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I used to be one of those that left my car unlocked out of laziness mostly since I didn't have the "control" for my car where I can lock it from far away or as I'm walking away. Learned my lesson when I came in my car one day with the passenger side wide open and the glove compartment yanked open with all of my stuff that was inside the glove compartment on the passenger seat (luckily, I don't keep anything of value in my car lol).
I'm surprised you did that; given how much you mention crime problems. I'd never do that in a big city; though I sometimes where I live. Rarely, not much effort to lock; even when I didn't have a remote I can use the lock button on the door handle.
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Originally Posted by alex985
Nope, I moved away from the "ghetto" neighborhood, I live in a more suburban area right now (Cooper City; Where I lived before was Miami Gardens) it's not unsafe here really, although car break ins seem to be an issue....property crimes are bad all over South FL though, even in "good" neighborhoods.
speaking of parking in "ghetto" neighborhoods; I parked my car adjacent to a large housing project
underneath that expressway. Guy told me car should be fine overnight, but I might not be walking at night. Think he was mostly joking. A well-used bike path uses a road that goes through that project; some years back some kids threw stuff from a bridge above at the bicyclists. So the city added a fence...
Violent crime here seems to be like 95% gang-related. It's not common at all to have random shootings, most common is that an innocent bystander will get hit when the perp misses their "target", always really unfortunate when that happens.
Well, here maybe 5% of the violent crime is gang-related, as finding a street-gang is as hard as to find accurate climate data from LKJ1998.
An acquaintance I have is starting to irritate me now.. She experiences no harship at all,her parents give her an aatronom budget at university. She travels backwards and forwards to America every two months. She is working in New Jersey now after just working in London last week.
If my parents were giving me that a week i'd feel guilty and want to be doing something for it.
The sad thing is that she was a down to earth, genuine person, but she has become quite snooty since her father got a high wage job (like very high).
I don't really want to bother with her as much now because she kind of looks down on people who are struggling and her lifestyle is out of my budget.
She has the potential to throw her university education down the shoots, I'm really worried about her.
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out of laziness mostly since I didn't have the "control" for my car where I can lock it from far away or as I'm walking away. Learned my lesson when I came in my car one day with the passenger side wide open and the glove compartment yanked open with all of my stuff that was inside the glove compartment on the passenger seat (luckily, I don't keep anything of value in my car lol).
A well-used bike path uses a road that goes through that project; some years back some kids threw stuff from a bridge above at the bicyclists. So the city added a fence...
