tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post8186445712480451199..comments2023-08-11T10:04:41.498-05:00Comments on Sandalstraps' Sanctuary: Safety of the SuburbsSandalstrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-86027433624225665302007-03-20T16:22:00.000-05:002007-03-20T16:22:00.000-05:00The summer after I graduated college, I moved into...The summer after I graduated college, I moved into house that was own by our Presbytery, owned by a neighborhood possibly rougher than the one you mentioned. One of my vivid memories was the time we found out one of the locals saw my housemate's very nice, clean, shiny convertible (given to her by her father), and assumed that the two of us were involved in prostitution, as that was the only Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04245436658517798591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-41566459381165150752007-03-14T01:31:00.000-05:002007-03-14T01:31:00.000-05:00I live in a sort of ru-down suburb that's trying t...I live in a sort of ru-down suburb that's trying to gentrify. On one side of me, two new houses were built that went for half a million each. Across the street, the shabby abandoned house got turned into a chop-shop and was later stormed by the police. I feel your pain :-)crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-73866341255953673212007-03-13T20:16:00.000-05:002007-03-13T20:16:00.000-05:00uzi!!!! see, now that's what I need!!!uzi!!!! see, now that's what I need!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-46295369948932960952007-03-13T14:22:00.000-05:002007-03-13T14:22:00.000-05:00An uzi? I'm going to stay here i New York City, wh...An uzi? I'm going to stay here i New York City, where it's safe.Liamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17265036866243982434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-47371053904604231112007-03-12T21:46:00.000-05:002007-03-12T21:46:00.000-05:00I'll take fist fights and pot heads over uzis any ...I'll take fist fights and pot heads over uzis any day. A fist cannot ricochet and kill my child from several yards away. Pot heads also open up a necessary dialog about drugs and I have enough control of the situation to keep my kids from getting a contact buzz. I know it's a cop out, but I'm okay with that.Princess Pinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09034736249078068674noreply@blogger.com