Comments on: Wednesday’s abduction should cause us to pay more attention http://dresramblings.com/2006/06/02/wednesdays-abduction-should-cause-us-to-pay-more-attention/ Musings on the Magic City Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:48:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: megabeth http://dresramblings.com/2006/06/02/wednesdays-abduction-should-cause-us-to-pay-more-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-321 megabeth Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:25:15 +0000 http://dresramblings.com/?p=569#comment-321 Those people who claim that downtown is unsafe because of this incident are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. They probably forgot about the numerous crime incidents that happened in the parking areas of the Galleria. My boyfriend owns a loft downtown, and I don't feel uneasy coming to and fro. My exposure to strangers is definitely higher going to his loft than going to my house which is in a neighborhood. Thus, I'd say the risk of being involved in a crime can be higher by living in an urban environment due to increased exposure, but one might also become involved in a crime simply by going shopping or running errands. There are a few nutty folks wandering the streets downtown who seem to know my boyfriend pretty well, and I'm not worried about those people. The random strangers would be the ones who perpetrate crime. In terms of feeling safe indoors, his loft is much safer than my house. A thief would have to go through several obstacles to break into his loft; and only one door or window to break into my house. I have also worked downtown for several years, and I don't feel unsafe walking around in the middle of the day. It would be a riskier venture (in terms of accident/bodily harm) if I drove my car to lunch every day. I consider the ability to walk to each lunch a low-stress perk of my job. Those people who claim that downtown is unsafe because of this incident are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. They probably forgot about the numerous crime incidents that happened in the parking areas of the Galleria.

My boyfriend owns a loft downtown, and I don’t feel uneasy coming to and fro. My exposure to strangers is definitely higher going to his loft than going to my house which is in a neighborhood. Thus, I’d say the risk of being involved in a crime can be higher by living in an urban environment due to increased exposure, but one might also become involved in a crime simply by going shopping or running errands. There are a few nutty folks wandering the streets downtown who seem to know my boyfriend pretty well, and I’m not worried about those people. The random strangers would be the ones who perpetrate crime. In terms of feeling safe indoors, his loft is much safer than my house. A thief would have to go through several obstacles to break into his loft; and only one door or window to break into my house.

I have also worked downtown for several years, and I don’t feel unsafe walking around in the middle of the day. It would be a riskier venture (in terms of accident/bodily harm) if I drove my car to lunch every day. I consider the ability to walk to each lunch a low-stress perk of my job.

]]> By: megabeth http://dresramblings.com/2006/06/02/wednesdays-abduction-should-cause-us-to-pay-more-attention/comment-page-1/#comment-1116 megabeth Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:25:00 +0000 http://dresramblings.com/?p=569#comment-1116 Those people who claim that downtown is unsafe because of this incident are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. They probably forgot about the numerous crime incidents that happened in the parking areas of the Galleria. My boyfriend owns a loft downtown, and I don't feel uneasy coming to and fro. My exposure to strangers is definitely higher going to his loft than going to my house which is in a neighborhood. Thus, I'd say the risk of being involved in a crime can be higher by living in an urban environment due to increased exposure, but one might also become involved in a crime simply by going shopping or running errands. There are a few nutty folks wandering the streets downtown who seem to know my boyfriend pretty well, and I'm not worried about those people. The random strangers would be the ones who perpetrate crime. In terms of feeling safe indoors, his loft is much safer than my house. A thief would have to go through several obstacles to break into his loft; and only one door or window to break into my house. I have also worked downtown for several years, and I don't feel unsafe walking around in the middle of the day. It would be a riskier venture (in terms of accident/bodily harm) if I drove my car to lunch every day. I consider the ability to walk to each lunch a low-stress perk of my job. Those people who claim that downtown is unsafe because of this incident are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. They probably forgot about the numerous crime incidents that happened in the parking areas of the Galleria.

My boyfriend owns a loft downtown, and I don’t feel uneasy coming to and fro. My exposure to strangers is definitely higher going to his loft than going to my house which is in a neighborhood. Thus, I’d say the risk of being involved in a crime can be higher by living in an urban environment due to increased exposure, but one might also become involved in a crime simply by going shopping or running errands. There are a few nutty folks wandering the streets downtown who seem to know my boyfriend pretty well, and I’m not worried about those people. The random strangers would be the ones who perpetrate crime. In terms of feeling safe indoors, his loft is much safer than my house. A thief would have to go through several obstacles to break into his loft; and only one door or window to break into my house.

I have also worked downtown for several years, and I don’t feel unsafe walking around in the middle of the day. It would be a riskier venture (in terms of accident/bodily harm) if I drove my car to lunch every day. I consider the ability to walk to each lunch a low-stress perk of my job.

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