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oyster  ·  2220 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Car Theft Accelerates Identity Theft

Pretty in line with what cgod had to say, people in rural Canada are really upset about how many break ins they’ve been experiencing for some unknown reason. It’s just, they sing songs about beer, trucks, dogs and how they don’t lock the door were they come from. I get having a sense of pride in being from a nice wholesome neighbourhood but maybe don’t broadcast that too everybody.

Which I guess is what upsets people, because they feel they are being blamed and saddled with the burden of fixing the problem when they are the victim. I get that and I also get not wanting them to just move on to another neighbourhood because that just shifts the problem.

I’m all for doing the things that actually fix the problem but in the mean time I’m locking my door. I think that’s sometimes the problems, people don’t feel that law enforcement/ government or whatever are looking long term. They feel like they’re just telling everybody to shut up and lock their doors.