I want to move yesterday!

[Hungry For Cheese]

Total sarcasm.

I'm basically saying when we get robbed we wish the worst to the person or people who have done it. If we all sought revenge on random people(like how they usually do) we could feel better about our situation, and when we feel better, but get robbed again...we can just go rob someone else. Kinda like a huge bartering system without the communication or something. lol

[ITChick]

Originally Posted by Hungry For Cheese

Total sarcasm.

I'm basically saying when we get robbed we wish the worst to the person or people who have done it. If we all sought revenge on random people(like how they usually do) we could feel better about our situation, and when we feel better, but get robbed again...we can just go rob someone else. Kinda like a huge bartering system without the communication or something. lol

Okay, I get it. Much better than apathy.

[amc760]

Originally Posted by fastfilm

My heartfelt sympathies to Sandyco and the others posters here who've suffered egregious thefts. Yes, there is crime everywhere, but there are specific reasons for some locales becoming more crime-ridden.

At one point in time I used to explain to my out of town niece why there seemed to be more crazies in L.A. with simple statistics: if 2% of all populations everywhere are psychotic, then it stands that a megacity with millions of people will seem to have more psychotics in residence.

Nowadays, this empirical evidence has paled before the uncomfortable fact that many don't wish to face, particularly in the S. F. Valley which used to be the affordable bedroom community of all L.A., with pleasant and yes, diverse neighborhoods of American citizens both born and naturalized. Our status as a sanctuary city (with 300 illegals arriving daily) has promoted an ever increasing demographic of lawbreakers, with their mindset of getting away with breaking laws in general. Sad but true.

Originally Posted by Full-Blooded American

No, it wasn't always a pit. Way back before the you-know-whos took over it was a nice place -- there's even that episode of Gidget in the Valley where they're driving around all night in their pajamas looking for a car dealership or something. They even pull over at a gas station where a clean cut White attendant is nice, helpful, and speaks fluent English.

Obligatory posts criticizing illegals/hispanics.

Check!

[VillageLife]

Sorry it happened,Sandy! it happens anywhere.The economy is not that great these days.

[impala666]

Originally Posted by SandyCo

My son just bought a car; granted, it's a POS car with a lot of mileage, but it's his first car and he loves it. Part of the attraction was the awesome stereo system - the same stereo system that was stolen from his car last night! The thieves blatantly broke the window, and took everything - the amps, the speakers, the stereo itself... I'm so angry on his behalf!

I'm beginning to think that almost the entire San Fernando Valley is a pit. With the exception of a few spots, like Woodland Hills and Porter Ranch, the rest of the Valley is a cesspool. Maybe my attitude will improve later, but I find this so frustrating.

I'm still at least a year away from being able to move, so I'll just suck it up and deal with it. I'm venting here, because I can't get my hands on the perpetrator. Thanks for reading.

A blank 12 gauge in an alarm mine wired to the back of the unit works a treat!
But remember to remove it at service time.

[waysofmylife]

They make shatter proof car window film...

Google it.

[Sorcerer68]

When I lived up in the boonies of San Luis Obispo County, my apartment was broken into. Whomever was in there hit my female roommate when she surprised him in the dark. I moved soon after to a town 20 miles away. I was there a couple of months, my place was broken into again. I actually stayed another year this time. I then moved another 15 miles south to the beach and you guessed it...one more time. I felt so violated each time and it was even worse that I lived in the boonies where these things weren't supposed to happen. Ugh.

I'm sorry to hear that Sandy. I always gravitated to the other side of Ventura Blvd and/or all the way to the east side i.e. Burbank/Toluca Lake.