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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SS has been in decline since the 80s, except the 2000s real estate boom probably put a band aid on it. [/quote]

The only thing declining since the 90’s is the murder rate[/quote]

That may be true nationally, and it might even be true for Montgomery County, but residents of DTSS got together a few weeks ago to examine data and found violent crimes have genuinely surged in the area. Lack of police presence is a big part of it. Despite promises to increase the presence in DTSS, I've seen no evidence of it. I literally watched a woman in a big pickup truck drive THROUGH the farmer's market yesterday, moving two "gates" to avoid going around a single additional block, and cops were nowhere to be found. [/quote]

She has a right to use the street. [/quote]

She does not have the right to drive on a street that was presumably closed to traffic with a valid permit.

But wow, did she actually get out of her car and move the barriers??[/quote]

Did anyone have a copy of the permit for her to see? I am guessing the police didn't cloe the street since they weren't around. Someone without authority just decided to close the street.[/quote]

Tell us you've never been to the weekly DTSS farmers market without telling us you've never been to the weekly DTSS farmers market.[/quote]

I don't know. There's some crazy people in our area who think they can just close streets.[/quote]

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