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Regarding the quote in the title: Don't leave $8,000 dollars worth of stuff in your car? I enjoy Oakland and SF because you do have to keep your wits about you.
by ericmcer 9y ago
Regarding the quote in the title: Don't leave $8,000 dollars worth of stuff in your car? I enjoy Oakland and SF because you do have to keep your wits about you. If I left my backpack in my car and someone smashed my window to grab it I would blame myself.
- ggg9990 9y agoThere are plenty of places in the US where I can comfortably leave $8,000 of camera equipment in my van. SF isn't one of them.
- dragontamer 9y agoBut how many of those places are big cities? I would never stuff $8000 of equipment unattended in Chicago, Detroit, Washington DC, New York City, or San Francisco. Hell, I rarely drive in cities for that reason alone. Some cars get broken into for no reason (probably guys looking for valuables). My preference is to park outside the city (any city) in a safer area, and then take the subway in.
- ggg9990 9y agoNew York is the only one I'd feel comfortable in of the ones you've listed. Others are Seattle, Austin.
- moonka 9y ago>Seattle I'd rethink that. We're blessed with relatively low violet crime numbers, but property crime is pretty high. We take it as a given that our car will be broken into every once in awhile living here.
- bradknowles 9y agoAustin is full. Go away. ;)
- yladiz 9y agoYou enjoy SF/Oakland because you have to worry about your things being stolen?
- jackcnreturns 9y ago"I like walking around Baltimore because I like the potential of being violently mugged, because you do have to keep your wits about you. If I walked around with a backpack and got mugged I would blame myself."
- tinus_hn 9y agoExtra annoying because insurance isn’t going to pay if you’re that careless.