I live on an interesting block

[Japher]

If poverty causes crime and since incomes have risen, why haven't we seen a consistent trend of decreasing crime rates through the decades?

standard of living has risen... with that comes greed, marketing, and corporate brainwashing... then, of course, there are drugs...

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Kidicious
I've had 2 murders right outside my door in the last 3 months. I'm moving in another week.

I didn't realize Fresno was so dangerous.

[Japher]

Fresno has it's bad parts... It always competes with Oakland for the states murder record...

I think it's because it's hot and boring and full of gangs.

[Monk]

One morning we found an almost naked, fat corpse in the apartment building I used to live in. This one isn't much better as some of the neighbouring apartments are given to the troubled youth of the city. One neighbor told me to be on the lookout for an immigrant gang that she feared would come and wreck her place. The elevators are ****ed up in various ways on a regular basis and back in July, there was somebody cutting himself with a knive just beneath my window.

But eventually you develop some ackward form of affection towards the place

[Jon Miller]

it sort of sounds like it sucks KH

the most important question is, are you safe?

Jon Miller

[Ecthy]

From my balcony I once watched an arrestation of some guy. Probably drug crime issues...

I heard that loud noise like "Stop, police!" then some fighting down in the shrubs. One guy escaped right into the quarter, the other guy was arrested.

[Solly]

The quarter? Lonn-donn?

[Jon Miller]

when I lived in Oregon (in a town of ~1800) about every year me and my family would wake up and look uot our front window and see about 6 cop cars doing a drug bus on the guy across the street

he owuld go away for a little while and than come back

also, a couple times one of our neighbors (in the house to theleft of us) would start chasing her boyfreidn arround with a shotgun

only the enighbor on the right of us didnot have excitement occasionally

Jon Miller

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
it sort of sounds like it sucks KH

the most important question is, are you safe?

Jon Miller

It doesn't suck, actually. If there were murders outside my door then I'd worry. None of these incidents have resulted in violence, so they're just plain funny.

I'm beginning to feel very comfortable in my neighbourhood at night.

[Ecthy]

No Dookie. Neu Schmellwitz.

[KrazyHorse]

I just did 12 EM sample problems in 4 hours. Given that we're allowed 3 hours to do 5, I think I'll be okay. On the negative side, my brain is about to explode. Had to stop...

[Ecthy]

how's your girl?

[KrazyHorse]

She's fine. Why do you ask?

[Ecthy]

boredom, and you were just giving random remarks

mine's fine too, just missing me so much

[KrazyHorse]

Semirandom. I xposted with you. My EM comment was directed towards JonMillerJonMillerJonMiller