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BroadStreetRandy t1_iyg0crq wrote

Reply to comment by scatterbrainedpast in Temple students firebombed by squatter next door by [deleted]

I lived next to boarded up houses, on corners that were basically open drug markets, more or less surrounded by homeless and addicts (both regulars and transients) about 5 or so years ago at Temple. It was never “safe safe” but I was never truly afraid and never had anything happen like what I’ve been hearing recently.

I had two friends get robbed in five years? There were a couple break ins where TVs or Xboxes were stolen? Again not great but it sounds so much worse now than it used to be. It happened so fast.

Hard to imagine recommending it to anyone these days, I don’t know if I would do it myself. These stories are getting ridiculous.

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Sleepy_Like_Me t1_iyg11ns wrote

Its because of the pandemic. They basically stopped giving a fuck and assumed everyone just moved home, cut their police presence way down, and the rest is history. Now they are trying to blame it on the students "disrespecting the community", as if were the ones that have single-handedly turned it into a shit hole. Its actually disgusting to see my alma mater act that way.

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scatterbrainedpast t1_iyg1kd5 wrote

Survivorship bias. You got lucky you ddn't get robbed. I talked to an old head who lived in that area for awhile and he was saying temple kids have always been an easy lick for as long as he can remember. It seems to be happening more frequently and the crimes are more violent now but as far as off campus TU kids getting robbed...yea...thats been happening

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mrwindup_bird t1_iyg3sn8 wrote

I know the numbers the university publishes are likely unreported, but I have a hard time believing things are that much more bleak than when I started at Temple in 2010. People are acting like the area surrounding the university had some halcyon days where students could walk around without care, which was never my impression. Also, my old heads near my apartment at 17th and Jefferson always told me that Temple students were only targeted by the stupidest or most desperate criminals, as those were the targets that would create the most attention.

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