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Our neighborhood has seen many cars who sit there for 30-40 min who are casing neighborhoods and see when people leave their house and on what days so people didn't mind this neighbor calling the non-emergency number.
How exactly do you know these people are casing your neighborhood? Are they arrested and charged? And what is "many"?
Listen crime in Cary is much higher than I'm used to and in my opinion is something that people like to brush off. That being said, some people make matters worse by being super paranoid about every day things, like people waiting in cars for a dinner party, or people assuming any unrecognized car is casing the neighborhood.
I've definitely sat in my car outside someone's house for extended periods of time if I'm way too early for something (but also don't feel like going home or somewhere and coming back)
How exactly do you know these people are casing your neighborhood? Are they arrested and charged? And what is "many"?
I've witnessed - and same with neighbors with cars sitting in our neighborhood for 30 min or more, and when we come out on our driveway or front porch, they turn on the engine and drive away. This has happened more than several times and have asked Cary police about it - Cary police says this is a big clue about "casing" and asked us to call them when we notice this, but they said you need a good description and license plate number for anything to be useful for the future.
So when something like this consistently happens in our area, then don't count it off as "being super paranoid." Maybe someone can avoid a major headache or even better, save somebody from a home invasion.
I've witnessed - and same with neighbors with cars sitting in our neighborhood for 30 min or more, and when we come out on our driveway or front porch, they turn on the engine and drive away. This has happened more than several times and have asked Cary police about it - Cary police says this is a big clue about "casing" and asked us to call them when we notice this, but they said you need a good description and license plate number for anything to be useful for the future.
So when something like this consistently happens in our area, then don't count it off as "being super paranoid." Maybe someone can avoid a major headache or even better, save somebody from a home invasion.
So you really have no idea, you're just making assumptions.
So you really have no idea, you're just making assumptions.
You can call it whatever you want. If you come out of your house to get closer to a car that's sitting in front of your house for 30 min, and as soon as you come outside and make eye contact, they turn on the engine and drive away - you would think that's normal and then go about observing your burnt grass? That's happened multiple times and you can call Cary non-emergency yourself and see what they say about that scenario.
If I was waiting for a dinner party to start, I would be confident and wouldn't get scared when their neighbor came out of the house.
That's correct - there's a lot of good on Nextdoor. And there's a lot of personal attacks and people twisting everything into a political manner that you need to ignore and not get sucked into, and it's VERY EASY to get sucked into that - because with today's politics, everyone's jet fuel gets burning pretty quickly.
For all the crime detectives and people who don't have jobs (or I guess work from home?) and look out their windows all day - well, I have noticed theft/burglary increase in many of these west Cary neighborhoods so I don't really mind that.
A neighbor recently called the Cary Police non-emergency number for a nice-looking Jeep Wrangler sitting in front of their house for over 40 min - Cary police came out right away, asked the Jeep owner what they were doing and they said they were there for a dinner party, but didn't have enough time to go home from a previous activity and didn't want to bother the host too early, so decided to just sit in their car for a while. Cary police checked it out in 5 min and went on their way. I met the said Jeep owner at this dinner party and he and wife didn't think it was a big deal that Cary police came and politely asked them what they were doing. Cary police actually has good reviews for most everything.
Our neighborhood has seen many cars who sit there for 30-40 min who are casing neighborhoods and see when people leave their house and on what days so people didn't mind this neighbor calling the non-emergency number.
Nextdoor has been great for me. I sold my last townhome on there to a fellow neighbor and all worked out good. Asked for some help with an electrician and ended up saving me a lot of money. Also tips on yardwork and other stuff.
You can reject negativity and simply not respond. I use to, but just ignore. Get what you need, help others if you can but stay away from the rest.
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