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To: Amy J who wrote (275563)	2/20/2006 1:21:11 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576646

I would love to see middle class gated communities that form in the USA, not on the basis of money, but on the basis of behavior, that only permit people and families that have no crime history whatsoever, no drunk driving charges, no theft, no drugs, etc. Well then you should run for city council on a platform of redistributing home ownership based on an individual's behavior. You'll be able to explain to the voters exactly how the government will determine who is a "good" person and who is a "badly behaved" person (that should be fascinating). People who have crummy homes but good behaviour will vote for you in order to get better home! People who already have good homes but also have good behaviour will vote for you because they'll be able to get rid of their "poorly behaving" neighbors. The only ones who won't vote for you are the ones who realize that they are the "bad" people, and since not many individuals are able to come to that conclusion ("I am a bad, bad person"), you are sure to win in a landslide! Wait, I forgot, there might be a group that won't vote for you because you are a looney bird, but they are probably a small minority.....

To: Amy J who wrote (275563)	2/20/2006 1:05:26 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576646

When I lived in one foreign country, I felt very relaxed substantially so compared to the USA, purely because I could walk outside and go jogging and not have to worry about my safety like you have to in the USA. There are no "drive by shootings" in this country, no guns are allowed, etc. If there's a murder, it becomes headline news for the country. In the USA, people are murdered right and left. Additionally, I didn't have to pay a fortune to live in a nice neighborhood to be safe, simply because the country as a whole was so much safer than the USA. There is the assumption that everything we have is better. And in some cases, its true. However, when it comes to personal safety in American cities, I think we line up with third world countries. I just did a quick check on google for crime comparisons between the US and other countries......check out rape and serious assault: answers.google.com ojp.usdoj.gov gunsandcrime.org Interestingly enough, AU seems to rank up there with the US when it comes to crime rates. Both the US and AU started out as penal colonies. Some interesting statistics on rape: "Rape is a serious problem in the United States today. The United States has the highest rape rate among countries which report such statistics. It is 4 times higher than that of Germany, 13 times higher than that of England and 20 times higher than that of Japan." And I don't think these statistics include males who have been raped: sa.rochester.edu I really find it bizarre that in the USA (Bay Area), you do not have the freedom to live in a safe community unless you want to spend a million dollars on a home. It is so different in some of the foreign countries that are much safer than the USA. The amount of money you have (or wish to spend on a house) does not determine the safety level of your community. Have you ever seen the list of the safest places in the US? They typically are rich, suburban enclaves.