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Hello hive! In the recent flurry of posts involving new home owners and those who are in the process, I got thinking about safety! I think I watch too much of the news but I feel like someone is always getting, shot, abducted, jumped, raped, mudered etc etc
Whether you rent, or own, tell me if you feel safe where you live? Do you live in a "good area" ? Would you feel confident to go out for a jog alone?
I feel completely safe. I could go out for a jog alone at night if I wanted to. But then, I live in a suburb. I probably wouldn't want to walk through the park alone at night.
I live in a small college town. I consider it very safe and I regularly walk my dog alone at night.
I definitely bought my house with safety/schools in mind. It sort of all goes hand in hand imo cause usually better schools -> more expensive area -> generally safer. The most interesting blurb in the police section of my town in the last few months is reports of a vandalized mailbox. My friend that lives here also was getting a ride home from a cop cause he locked his car keys in the car at a park and heard the dispatcher radioing for a cop to "talk to some kids over on xxx road that are using foul language". So not too worried, but still always cautious... in reality anything can happen at anytime anywhere.
Yeah, I live in a old-people neighborhood (seriously, there is so many old people here, b/c the neighborhood association makes people pay a fee for their lawn to be mowed and snow plowed, so the old people love living here cuz they don't have to worry about that themselves. We can hardly wait to try and sell this house next year!) Anyhow, and we live in a very safe, small, city in the suburbs. It's almost annoying sometimes, cuz the police dont have much to do, so you actually have to worry about them harassing you for stupid things like jaywalking. (I guess I'd rather this than live somewhere not safe...so I'm not complaining.)
@pinkshoes: LOL wow foul language...yall got it rough ;)
@joy2011: haha cranky old people neighboorhoods!!
We live in the suburbs... and part of our decision to buy a house where we did was the extremely low crime rate. Our neighborhood is gated with an attendant that takes down the license plate # and name of every car that comes in, so I feel safe here... I'd feel safe running alone, even after dark.
Relatively. I live in a big city, and near an interstate, so there are a fair number of car thefts and burglaries. During the day I feel perfectly safe, but I wouldn't wander around late at night.
Yep completely safe, we live kitty corner from a elementary school and further down the road about half a mile is another elementary school.
@bluebonnet: Yea, we bought in a gated community, and I feel fairly confident within it, but outside of it can get dicey. I live in a city that is full of tourists and has billionaire homes on the ocean and then homeless people under bridges. My ultimate goal would be a smaller town , and also live within a gated community within that town ;)
@Over the Moon: Ahh yea! Living near or off of busy highways and byways can be sketchy. Glad your smart about it!
Yes, but not as safe as I would like. Our neighborhood is definitely showing signs of a downward trend, which is part of why we decided to buy our forever home in another part of the county that is more rural. But even though it is not as safe as I would like, it's still far better than the neighborhood we lived in previously. Over the 8 years that we lived in our old neighborhood it changed from a street filled with mostly the original owners to a street with a drive by shooting and fights in the middle of the road. I was so glad to get out of there. It's amaxing how a neighborhood can go downhill.
Yeah I feel super safe in the new area we are in. It's very quiet, only residential so no shady people wandering around at night.
@Sassygrn:Love it! I hear great things about Minnesota!
@lovekiss: Eeek! Yes! I feel like that is a really common occurrence, things going from nice to dicey. Perhaps its the down turned economy or just general population fluxes. Who knows!
@MissAsB: Same! If I were a little closer to the university or college though I wouldn't feel as safe. It's more downtown and a little creepier at night. I love where we live.
Yes, totally safe though the town I live in is next to a very dangerous area. My husband and I are amazed at the difference a 5 minute drive makes. Let's just say I stick to my area if at all possible.
@sugarpea: Interesting, some people feel safe being near a college, and I think for others its a breeding ground for instability!
@KatyElle: Yikes! I hear ya on the 5 minute difference!
Haha. I live in Baltimore. Safe is a relative thing. I'll just say I feel safer in my block than two blocks over.
@Eva Peron: Maybe she's talking about University of Toronto? If so, I think that's more about downtown in a big city than the university.
@sugarpea: Which university are you talking about?
no, my friends and husband won't let me walk alone at night. there are a lot of muggings in my neighborhood, usually for people's smartphones.
As safe as I can be in St. Louis. I've had my car broken into but thats about it. I certainly don't worry about being mugged walking into my apartment, I save that fear for walking into work.
I live in a retirement town so I honestly don't think I could feel more safe in any other town. We are seriously stuck in the 50's here and there are a million cops with nothing to do lol. I could walk by myself, at night, on a deserted road, and I still wouldn't be worried. It really is a little bubble towN and although I love it here, it is waaaay too vanilla for my taste!
I feel completely safe. I live in the suburbs and it's a nice quiet neighborhood. I've taken the dog for a walk at night before and I don't worry at all.
@janie-janie: Boo for smartphones! Thats crazy!
@june42011:You walk to work?!!
@natbug21: Some people will pay lots fo vanilla ;)
@Eva Peron: Haha true... It's just not my thing :) I love it, but I need more stuff to do and different kinds of people! It's very hard to make friends here since everyone is so established already.
I live in a "nice" neighborhood" in my city, not in the hills though. That being said I live directly accross the street from two drug houses with heavy activity. The kids who are responsible for the drops made ( directly in front of my driveway every night) helped my dad put up our fence. In my dad's words " they are good kids. respectful." um...yeah, i feel safe 70% of the time. My house has been broken into once while I was on vacay. Nothing was taken but that is because there is seriously nothing to take of value. All the houses here get broken into because this is the "nice" neighborhood. However, after me and my son witnessed a man get beat to a bloody pulp (literally) about 10 feet away from us at the grocery store ( Idrive to another city to grocery shop now) I am very ready to buy a house NOT in this city. We will move out as soon as we save up.
I live in a good safe neighborhood...although due to the economy nice neighborhoods have been targeted and I've been hearing about more and more robberies.
I double check that all the doors/windows are locked before I sleep and we are thinking of getting an alarm system.
@CharmCityLady: Yikes! I'm thinking about moving to Baltimore but I'm scared!
I feel safe in my sweet little college town right now though :)
I currently live in a small-ish rural-ish college town. Before this, as an adult, I mostly lived in big cities. In our current place, I've had both me and my husband accidentally leave doors open or unlocked and though I have a slight "EEEEE!" response, for the most part I feel safe. The only issue we've had in the four years we've lived here is someone smashing my back windshield, but not stealing anything from the car. I get minorly peeved when DH leaves something unlocked (and he's more likely to do so than I), but it's nowhere close to a deal-breaker.
It is, however, a bit of a mind-f*#& to get used to the safety here. I once worked up an enormous head of steam about a guy in a truck who was following me making obscene noises at me ... only to turn around and see that it was a sheep in a cage making weird "baaa" sounds.
I didn't expect to feel safe where I live, but I actually do. The particular city that I live in now (I moved from about 20 minutes away last year) has one of the highest crime rates in the area and if you watch the local news, like over half of the terrifying murders/home invasions/robberies happen here, but I don't feel unsafe. I think it's because I live in a not-so-terrible area of the city, in a gated community that I feel safer. My community is well-lit and I've been out walking my dog alone after dark and have always felt perfectly safe. It's odd. Like if you had asked me a couple years ago, "Would you ever move to (city I now live in)?" I would have said "Um, no, I don't wanna get shot." But I've lived here almost a year and no bullet holes yet! Haha.
I do think about safety quite a bit, though. And I know that I will definitely do lots of research on crime rates/safety for wherever my FI and I want to buy a home and settle down in the future.
@KatyElle: It's the same where I live! I feel like we live right on the edge of the not-so-nice side of town and if you drive a few minutes down the road...well...I wouldn't want to get out of the car.
I have lived in some pretty unsafe cities in my life, but in general, I've always felt really safe. Even when I was living in Harlem in NYC, I felt safe, and my roommate and I kept out front door unlocked all the time (kind of unbelievable that we did that, right?). I've never had any trouble, so I feel very fortunate. I try to be as proactive as possible about keeping myself safe, and my dad has always said that I walk down the street with such purpose that no one will want to mess with me. :)
My partner and I live in a suburb, and we both feel really safe here. Our neighborhood is right off of a busy street - but it doesn't feel like it at all! There are no side walks, and we have a huge backyard w/ a decent sized garden (we grow fruits and veggies in the summer). I feel safe walking our dog any time of day or night, and my partner jogs several times a week no problem
The area I live in my city is usually referred to as a bad neighbourhood, but in reality it is just gang violence. If you are in an opposing gang, it's a sketchy place to live. Otherwise, people really leave you alone. The rest of the city has lots of regular crime so I almost feel lucky that the crime around here is never directed towards us!
I should add that is a pretty new area of the city, alot of new homes, bigger and wealthier area so there is a lot of drug dealers around... But again, no one really bothers with "us normies" lol
I feel completely safe. I take the dog out to walk and go potty at night all of the time after dark. It's never once been a concern.
I live in the 'burbs so I feel completely safe here in my town. =)
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