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I used to live in a neighborhood that had a few little spurs of discontinuous streets that were the same name as some half a mile away. So we’d get people lost

I used to live in a neighborhood that had a few little spurs of discontinuous streets that were the same name as some half a mile away. So we’d get people lost in there all the time. I remember a Nextdoor post in my neighborhood where the author said they were out jogging and a black man in a pickup truck slowed down and asked for directions. So many replies along the lines of “did you call the police? he could be casing the neighborhood.” I’m pretty certain there wouldn’t have been a Nextdoor post made if it were a white guy in a sedan.

mc32 6y ago
I think it depends on what neighborhood the guy in the sedan is driving in. If he’s out of place, he’ll probably get tagged. People are suspicious of strangers. Once I lost my key to my bike lock and went ahead and got to cutting it. As I was about to take off a cruiser pulls up and takes my info in case someone reported it stolen. Neighbor called the police. A while back if you were in a place you might not normally find yourself you were either “looking to score or you were a narc.” Drive around the block three times in some neighborhoods raise alarms that you might be looking to do a drive by...
- gbrown 6y ago
  > Once I lost my key to my bike lock and went ahead and got to cutting it. As I was about to take off a cruiser pulls up and takes my info in case someone reported it stolen. Neighbor called the police. That seems very different than the examples you're replying to.
  - mc32 6y ago
    Is it different from walking up a block peering into cars and testing doors?
    - joshuaissac 6y ago
      The black guy in the story you replied to "slowed down and asked for directions"; he was not "walking up a block peering into cars and testing doors".
      - mc32 6y ago
        That I agree with. Asking for directions is different. What I’m saying is what I see in my ND is the behavior I outlined.

mc32 6y ago

I think it depends on what neighborhood the guy in the sedan is driving in. If he’s out of place, he’ll probably get tagged. People are suspicious of strangers. Once I lost my key to my bike lock and went ahead and got to cutting it. As I was about to take off a cruiser pulls up and takes my info in case someone reported it stolen. Neighbor called the police. A while back if you were in a place you might not normally find yourself you were either “looking to score or you were a narc.” Drive around the block three times in some neighborhoods raise alarms that you might be looking to do a drive by...

gbrown 6y ago
> Once I lost my key to my bike lock and went ahead and got to cutting it. As I was about to take off a cruiser pulls up and takes my info in case someone reported it stolen. Neighbor called the police. That seems very different than the examples you're replying to.
- mc32 6y ago
  Is it different from walking up a block peering into cars and testing doors?
  - joshuaissac 6y ago
    The black guy in the story you replied to "slowed down and asked for directions"; he was not "walking up a block peering into cars and testing doors".
    - mc32 6y ago
      That I agree with. Asking for directions is different. What I’m saying is what I see in my ND is the behavior I outlined.