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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Things like stealing tires would never get me to call it quits. I also wouldn't be so quick to assume that neighborhood stores closing was due to crime (even if they said it was). Most small businesses fail, unfortunately. And shopping/eating patterns have changed so much with the pandemic.

So for me - it would be the shootings and carjackings and other violent crimes. And it'd need to be a lot more than a couple. Might be worth it to also review the actual crime stats for your neighborhood. I do feel as I age that I notice/hear about a lot more crime than I did when I was younger, but that doesn't always mean there actually IS more crime.

I dunno, I love city life. It would take a lot for me to leave. [/quote]

Yes, let's just stick our head in the sand and pretend things aren't getting worse. [/quote]

That is... not at all what they said. They gave an honest answer, which is more than you can say about most posters on threads like this that just want to trash one side or another.

FWIW, our assessment is very similar to this poster's. In our neighborhood the stats do bear out a substantial increase in some types of crime in the last few years (mostly carjacking by teens and people who don't live here but come into the neighborhood for this purpose). We are doing what we can to pressure for sensible changes while also recognizing that many of the problems go far beyond what individual city officials or MPD can control. Digging holistically into the statistics, we realize that we're probably still safer here than we would be in almost any more car-dependent place, and we like it much better here anyway. So until we feel like our individual safety or that of our child is at significant personal risk, we'll be here, and we're a long way from that point.[/quote]

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