Terror alert is always high in my neighborhood

[electricmonk]

After watching the local news tonight and seeing yet another homicide in my neighborhood I started wondering how many millions of people like me live in the sketchy parts of their city. Those of us that do are always vigilant and aware of our surroundings. I always look out the window before I head to my car, don't walk around the area after dark and things like that. Been doing it for years before 9/11 too.

Maybe I shouldn't worry until I see someone walking around with an almanac though after all foreign evil-doers are the only ones we have to be afraid of, right.

I think I'll start a business teaching the people that live in the nice side of town how to deal the terror threats. Think there's a market for that?

[rwheeler31]

1. yes

I do not know how you train people to be observant most are so self absorbed

[celestia671]

2. I know what you mean

I used to live in a pretty rough neighborhood in Dallas, right upstairs from a crack(which I reported and had busted!B-)) house in fact! You learn really quickly not to speak or make eye contact with strangers while walking to your car or to the door of your appartment. You also learn to scope out your surroundings,esp if you're at a dark parking lot at night. My pepper spray was my best friend!

[DoNotRefill]

4. the problem with not making eye contact...

is that you can project an image of being an easy victim. this can trigger an attack.

I prefer being psychotically aggressive, making eye contact with people who are putting off threatening vibes, and scaring the hell out of them. Of course, I'm big, ugly (my face has more visible scar tissue on it than most people have on their entire body), dress funny, and carry a gun everywhere (legally, mind you...)

Ever notice how PETA types attack little old ladies who wear fur, and not big mean bikers that wear leather? Same general principle... :evilgrin:

[BiggJawn]

5. I always looked them in the eye.

That said "I'm no CHUMP!" to them. Never got any of the "You lookin' at ME?" BS OR yoked.

[DoNotRefill]

3. I'm close to you...

and even between the chemical plant, crack houses, and registered sex offenders that are all within sight of my house, I still prefer it to Richmond, Va Beach, and NOVA.

I've come up with a simple solution. I'm very nice to my neighbors, but give off the image of a psychotic redneck. Consequently, we're on excellent terms. They generally leave me alone and I generally leave them alone, unless they're publicly doing something criminally stupid that pisses me off.

Had a situation a few weeks ago at one of the closer crackhouses (just across the street) on my day off. One of the ex-girlfriends of one of the dealers came over, and the dealer's sister dragged her from the car and started beating her in the middle of the day on the road between our houses. I threw on a pair of overalls over my bathrobe, grabbed a rifle (an evil "assault weapon" with a high-cap magazine), walked out onto my porch, and screamed "UNHAND THAT WOMAN, RIGHT F*CKING NOW!!!"

They did, right f*cking then. To the best of my knowledge, nobody called the cops and the beaten girl left. (I don't call the cops now because they take forever to respond, and nobody over there cooperates with them.) I saw the dealer the next day, and he was polite as hell to me.

It's all about image here...and I'm good at projecting the "I'm heavily armed, easily bored, and off my medication" image to them. It works well.