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Originally posted by Rudey
No I don't think you can change a neighborhood like you think. There is only one good study on crime and that links neighborhood activism as the only way to counter it. It is neighbors that keep a park clean and green. It is neighbors that call parents to make kids stop hanging out late at night and causing trouble.
Now here are some things you don't mention. More than likely if your state didn't have even illegal immigrants the economy would start to flop. Have you ever wondered why some coastal states like NYC prosper?
You are trying to kill 2 birds with one stone. What you don't understand is that won't get you too far. If it were me and I cared about the things you did, I would a) work on my neighborhood by taking care of it with otehrs and calling the cops if a crime is committed and b) work to call the INS or whatever to get rid of the illegals.
-Rudey
--I'm not playing devil's advocate, just breaking it into 2 different public policy issues.
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You say call the INS.
Did that, got nowhere.
You say work on the neighborhood.
We do that. We have an association that does all sorts of things for the neighborhood: clean-up days, garage sales, get-to-know-you meetings. Guess who never shows up? You can't go into someone else's yard and clean up their mess for them.
You say call the cops when crimes are committed.
We do. For example, gang grafitti started showing up on street signs in the neighborhood recently, so we contacted the local police to find out what we should do. Afterwards, we sent around leaflets to all the homes so that they could read the tips given by the police.
We have done everything that we know to do in order to keep our neighborhood going in a positive direction. But when there are more "For Rent" signs up than "For Sale" signs, then you know that it's a losing battle right now.