Gambler followed home and robbed at gunpoint (Hawaiian Gardens)

[AKQJ10]

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You're really quite paranoid aren't you?

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It's certainly nothing like the OP, but after having my laptop stolen from my home two weeks ago a lot of behaviors that used to strike me as paranoid no longer do.

Granted, it's not the greatest neighborhood, but it sounds like neither is the HG.

[TylerD]

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It must be blissful to live in that naive liberal world where one does not have to constantly be aware of ones surroundings.

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wtf? It is nice to live in a safe neighbourhood, yes. I still think Wongboy is a bit a extreme in his actions.

[sternroolz]

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It must be blissful to live in that naive liberal world where one does not have to constantly be aware of ones surroundings.

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wtf? It is nice to live in a safe neighbourhood, yes. I still think Wongboy is a bit a extreme in his actions.

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You really do not understand. There have been home invasion robberies in the some of the nicer neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Studio City, Sherman Oaks(NORTH of the Bl, etc). I live in a 1.3 million dollar house. The average price of a house on my street is more than that. Yet there are gang injunctions less than 2 miles from my house. People that live in Los Angeles and do not develop a second set of eyes do themselves a great disservice.

I will give you an example....I am waiting at a stop light at 2am coming home from Commerce. A guy starts walking in the middle of the street towards my car. I only see him because I am paying attention. Before he gets within 10 feet of my car, I drive through the red light. Someone not paying attention would have been car jacked that night. You call it paranoid, I call it avoiding being a victim of crime.

OP is just doing what is necessary to keep himself safe.

[agencia1]

i used to play at hawaiian gardens and hollywood park full time and have heard multiple stories about ppl being followed home. more often than not being robbed in the parking lot in the wee hours.

[Wake up CALL]

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Someone not paying attention would have been car jacked that night.

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Why not use those psychic abilities to win the lotery instead of predicting pedestrian traffic patterns and intent? Yes I think you are paranoid in this circumstance.

[malo]

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Someone not paying attention would have been car jacked that night.

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Why not use those psychic abilities to win the lotery instead of predicting pedestrian traffic patterns and intent? Yes I think you are paranoid in this circumstance.

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A person walking down the middle of a street at 2 am is not a "normal" pedestrian pattern. They are drunk, high, or they are up to something--maybe all the above.

I live in a small midwestern city, and if anyone started walking toward my car at a stoplight at 2 am, I'd be hitting the gas even quicker than Sternroolz.

Driving alone late at night, I take the same approach as Wongboy. Have only needed to head to a police station once, however. (And the guy following me gunned it when he realized what parking lot I had pulled into.)

Even in podunk, we have carjackings, armed robberies, and because it is podunk, enough meth labs to supply the whole country.

What you call paranoia, I call diligence and common sense.

[TobDog]

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Plus, you tend not to do stupid things that make you look like a douchebag.



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Like driving around in circles?

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More like rectangles

[PokerAmateur4]

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Truth is as strange as fiction.

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Fact is stranger than fiction, as fiction has to make sense.

(sorry do not know who to attribute that quote to, but I like it)

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