[Prosze]

If you use Nextdoor, you will see a lot of paranoia but also some useful heads up. Lots of posts about mail theft, who is this at my door/driving around the neighborhood. Always shake my head at people surprised their car was broken into. 99.9999% of the time their doors were unlocked. Thieves work in groups going from car to car in neighborhoods looking for unlocked vehicles.

No one is immune from crime.

[Irish4evr]

Originally Posted by Dltordj

If you use Nextdoor, you will see a lot of paranoia but also some useful heads up. Lots of posts about mail theft, who is this at my door/driving around the neighborhood. Always shake my head at people surprised their car was broken into. 99.9999% of the time their doors were unlocked. Thieves work in groups going from car to car in neighborhoods looking for unlocked vehicles.

No one is immune from crime.

I would love to see a factual statistical analysis supporting your 99.9% figure. Auto theft has gone high tech my friend...a locked door is simply a minor inconvenience.

[kttam186290]

Originally Posted by FML157

The Housing Choice Voucher AKA section 8 program does not accept new applicants and there's been a wait-list for years.

Even if the local housing authority is not "accepting" new applicants and they have a wait-list, they still have to accept voucher holders who decide to "port-in" from other places.

Here's how it works:

You go to a county where the waiting list is open and you apply. They accept you and give you the voucher. You must stay in said county for one year before you are allowed to "port out" and move to another locale. The federal government, through legislation, made Section 8 "portable" -- meaning that you don't have to stay in one area once you have your voucher for one year. After the first year, you can either stay or "port out" to another place.

So, if you're a voucher holder who happens to live in Oakland, CA and you decide you want to move to Las Vegas, NV; all you have to do is go on a well-known Section 8 listing website (I cannot post it here due to TOS) and look for a place, then, once you've found your place, you call the leasing agency and they are more than happy to take your voucher and turn it in to the housing authority nearby. So, you -- in essence -- can bring your housing voucher from California to Las Vegas and your leasing agent will turn it in to the Clark County Housing Authority ...no questions asked!

I wanted to see how easy the process was so I called a leasing agency and acted like I was a voucher holder and they explained it to me.

It's interesting (and sort of scary, to be honest) how easy it can be to destroy a neighborhood if you happen to be a careless, greedy landlord.

[lvmensch]

There are a grand total of 10,000 vouchers in Clark County. The vast majority will be in low cost neighborhoods. Another big segment is the elderly who generally pose no problem to a neighborhood.,

So you are talking about something like a quarter of one percent of the homes in Las Vegas.

And to port in you do have to find a place with open Section 8, and live there for a year. You really have to want it bad if you look at the places where Section 8 is open.

[GeographyNerd]

Even in my inlaws rich summerlin community someone smashed the windows out of the car at xmas to steal wine left on the back seat. No way to escape crime.

[Prosze]

Originally Posted by Irish4evr

I would love to see a factual statistical analysis supporting your 99.9% figure. Auto theft has gone high tech my friend...a locked door is simply a minor inconvenience.

Join Nextdoor and read it's really very simple. Goes like this:

Them: Beware! my car (Or Garage) was broken into last night!

Me: was your car (Or garage) open?

Them: Yes.

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Prosze]

Originally Posted by Irish4evr

I would love to see a factual statistical analysis supporting your 99.9% figure. Auto theft has gone high tech my friend...a locked door is simply a minor inconvenience.

It's a smash and dash/grab and go. They take whatever they can. People are literally posting their videos on nextdoor showing small groups of people roaming neighborhoods going from car to car.

I do not feel sorry for anyone that it happens to. If you have a garage, use it and keep it closed. You leave your doors unlocked well, at least don't leave valuables.

The Willows in Summerlin has a lot of problems. Their mailbox thefts which was posted on Nextdoor, made it on the news.

[clutchcargo777]

Not that this is a solution, but a friend told me nearly everyone in his neighborhood had their car broken into. The locked cars got a broken window and lost their stereo/belongings. The unlocked cars also lost their stereos but at least they didn't get a broken window.

[Sam500]

Originally Posted by Dltordj

It's a smash and dash/grab and go. They take whatever they can. People are literally posting their videos on nextdoor showing small groups of people roaming neighborhoods going from car to car.

I do not feel sorry for anyone that it happens to. If you have a garage, use it and keep it closed. You leave your doors unlocked well, at least don't leave valuables.

The Willows in Summerlin has a lot of problems. Their mailbox thefts which was posted on Nextdoor, made it on the news.

It's a smash and dash/grab and go. They take whatever they can. People are literally posting their videos on nextdoor showing small groups of people roaming neighborhoods going from car to car.

I do not feel sorry for anyone that it happens to. If you have a garage, use it and keep it closed. You leave your doors unlocked well, at least don't leave valuables.

The Willows in Summerlin has a lot of problems. Their mailbox thefts which was posted on Nextdoor, made it on the news.

Really? So if you happen to make a mistake one night by NOT closing your garage door, you have to right to be violated and your personal belongings stolen?

Thieve have the RIGHT to rob you?

RIDICULOUS SOCIAL COMMENTARY

[Prosze]

Originally Posted by Sam500

It's a smash and dash/grab and go. They take whatever they can. People are literally posting their videos on nextdoor showing small groups of people roaming neighborhoods going from car to car.

I do not feel sorry for anyone that it happens to. If you have a garage, use it and keep it closed. You leave your doors unlocked well, at least don't leave valuables.

The Willows in Summerlin has a lot of problems. Their mailbox thefts which was posted on Nextdoor, made it on the news.

Really? So if you happen to make a mistake one night by NOT closing your garage door, you have to right to be violated and your personal belongings stolen?

Thieve have the RIGHT to rob you?

RIDICULOUS SOCIAL COMMENTARY

Let me welcome you to the real world. Why don't people just leave a big sign on their unlocked cars and open garages with "Help yourself" If you are that trusting and naive don't be surprised when you get burned. Don't make yourself an easy target. And where did I state anyone has the right to be robbed?