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>> It's like you think crime doesn't exist in New Zealand. No, I just find it extremely unlikely for a single family to have been targeted in four separate cit

>> It's like you think crime doesn't exist in New Zealand. No, I just find it extremely unlikely for a single family to have been targeted in four separate cities. I firmly believe that any burglar deserves life in jail for their first crime, and tend to try not to blame victims for being targeted, but... 4 times across 4 cities, averaging once every 5-6 years? That doesn't sound legit whatsoever, unless the family is doing something to paint a target on their backs. >> we used to have washing stolen off the line all the time so we would dry clothes in-doors I mean no disrespect - frankly it's better for the environment and I would normally applaud - but in this modern age using an outdoor clothesline is a sign of poverty, meaning you at least lived in a poor neighborhood where outdoor drying was common. I would bet that you displayed some indication to your poor neighbors that you were not as poor as them. Maybe you're hanging $30-per-pair of designer underwear on your line while they are hanging $1 budget underwear from Walmart on theirs. You probably own a middle-class brand new car, > $30k off the dealership's lot, compared to their < $500 third-hand vehicle that barely gets them from point A to point B. The moment a poor neighbor living off welfare knows you are even slightly beyond their means, you WILL become their target. You might have been hanging clothes outside (ie: "possibly poor"), but you've shown otherwise that you have more money than someone who must hang their laundry outdoors to make ends meet. There is a perceivable difference between hanging clothes outdoors as an optional luxury, vs. being forced into doing so by being at a financial disadvantage. Source: only been burglarized once and it was while I was earning an above-average income, while living in a poor neighborhood. I know it was my neighbor who couldn't even afford to have electricity hooked up, and they saw me leaving to work every morning with my laptop case. It's unfortunate and disgusting, but yes - if you live in a poor area with more money and possessions than your neighbors, they will notice and make a victim out of you. tldr; While you were living in a below-average income neighborhood, most likely working for a living while your neighbors lived on free welfare, you found them stealing from you? Forget your sense of basic entitlement and privacy for a moment; quite simply, am I right or wrong? Again, I'm not insulting you for your likely "above average" situation at the time. I'm merely trying to gauge against my own experience, which is that you will become a victim if you live amongst those who are poorer than you.

philliphaydon 10y ago
> 4 times across 4 cities Can we be clear that these 4 homes were probably within 15km of each other. They are Suburbs in Auckland City. On the North Shore, which is probably considered the richer part of Auckland. > but in this modern age using an outdoor clothesline is a sign of poverty I don't know about the rest of the world, but even in 2017 it's still very common in NZ to hang laundry outside. Most people own houses with a back yard. My parents no longer live in Auckland, the house they live in has a huge front yard and back yard, even tho they own a washer and a drier, mum prefers to hang washing outside, because it prevents the clothes from shrinking from the heat of the drier, and I quote (cos I rang her today to clarify why she dries her clothes outside) "it prevents burning the smell of soap into the clothes so they don't smell like soap" > While you were living in a below-average income neighborhood, most likely working for a living while your neighbors lived on free welfare, you found them stealing from you? Those Suburbs are on the North Shore, the 'poor' / 'low income' suburbs are in South / West Auckland. I doubt you would find many people at all on the north shore who are on the dole. ------ Look, New Zealand is a beautiful country, with amazing people, it's my home. But our government sucks, and is pretty corrupt despite what the corruption index tells you. Every 3 years we change government, and its full of promises, and they never deliver. There is so much the government could do to make it worth while for Kiwi's to stay in the country, let alone convince people to move there to start businesses or work. But they continue to hinder the country. I left 11 years ago, and every time I go back it's more and more depressing in Auckland.

philliphaydon 10y ago

> 4 times across 4 cities Can we be clear that these 4 homes were probably within 15km of each other. They are Suburbs in Auckland City. On the North Shore, which is probably considered the richer part of Auckland. > but in this modern age using an outdoor clothesline is a sign of poverty I don't know about the rest of the world, but even in 2017 it's still very common in NZ to hang laundry outside. Most people own houses with a back yard. My parents no longer live in Auckland, the house they live in has a huge front yard and back yard, even tho they own a washer and a drier, mum prefers to hang washing outside, because it prevents the clothes from shrinking from the heat of the drier, and I quote (cos I rang her today to clarify why she dries her clothes outside) "it prevents burning the smell of soap into the clothes so they don't smell like soap" > While you were living in a below-average income neighborhood, most likely working for a living while your neighbors lived on free welfare, you found them stealing from you? Those Suburbs are on the North Shore, the 'poor' / 'low income' suburbs are in South / West Auckland. I doubt you would find many people at all on the north shore who are on the dole. ------ Look, New Zealand is a beautiful country, with amazing people, it's my home. But our government sucks, and is pretty corrupt despite what the corruption index tells you. Every 3 years we change government, and its full of promises, and they never deliver. There is so much the government could do to make it worth while for Kiwi's to stay in the country, let alone convince people to move there to start businesses or work. But they continue to hinder the country. I left 11 years ago, and every time I go back it's more and more depressing in Auckland.