I live on the bad side of a bad town, I have posted stories of the troubles. But personaly I don't have many problems with the place...perhaps I just fit in. I came home for lunch the other day, and there were patched gang members wandering around next door - hey, upward nod, it's all cool. I've gone out in the morning and found my car unlocked, the window down, or even worse, have found my keys in the door !
So my daughter came down last night to drop off our granddaughter, we look after her most weeks. Sometimes she doesn't lock her car, it's just outside the door, and sometimes she may leave stuff in the car...but never at the same time. But last night she did. Just before she went home, I went out to check her oil, and the passenger door was open, so I scolded my granddaughter for that. But getting in the car she found it ransacked (I couldn't tell, it's always a mess), and the only thing missing was her handbag. All her cards, $30 cash, nice headphones, and a wallet that belongs to my wife, and it's pretty old, and that's the thing she's most worried about losing. We wander around a bit, it's midnight, and we find some stuff that was in the bag, but no bag. It's an inorganic refuse time, piles of junk on the roadside everywhere...we expect the bag to be dumped in one of those, and we'd never find it at night. She rings the cops, and they are pretty good about it, because they entered my property it's a burglary. She cancels cards etc, the cops give her her license number incase she gets picked up on the way home. Next morning the GD and I have a look around the place, but nothing to be seen. Just young kids, opportunists, going up driveways and checking doors.
Later today she gets a call, the bag has been found ! We live opposite a large park, and over the other side some kids found the bag and brought it home to their father, everything is there apart from the headphones and cash. We'll go and get it tomorrow. The town gets such a bad rep, you don't expect honesty, let alone from kids, they seem to be the ones causing all the trouble. So, after a bit of a panic, remorse and other drama last night, we have a good outcome. And of course the cars will be locked when parked in our drive....until we all get lax again.
So my daughter came down last night to drop off our granddaughter, we look after her most weeks. Sometimes she doesn't lock her car, it's just outside the door, and sometimes she may leave stuff in the car...but never at the same time. But last night she did. Just before she went home, I went out to check her oil, and the passenger door was open, so I scolded my granddaughter for that. But getting in the car she found it ransacked (I couldn't tell, it's always a mess), and the only thing missing was her handbag. All her cards, $30 cash, nice headphones, and a wallet that belongs to my wife, and it's pretty old, and that's the thing she's most worried about losing. We wander around a bit, it's midnight, and we find some stuff that was in the bag, but no bag. It's an inorganic refuse time, piles of junk on the roadside everywhere...we expect the bag to be dumped in one of those, and we'd never find it at night. She rings the cops, and they are pretty good about it, because they entered my property it's a burglary. She cancels cards etc, the cops give her her license number incase she gets picked up on the way home. Next morning the GD and I have a look around the place, but nothing to be seen. Just young kids, opportunists, going up driveways and checking doors.
Later today she gets a call, the bag has been found ! We live opposite a large park, and over the other side some kids found the bag and brought it home to their father, everything is there apart from the headphones and cash. We'll go and get it tomorrow. The town gets such a bad rep, you don't expect honesty, let alone from kids, they seem to be the ones causing all the trouble. So, after a bit of a panic, remorse and other drama last night, we have a good outcome. And of course the cars will be locked when parked in our drive....until we all get lax again.
