On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 19:18:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

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>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:53:05 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
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>>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 14:46:20 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> On Tue, 2 Aug 2016 12:34:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>I used to use Crimemapping but our Sherriff's office quit reporting to
>>>>>>>them.
>>>>>>>Today I discovered a rash of thefts near here. What I dislike about
>>>>>>>this
>>>>>>>is
>>>>>>>that there seems to be a delay in the reporting and it doesn't give me
>>>>>>>the
>>>>>>>exact address.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because of privacy issues and it would also become an aid for
>>>>>> criminals.
>>>>>
>>>>>How so?
>>>>
>>>> For a start, it will tell crims where NOT to steal from, what areas to
>>>> avoid or conversely might attract crims to an address or area,
>>>> depending on what info is included.
>>>
>>>It used to just list the offense, the date, time and show the house on a
>>>map. Did not give the actual address but it was easy enough to determine
>>>when it was the house next door. I do try to go outside from time to time
>>>but given that I have no details whatever on the shooting, it does make me
>>>leery. We are pretty sure that drug deals are going on across the street
>>>from our house. Why there? No clue. I will sit out there and stare at cars
>>>that are there for a long time with no apparent reason. There are plenty
>>>of
>>>places to pull a car over. Doesn't need to be across from my house.
>>>Especially since it's often the same damned car.
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>> I know it's a big upheaval, but why not move? The way you have
>> described where you live here makes it sounds like an awful place.
>
>Move? How in the world could we do that? I have no money to move.

You could... PLAN AHEAD? What do you mean "How in the world could we
do that"? How does anyone manage to do anything...

> I just
>spent the last of what I did have fixing this place up. And when we first
>moved here, this was a rather sleepy city. Farm country. But not long after
>the big boom occurred and suddenly everyone and his brother wanted to move
>here. Which is partly why the crime rate has escalated. Too many people
>moving in and not enough law enforcement around. But it's pretty much like
>that everywhere here now.

I doubt it's like that almost everywhere.

>Wouldn't really matter where we moved to, assuming
>that was even an option. You just never know what will happen.

That's right.