Why is San Diego so safe? - Take 2 (Chula Vista, Corona: hotel, live)

[LuvSouthOC]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

News flash: most monsters don't much care if you have a gun or not either. They're desperate people and a lot more vicious and coniving than you.

Most significant thing you pointed out in your post is: this isn't Alaska. So all that doesn't hardly apply, does it.

And yeah, Mariner, how about that Virgina Beach? But we've long ago covered that truth. Forget the racial profiling.

How about Norfolk, right next door? How is the crime rate there...it's all Hampton Roads after all.

[AADAD]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

News flash: most monsters don't much care if you have a gun or not either. They're desperate people and a lot more vicious and coniving than you.

Most significant thing you pointed out in your post is: this isn't Alaska. So all that doesn't hardly apply, does it.

And yeah, Mariner, how about that Virgina Beach? But we've long ago covered that truth. Forget the racial profiling.

Actually it does. The point is that from zero to unstable is pretty quick these days. California without proper laws people are actually closer to this than in Alaska (my point if you cared to use that sagacious mind of yours). The road rage I've observed here recently convinces me that I am on the right track. Combined with the laissez faire attitude of police and CHP towards drunk drivers and other misbehaving people on the road makes me feel less secure. San Diego may have the "appearance" of being safe but criminal conduct occurs more frequently and with more consequences here in this city than Alaska...by far. So since this thread is "why is San Diego so safe" my response is...It ain't.

[sdurbanite]

Originally Posted by AADAD

A majority of crimes in Anchorage are native population on one another as with rape. There is very little crime in Anchorage which a working guy has to be concerned with. Here in San Diego most of the crime is not so confined. Freeway shooters, home invasions to absurd numbers here, TV broadcasters being shot in broad daylight and added to this the simply RABID drivers here. I feel less safe here even though the numbers don't bear it out....so what does that make me? Sensitive? The race thing could be debated forever and probably has been.

Additionally in Alaska as with other states with common sense, a person can legally carry a weapon. Home invasions are almost nonexistent and frequently crime is stopped by the carry laws. Vulnerability to crime is less (my sense) and despite people stating that gun possession only increases the chance of the gun being used against the owner, most places it ain't so. If we take away suicide, accidental gun use which leads to injury you have a criminal (armed) approached an unarmed citizen. Those stats of robbery kidnapping assault are not going to show up in your stats. Only homicides by gun. Additionally you don't really have the large critters here in SD which exist in neighborhoods in Anchorage. Bear and moose move freely throughout the city and the suburbs. Good idea to have access to a weapon.

My honest opinion is that personal safety is in the eye of the beholder and laws which restrict choice interfere with the rights to be secure. I don't plan to own a cow here in Cali (and they won't issue one anyway). But if I am traveling you'd best believe that I will have one because the truth is (and it really is the truth) there are MONSTERS out there who used to resemble people and they don't care about your your family or your lives. They only care about one thing. Does the person who I am going to rob, hurt or kill have a GUN?

So Alaska doesn't have the highest violent crime rate in the entire country?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/photos/am...437397277.html

[AADAD]

Originally Posted by sdurbanite

So Alaska doesn't have the highest violent crime rate in the entire country?

https://www.yahoo.com/news/photos/am...437397277.html

Aint that the thing...? In the Big Land most violence is native on native so is rape so the high statistics reveal that. In addition, you should know that Alaska is made of a villages both below and above the arctic circle. Frequently these crimes are in the villages. Anchorage crimes are similar to most other urban centers.

The other variable is as previously stated the prevalence of an armed citizenry. I know it's hard to comprehend coming from California but people arm themselves to prevent them or their loved ones from becoming victims of crime. Here is California one just kinda hopes it won't happen. (magical thinking). The stabbing on the foot bridge near Little Italy was a good example.

So while crime is statistically higher in Alaska, it's confined typically far away from the population centers. Here in San Diego it's anywhere a person can be, random, persistent and exceedingly violent (freeway shooters)... And the equalizer or carrying a weapon to prevent one from becoming a victim is a felony.

Go figure.

[creepy]

Originally Posted by LuvSouthOC

Bingo.

Your off topic. Since we are...

Oh The Ferguson Effect. You mean blacks and whites and Mexicans and Asians being mad that blacks are proportionately executed on site by cops? Well we should all be angry at that. Also mad at the white, mentally ill women shot by cops, less than blacks. Cops have problems in the US nowdays-let's not put our heads in the sand and say it is "their" issue. It is OUR issue as a nation.

her is a site from England that keeps track of how many cops kill.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...olice-killings

[citizensadvocate]

I read about operation Gatekeeper. Is this one of the reasons San Diego is relatively safe despite being next to Tijuana which was at times was among the most dangerous cities in Mexico particularly during the drug war? The other reason being this is a tourist town where the population swells by 1/4 during vacation season of tourists and snowbirds and even "heatbirds" from the desert southwest. .

I heard its kind of a Detroit and Windsor comparison sometimes. With Detroit being among the most dangerous in the US but Windsor being among the safest in Canada despite sharing a border.

Though I heard Tijuana also has become safer these days as the drug war fades away and tourists start coming back.

[LuvSouthOC]

Originally Posted by creepy

Your (SIC) off topic. Since we are...

Oh The Ferguson Effect. You mean blacks and whites and Mexicans and Asians being mad that blacks are proportionately executed on site (SIC) by cops? Well we should all be angry at that. Also mad at the white, mentally ill women shot by cops, less than blacks. Cops have problems in the US nowdays (SIC)-let's not put our heads in the sand and say it is "their" issue. It is OUR issue as a nation.

her is a site from England [UK, not "England"] that keeps track of how many cops kill.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...olice-killings

The above statement is preposterous. Present your evidence showing that blacks are executed by the police "on sight".

[hitman619]

Originally Posted by creepy

Your off topic. Since we are...

Oh The Ferguson Effect. You mean blacks and whites and Mexicans and Asians being mad that blacks are proportionately executed on site by cops? Well we should all be angry at that. Also mad at the white, mentally ill women shot by cops, less than blacks. Cops have problems in the US nowdays-let's not put our heads in the sand and say it is "their" issue. It is OUR issue as a nation.

her is a site from England that keeps track of how many cops kill.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...olice-killings

Totally agree with that statement i bolded.
Sadly, the non empathy that comes from some of these people stems from negative media, and right wing nutjob talk show host.
Our Government did a ****y job of stopping drugs from coming into this country and then exacerbated the Problem by, throwing its own citizens in jail and creating the problems that we have today.

[sean1the1]

Originally Posted by hitman619

Totally agree with that statement i bolded.
Sadly, the non empathy that comes from some of these people stems from negative media, and right wing nutjob talk show host.
Our Government did a ****y job of stopping drugs from coming into this country and then exacerbated the Problem by, throwing its own citizens in jail and creating the problems that we have today.

This is truly sad I wouldn't expect this much hate from San Diego.

[john3232]

I spent time in an apartment a block away from Sprouts Farmers Market off Park.

The only real issue was auto theft but given the car I had was already ten years old this wasn't a problem.

If needed I could walked to Fry's at ten in the evening. It wasn't dangerous.

Meth is a problem in SD and it wasn't usually to see some kid ranting and walking in circles or passed out on the sidewalk.

But if you had a new car you really needed a garage.