Drophouses in phx (Phoenix: rental homes, high crime, neighborhoods)

[dc1225]

guys what da hell are drophouses? I thought drophouse were like outhouse. Holy crap, is this true?

I was just reading an article in this month's Phoenix Mag and they profiled out, i mean drophouses. Is this true? Can anyone confirm/deny? Darrell Ankarlo(Phoenix Mag), talks about it like its an epidemic problem Phoenix area. True that?

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by dc1225

guys what da hell are drophouses? I thought drophouse were like outhouse. Holy crap, is this true?

I was just reading an article in this month's Phoenix Mag and they profiled out, i mean drophouses. Is this true? Can anyone confirm/deny? Darrell Ankarlo(Phoenix Mag), talks about it like its an epidemic problem Phoenix area. True that?

Drophouses are houses that look a lot alike and are very close together. They look like they were "dropped" on the lots.

[tripper76]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

Drophouses are houses that look a lot alike and are very close together. They look like they were "dropped" on the lots.

Don't know where you got that.

When I think of drop houses, I think of homes used to house illegals until they can be dispersed into the city.

[Elyse Margardino]

Drophouses are abandonded homes that are used to house criminal activity, such as storing drugs/weapons...and more recently...illegals

[dc1225]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

Drophouses are houses that look a lot alike and are very close together. They look like they were "dropped" on the lots.

according to the article, they are everywhere and are not distinct, could be next door to you....

[fcorrales80]

Originally Posted by dc1225

according to the article, they are everywhere and are not distinct, could be next door to you....

Yeah, that is what they are. They are usually normal looking houses but they hide, more recently, illegals smuggled into the U.S. waiting for their families to pay for them to be "released." Many of these homes are actually not abandoned, but are purchased in cash by cartels that are involved with human smuggling rings, among other activities.

They are a problem here in Phoenix, but really, they are everywhere in the U.S. and especially in the border states. Even the Canadian border. This is not new. I remember stories in Seattle about Canadian and American drophouses that stored the largest supplies of Ecstasy, Canadian/Alaskan Pot, and weapons. In Arizona, like most issues, alarmists tend to hype up the effect in Arizona. San Diego has many more drophouses and tunnels underneath the border between the U.S. and Mexico.

One reason they are a big issue here, is that what I have noticed from most Arizonans and Phoenicians, is OUR unwillingness to allow illegal immigration and its activities to flourish here. In so many cities, like LA, Houston, NYC, San Diego, and even Seattle, people are willing to allow illegal immigration activity because they believe it is the "liberal" and socially "sympathetic" thing to do.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by dc1225

according to the article, they are everywhere and are not distinct, could be next door to you....

Exactly.

[luv_it_here]

Originally Posted by Ponderosa

Drophouses are houses that look a lot alike and are very close together. They look like they were "dropped" on the lots.

Seriously, do you LIVE in Phx? Drophouses are basically clubhouses for gang activity - usually they are fairly cheap rental homes (or abandoned homes, both of which there is a huge amount of in the Phx area - and in ALL the neighborhoods, not just the high crime areas)

Drophouses you usually hear about when they bust them, and find 50-80 illegal immigrants inside, with 3-4 coyotes guarding them. But, I drophouse can also hold a weapons stash, or drug equipment, or any of the other dealings of illegal activity that are used to help fund the gangs, and the coyote networks of the area.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by luv_it_here

with 3-4 coyotes guarding them.

Oh that is funny, coyotes guarding houses! You are from South Dakota, no? You really have some goofy ideas about AZ.

[dc1225]

Originally Posted by luv_it_here

Seriously, do you LIVE in Phx? Drophouses are basically clubhouses for gang activity - usually they are fairly cheap rental homes (or abandoned homes, both of which there is a huge amount of in the Phx area - and in ALL the neighborhoods, not just the high crime areas)

Drophouses you usually hear about when they bust them, and find 50-80 illegal immigrants inside, with 3-4 coyotes guarding them. But, I drophouse can also hold a weapons stash, or drug equipment, or any of the other dealings of illegal activity that are used to help fund the gangs, and the coyote networks of the area.

Are you a drophouse owner? LOL, j/k...you seem to know alot about it.