny how these things go in waves...as a kid, recall reading about all the carjackings, etc in upscale LA and Manhattan (IIRC, Henry Kravis' Merc sedan (w/driver) was carjacked while idling and waiting for him outside ?LeCirque) back in '80s
Over past 15 yrs, all of US' major cities have become so damn safe in upscale areas that many have let their guard down and have adopted sloppy daily habits...making for soft targets for any amateur thug with little to lose in life vs his targets if a bullet goes astray...proximity to poverty is inherently rather risky, esp when one forgets lessons of NYC and LA of '70s-early '90s
There seems to be alot of this in SL and MC.
....many small store owners carry around alot of cash and those businesses are owned by Vietnamese/Asians/Indians.
rbchamps2 I was wondering the same thing! Putting the car in a closed garage would prevent a lot of crimes. But in most of Texas it seems the garage is used up as storage for non-car items.
Also most crimes like this are crimes of opportunity. We have so many distractions now a days, cell phones, pda's, mp3's, and all the other stuff that is on our minds. A person talking or using a cell or mp3 is a perfect target for a criminal. Just be aware of your surroundings and most of the time things like this will not happen. I'm not saying they will never happen, but if you are aware of your surroundings there will be less of a chance.
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