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Old 05-23-2011, 03:39 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX, USA
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I like living outside the city in an area that I know I wont get robbed in. When I drive down certain areas of the South side and I see bars on the windows and burglar doors on each house, it sort of sets a level of uneasyness in me. .
My parents live in the inner city Westside...never been robbed. Why are there burglar bars on doors and windows? A low tech security device. People with higher incomes or other cultural influences have security alarms, ala ADT or Brinks. The security system is just different. Some folks don't like security monitored systems and prefer their own method.

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but I sure as heck don't see burglar doors on Northside houses.
There is.
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Old 05-23-2011, 04:10 PM
 
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My parents live in the inner city Westside...never been robbed. Why are there burglar bars on doors and windows? A low tech security device. People with higher incomes or other cultural influences have security alarms, ala ADT or Brinks. The security system is just different. Some folks don't like security monitored systems and prefer their own method.


There is.
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Old 05-23-2011, 04:59 PM
 
Location: South Side
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Some people actually think burglar bars are "decorative.".....I know. Weird. My abuela put them on her front windows back in the 80s because she thought they were "tas nice."

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Old 05-23-2011, 05:12 PM
 
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Some people actually thinks burglar bars are "decorative.".....I know. Weird. My abuela put them on her front windows back in the 80s because she thought they were "tas nice."
LOL, my old neighbor used to have their yard littered with garden gnomes. I always wondered how they seemed to mow the lawn with all of those land mines, lol.
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Old 05-23-2011, 05:14 PM
 
Location: South Side
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Eeeee I know! My Grandma has allll kinda of crazy on her front lawn! A deer statue?? Really Grandma? A deer. In the middle of the West Side. Orale.
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Old 05-23-2011, 05:35 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX, USA
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Old 05-23-2011, 06:03 PM
 
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IMO, I wish all school districts were the same....and the playing field was at least somewhat level so that all children had the same experience, opportunities, and services/technology/quality education available. Kids cant help that their parents make/made bad choices, kids cant help they are poor, and live in crappy neighborhoods with lousy schools.
I disagree. My mom didn't work, my dad was not skilled or educated. I grew up with less than my peers. I decided that I did not want that life and enlisted in the military. Did my 6 years, went to school, got a great job. Imagine that!
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Old 05-23-2011, 06:04 PM
 
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There is.
You mean....there are?
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Old 05-23-2011, 06:06 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX, USA
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You mean....there are?
It's been a long day... goodness!
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Old 05-23-2011, 06:08 PM
 
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I disagree. My mom didn't work, my dad was not skilled or educated. I grew up with less than my peers. I decided that I did not want that life and enlisted in the military. Did my 6 years, went to school, got a great job. Imagine that!
Congratulations.
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