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The majority of low-level theft and vandalism is by bored teenagers in their own neighborhood. The worst petty crime I ever had to deal with was living next to
by burlesona 7y ago
The majority of low-level theft and vandalism is by bored teenagers in their own neighborhood.
The worst petty crime I ever had to deal with was living next to a middle school in a nice neighborhood in Houston. There were car windows smashed all the time by middle and even upper-middle class kids walking home from school and seeing something shiny in the passenger seat.
It sucks, but it’s not a good justification for being afraid of “those people.” Turns our those people is us.
- mc32 7y agoIn my neighborhood there are very few teenagers. The bike thieves, package thieves and car ransackers are either actual thieves (with lookouts), or addicts. People like to blame bored teenagers, but given my city has one of the lowest percentages of teenagers in the country but yet this happens, indicates it’s something else (proven by the pictures and videos posted by neighbors).