It would seem to be so... We had two plants stolen from our porch last week, one at night, followed by the second that afternoon (apparently a matching pair must have been requested), while the house was occupied.
A neighbor was mugged by two men near 45th and Pine and kicked repeatedly in the head ever after giving up her wallet. On Saturday night, we heard gunshots from what appeared to be two cars following each other either on our street (4600 block of Larchwood) or very nearby. I can understand that stuff happening over in the wild wild west of Kyle's neighborhood but not near/on one of "UC's most desirable blocks" (as my block is frequently referred to in real estate promotional materials). You know how it is, when the weather turns warm, a man's thoughts turn to theft and violence. Jonathan A. Cass -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kyle Cassidy Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 8:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [UC] is the neighborhood getting more dangerous, or am i just spending more time weeding out front? in any event. christy and i were standing out front on thursday (weeding the front yard) when three bike cops ride past shouting "person with a gun! person with a gun!" and before i know it, they'd jumped off of their bikes and tackled this kid, not four houses down from us, pulled a gun from his waistband, stuffed him in a squad car, and made off with him. he looked like he was about 12 http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2004/armed.jpg And last night, sunday, around 10:30 p.m. Sky runs upstairs to say that two men had been stacking cinderblocks under our window, i guess to try and climb in, but she and a bunch of her friends who had observed them from downstairs had run outside and shouted at them, at which point the two guys ran off. I've been here at the same address for ten years, I used to think it was dangerous, and then I thought it got a lot safer, and now ... Perhaps just anticdotally, with these armed robberies at 40th and locust in broad daylight, it seems to be getting a lot more dangerous ..... Kyle ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
