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ottereatingpopsicles t1_iydfdm5 wrote

Reply to comment by Hand_OfTheKing in Pay attention to your belongings when playing sports or similar, crime is getting really out of control by Hand_OfTheKing

Hmm oh ok. I guess I’ve never lived somewhere where it’s fine to just leave your belongings sitting out in the open? Maybe it is a good PSA.

The “crime is getting really out of control” is what sounded alarmist to me. This is common sense advice for DC and has been for a very long time, not a new development.

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sammymatt14 t1_iydgsq2 wrote

I think living somewhere where you expect everything that's not tied down to be stolen is pretty distopian

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Hand_OfTheKing OP t1_iydhe6m wrote

I mean there was at least a dozen people around all the bags that were piled up together. It isn't like the bag was placed alone on a bench.

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CriticalStrawberry t1_iydk015 wrote

I would agree, but that's the reality we live in. So you can either accept that and live your life in a way that defends against it, or you can complain on the internet every time your stuff gets stolen because you left your valuables visible in an unattended public area.

I'm going to go with the realist approach and hide and protect my belongings.

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djslarge t1_iydpnpq wrote

OR you can do the third option and get cops to do their job, get the city council to start investing and providing services so there’s less incentive to steal

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CriticalStrawberry t1_iydq0hz wrote

Best of luck with that. That's been a real success so far in American history. I live in the real world so I think I'll stick to doing what I can to protect my stuff myself for now.

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djslarge t1_iydq4po wrote

The real world isn’t some dystopian, inescapable hellscape dear

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CriticalStrawberry t1_iydqs7i wrote

I would love to be proven wrong, I really would. But accomplishing what you said above may as well be an act of God. It's never going to happen, at least not in my lifetime. Corruption is too ingrained in our system at all levels of government for meaningful change.

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djslarge t1_iydqv19 wrote

Nothing will change with that attitude

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ThurgreatMarshall t1_iydsq3u wrote

>get cops to do their job,

Hahahahahahaha. What a fantasy.

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djslarge t1_iydstbd wrote

Oh I know Defund was right when they said cops don’t do shit

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Hand_OfTheKing OP t1_iydh12r wrote

Well I have worked and lived in DC area for over a decade and I've heard or witnessed more theft and vandalism close to me over the last 2-3 years than all the previous combined, for example this is the second car theft this year alone where the other was a friend victim of carjacking in NOMA while dropping off another friend at her address... That literally never happened to someone close before.

I guess that's why it looks to me it's getting noticeable worse...

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