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03-31-2009, 06:30 AM
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"Happy Winter!"
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Midcoast Maine
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Maine is 3rd safest state!
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03-31-2009, 07:04 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maine
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Not surprising at all! Did you see that it's been in the top 3 for 16 years? That was the first thing that made us zero in on Maine when searching for a better place to raise our kids 8 years ago.
Some surprises to me are that New York made the 15th safest. Hmmmm....and the well known state for southern hospitality - Georgia - made the 12th most dangerous! Wow!! Of course Texas was the 15th most dangerous.
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03-31-2009, 10:02 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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I'm in Washington State, looking at the ratings, we're pretty much in the middle of the road.
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03-31-2009, 02:10 PM
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Senior Member
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"a dis-sheveled hitch-hiker in a worn peacoat"
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Argyle, Maine
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Less people mean less crooks too!
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03-31-2009, 03:43 PM
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"status" from Dale Carnegie
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: a step from New Brunswick...
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El was it last week you were here and said something like "oh, I left the van unlocked!" lol.... then a bit later you said, "oh I can't believe it, I not only left it unlocked the KEYS are in it!!" That makes me laugh just remembering it! Adapting to somewhere safe is very easy! |
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03-31-2009, 09:49 PM
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Eddie Van Halen Wanna Be
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"It's all about Eruption....baby"
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Deer Park, WA
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Nice that the top 3 are next to each other NH,VT,and ME, the area is Super Safe
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04-01-2009, 05:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Hidin' out on the Mexican border;about to move to the Canadian border
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GA is the twelfth most dangerous? It should be higher. The tiny town where I grew up had the second highest homicide rate in the state, right after Atlanta.
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04-01-2009, 06:23 PM
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So I've been looking into Maine lately... and browsing this forum here and there.
I can understand why Louisiana is #2 on the most dangerous list. My neighbors heard gunshots a few days ago that were coming from a high-crime area that's about a 1/4 mile from our block. (This is in New Orleans, La.)
They're vigilant people, my neighbors, and they work very hard to keep our little area safe from high profile crimes like shootings and aggravated rapes or burglaries. The neighborhood businesses do a good job, too.
I haven't left my doors unlocked since I left my hometown in Southwest Louisiana.
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04-01-2009, 09:28 PM
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Senior Member
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"a dis-sheveled hitch-hiker in a worn peacoat"
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Argyle, Maine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alittlenerdy
So I've been looking into Maine lately... and browsing this forum here and there.
I can understand why Louisiana is #2 on the most dangerous list. My neighbors heard gunshots a few days ago that were coming from a high-crime area that's about a 1/4 mile from our block. (This is in New Orleans, La.)
They're vigilant people, my neighbors, and they work very hard to keep our little area safe from high profile crimes like shootings and aggravated rapes or burglaries. The neighborhood businesses do a good job, too.
I haven't left my doors unlocked since I left my hometown in Southwest Louisiana.
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Well you do hear gunshots hear. Hunters or folks practicing.
I built our house and made a show of presenting the new house keys to my Dw. The house has not been locked since then.
As has been spoken of often on Cd, during the winter it is common to see half the cars at the grocery store, left running while folks are inside shopping. Not only do they leave their cars unlocked, they are left running.
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04-01-2009, 11:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by forest beekeeper
Well you do hear gunshots hear.
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What about the paramedics? Or the sheriff's department? Or the guys zipping up a bag that's headed to the morgue?  You know, as much as New Orleans is a tourists' town, the drug violence is pretty prevalent. What did that pole say? Oh yeah... Louisiana is #1 for murder. 
My neighbors had said that the shots came from two different guns, because there were different sounds associated with the 'bang' noises. They could hear the guns being cocked back and forth as well as being fired.
Scary stuff... and perhaps the scariest yet. 
Although, the vagrants who were found to be living on the other side of my fenced-in backyard were pretty creepy, too. They were living in a daycare that hasn't been occupied since 2005.
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Originally Posted by forest beekeeper
Hunters or folks practicing.
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Do they wear those funny orange outfits or deck themselves out in lots of camo? People love to hunt on deer leases and such in rural areas of La.
Quote:
Originally Posted by forest beekeeper
I built our house and made a show of presenting the new house keys to my Dw. The house has not been locked since then.
As has been spoken of often on Cd, during the winter it is common to see half the cars at the grocery store, left running while folks are inside shopping. Not only do they leave their cars unlocked, they are left running.
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Yeah. That's how it was where I grew up, although things have changed a good bit since the 80's and early 90's.
It must be very nice to be able to leave your car running whenever it's really cold in the middle of winter.
(I get the "Cd" reference, but what does "Dw" stand for?)
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