So a few minutes ago I bought a bungalow cash in an intown atlanta neighborhood.(I split my time now between alabama and georgia) It's a relatively small bungalow for the area(where jumbo bungalows are common; this one is about 2k squate foot) and is in decent shape but needs some updating remodeling. It's generally considered one of the better intown neighborhoods(I won't say which one specifically but for anyone who knows atlanta it is close to midtown, close to botanical gardens, and has 'park' in the name..whatever). Because it is relatively small and needs some updating I won't say the exact price but it was more than 1.5 and less than 2. So it's not like exactly a place the kardashians would live but it's not a slum area either......

I'm giving the background here because:

1) my car has been broken into TWICE now in this short period of time
2) I've counted *16* presumed different homeless wanderers within 100 yards of my property at some point(usually riding a too small bicycle for them) in the last month alone(november.....and thats only when I've been in town)

I went to the neighborhood association meeting to discuss these concerns. We(by we I mean homeowners) pay 5-600 a year to hire off-duty police officers to cover shifts to make a presence in the neighborhood and deter these sort of crimes.

And the response I got? A lot of "yeah it's pretty safe here but there is some property crime; it's just part of living here" to "you definately have to be careful of your surroundings; don't walk alone after dark" to "the homeless are just part of the local character here and adds appeal"

I swear to god someone said the latter.

I just didn't expect this.....I've not lived in a lot of intown areas of cities before, but if this is what it is like I may sell after another 6 months or so and move to buckhead lol.....(the only reason I didn't in the first place because that's farther north and when I travel 'home' to visit family in middle georgia it would have taken longer to get there)......

Oh and I have Georgia -4.5 tommorrow big and a Georgia/Oregon ML parlay(pays about .90 for every dollar)......the parlay is a good big play but it's going to win win win. Go ducks!!!

I also have a futures michigan play(to win natl title...at various prices through the year now it's like +190 if anyone is interested) and Bo Nix at various prices to win heisman.

On Friday, December 1, 2023 at 4:24:59 PM UTC-8, michael anderson wrote:

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> Oh and I have Georgia -4.5 tommorrow big and a Georgia/Oregon ML parlay(pays about .90 for every dollar)......the parlay is a good big play but it's going to win win win. Go ducks!!!
>
> I also have a futures michigan play(to win natl title...at various prices through the year now it's like +190 if anyone is interested) and Bo Nix at various prices to win heisman.

I wish you hadn't said that

Damn that man from pinson valley looks confident spinning that ball and about to take the field for oregon. This one may get out of hand by the third qtr if Bo plays like the heisman winner he can lock up tonight.

Dammit Bo....get your shit together. This is ridiculous so far.

When are you Republicans going to learn that if you want the cities safe, you're going to have to shoot your way there?

No deterrent, people. It isn't a matter of no consequences.

Take it from someone with 9 years on the street.

Mike

On Friday, December 1, 2023 at 8:59:04 PM UTC-6, Michael Falkner wrote:
> When are you Republicans going to learn that if you want the cities safe, you're going to have to shoot your way there?
>
> No deterrent, people. It isn't a matter of no consequences.
>
> Take it from someone with 9 years on the street.
>
> Mike

I don't expect for all of a big city like this to be safe. Or to be free or wandering vagrants or property crimes or whatever. I don't even expect for most of it to be safe. I don't even expect 1/3 to be safe. But yeah if my lot value is 1.5 million and the average home price in a neighborhood is 3 or so, I *do* expect some decent level of safety and security in that neighborhood.

On 12/1/2023 9:50 PM, michael anderson wrote:
> On Friday, December 1, 2023 at 8:59:04 PM UTC-6, Michael Falkner wrote:
>> When are you Republicans going to learn that if you want the cities safe, you're going to have to shoot your way there?
>>
>> No deterrent, people. It isn't a matter of no consequences.
>>
>> Take it from someone with 9 years on the street.
>>
>> Mike
>
> I don't expect for all of a big city like this to be safe. Or to be free or wandering vagrants or property crimes or whatever. I don't even expect for most of it to be safe. I don't even expect 1/3 to be safe. But yeah if my lot value is 1.5 million and the average home price in a neighborhood is 3 or so, I *do* expect some decent level of safety and security in that neighborhood.

Then said neighborhood should hire their own security service, just tack
it on to the HOA fee.

On Friday, December 1, 2023 at 7:50:12 PM UTC-8, michael anderson wrote:

> I don't expect for all of a big city like this to be safe. Or to be free or wandering vagrants or property crimes or whatever. I don't even expect for most of it to be safe. I don't even expect 1/3 to be safe. But yeah if my lot value is 1.5 million and the average home price in a neighborhood is 3 or so, I *do* expect some decent level of safety and security in that neighborhood.

Let me tell you how bad the cities are getting for your side.

The police chief of Memphis wants the National Guard -- NOW.

Not a year or 13 1/2 months from now. And he doesn't even feel the suspension of Posse Comitatus would do it.

You wanna talk about $1.5M? That's a postage stamp in San Francisco -- and it started getting bad when I got off those streets...

15 years ago...

Mike

On Friday, December 1, 2023 at 8:07:42 PM UTC-8, leonard hofstatder wrote:

> Then said neighborhood should hire their own security service, just tack it on to the HOA fee.

It'd last 24-48 hours, because you have to mean it.

That's "Open Fire"-level Mean It...

Mike