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Ogla



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living in appartments
#23728979 - 10/11/16 05:49 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I've only been living in an appartment for two months and i gotta say it makes me nervous. I've gotten two letters on the door from the complex since being here saying to keep doors locked because of armed robbers. It makes me uncomfortable because i come home at night. It's not a good feeling. Luckily my neighbor is a cop. Or that unlucky? He seems like a cool guy, but i still get those bad vibes whenever I see a letter like that. Wish they would hire security or something. Anyone else ever deal with this kinda stuff?
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Re: living in appartments [Re: Ogla]
#23729003 - 10/11/16 05:59 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I too just moved out a couple months ago. It's in Cincinnati and I've previously lived in a suburb so it's a change but I don't worry too much. But I still sleep next to my machete. My advice is just don't cross anyone and stay low-key. Also don't brandish any wealth you may have like wearing really fancy jewelry, clothes, etc.
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Re: living in appartments [Re: Ogla] 3
#23729062 - 10/11/16 06:19 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Not knowing intentions of armed robbers justifies you owning a gun and gunning them on the spot. (If you don't own one already)
This is just one of the many ways to prolong your life.
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I've lived in one for 3 years and I can't wait to get my own house! If I were you I would try and find some friends and rent a place or something because apartments suck
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You should be safe, just remember to keep your door locked. Because anyone that is going to commit an armed robbery would never risk that breaking and entering charge. Its just too much of a risk
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Re: living in appartments [Re: Ogla]
#23729262 - 10/11/16 07:27 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I live in a secure locked building, but they come and steal cars, break into them, take anything they can. It is like fucking shopping for the scumbags.
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I have a notice on my apartment building about nearby burglaries. We've got cameras all over the hallways, a locked front door(but people hold it open for you anyways if you look nice enough I guess, I've gotten locked out before and was let in way too easily) and then we're all equipped with regular locks and deadbolts. I'm not super duper worried, eventually I'm gonna get renter's insurance because apparently it's pretty cheap.
I've been robbed at gunpoint before while walking home one night a few years back. That really sucked.
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Apartments aren't inherently more or less safe than housing. Really comes down to the area you're in.
I've been burglarized before twice. Never robbed thank God.
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Re: living in appartments [Re: PatrickKn]
#23729497 - 10/11/16 09:06 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
PatrickKn said: Apartments aren't inherently more or less safe than housing. Really comes down to the area you're in.
I've been burglarized before twice. Never robbed thank God.
What he said
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zZZz
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I'd be more worried about the regular looking shmoes.. The robbers atleast u know they're robbers, but a regular looking fellow who blends right in and doesn't look like a robber at all, now those are the ones I'd look out for cuz u just never know their intentions..
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Re: living in appartments [Re: zZZz]
#23729641 - 10/11/16 10:00 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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It makes me nervous living in my new apartment. I was able to move across country and afford it without guaranteed work because the area is so bad and the rent is so cheap. And I have a lot of valuable/illegal shit in my place and I think about this shit all the fucking time.
I'm considering getting a piece, but I keep a modded airsoft gun just incase as a last resort. (although if anyone ever came in armed I wouldn't dare go for that thing cause they'd shoot my ass so fast I wouldn't be able to realize how bad I just fucked up)
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Quote:
SloppyJoseph said: I'm considering getting a piece, but I keep a modded airsoft gun just incase as a last resort.
Modded how? Modded so yuo can injure yourself or piss someone off who has a real gun?
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Re: living in appartments [Re: California]
#23729699 - 10/11/16 10:14 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah like I said I don't think I would actually use it. I'll go for my knife first. But either way I'm fucked if someone has a gun which is why I want my own to actually have peace of mind.
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Lol @ modded airsoft gun. Get yourself something real and packed with speer gold dot +p or +p+ hp's. Or better yet a shotty packed with 00 or #1 buck. Also a 600 lumen steam light will blind anyone in front of it. You'll thank me later.
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Quote:
pinedownpioneer said: Lol @ modded airsoft gun. Get yourself something real and packed with speer gold dot +p or +p+ hp's. Or better yet a shotty packed with 00 or #1 buck. Also a 600 lumen steam light will blind anyone in front of it. You'll thank me later.
I grew up in a strict gun state and now live in a gun-friendly one for the last couple months. So I've never really had the option to even own one, unless I wanted to shoot at a range which I didn't really, for the price of a gun and a membership. Shot rifles and shotguns though I'd love an 8 gauge chillin... The light sounds cool but should I really blind a home intruder? I would say that a nervous kid with nothing to lose would start to spray and pray at that point.
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blow each others brains out all over your apartment that works
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Good luck finding 8 gauge ammo on a regular basis, then paying for it, then managing the recoil. A 12 will be more than enough. Why wouldn't you want to use a blinding light that takes 1/10th of a second to flick on without even adjusting your grip on your firearm.
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I'm big enough to manage the recoil on a couple shots. But yeah, thanks for the heads up. The stream light is a gun attachment you're talking about?
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Do a quick Google search on 8 gauge guns and ammo($$$$$). Good luck on easily finding new production ammo that you would want to trust with your life. Even if I had one it would not be my 1st choice,2nd, 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 and so on until I ran out of choices at my disposal for home defense. Big/slow means harder to work in the confined spaces of a home/apartment especially around corners, limited magazine capacity, recoil for follow up shot(s), etc. Stream lights attach to the rail of a gun and operate with a toggle type switch you work with your index finger without having to fumble or adjust grip. Very bright.
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Yeah I mean I wasn't arguing that, you were right 12 gauge would be fine. Those things are no joke themselves. And that recoil is nothing to me.
Still thinking about a glock 17 or something in the sidearms catagory. I do live in a small apartment so storing a shotgun somewhere hidden yet accessible isn't that easy.
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If going glock route I recommend changing the trigger disconnector to a 3.5# and polishing the surfaces. For $20 and a short amount of time it's very worth it. Tritium sights are dope, another upgrade that I'm glad I did. Whatever you get if it be a .45, 10mm, .357sig, 9mm, etc. Practice makes perfect.
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just gotta hide the shit really well..
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Re: living in appartments [Re: PatrickKn]
#23730172 - 10/12/16 03:15 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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PatrickKn said: Apartments aren't inherently more or less safe than housing. Really comes down to the area you're in.
I've been burglarized before twice. Never robbed thank God.
Houses have multiple entry points and are higher risk of break in than apartments. When I lived in a house my neighbor used to watch people come and go and figure out their schedules and break in. You could break into my apartment but you would be on multiple cameras and you have less ability to judge if I am home compared to a house. And my neighbor would come out if he heard my door being kicked in. I leave it for long periods of time and don't feel uneasy at all. House you need to have mail brought in and driveway shoveled and lawn mowed or you might as well put up a sign saying you are away. Breaking into a house is easier than an apartment. I follow the crime statistics in my area and basement apartments get hit a lot, but residential apartment buildings and condos do not. Most home invasions are targeted and even the ones in the OP's building are likely drug dealers. It doesn't usually happen randomly to joe schmoe. Firing a gun in a high rise is pretty dangerous to all your neighbors but hey "murica.
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Re: living in appartments [Re: Ogla]
#23730179 - 10/12/16 03:27 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I live in a somewhat crappy area in an apartment, and it's pretty badass actually. At first it was scary and it took a while to get used to, but now I see how safe it is. It would be impossible for someone to break into my apartment without all my neighbors raising hell, and everyone in the complex would see them doing it.
Apartments are surprisingly safe even in crappy areas if you have good neighbors. I fucking love living here. I do my own thing in my own time and no one bothers me. You can really blend in in the right apartment complex. And blending in for people like us is a beautiful thing.
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Ogla



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Re: living in appartments [Re: nooneman]
#23731264 - 10/12/16 01:21 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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This area is iffy. Down ways theres alota rich folks. There are some poorer folks around too. There have been incidents around this area. a few years back, there was a shooting at the college and gunman was caught in front of my sisters house. about a year ago, some guy killed his whole family. I like to think of it as generally safe, but i dont feel as comfortable as i did when i lived on the west side. Prehaps its because i grew up there and this area is relatively new to me
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Re: living in appartments [Re: nooneman]
#23731713 - 10/12/16 04:11 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I once saw some peeps break into an apartment in broad daylight. I didn't actually see them break in tho, I would just see them go in and out of the apartment complex with tvs and vcrs, and they seemed extremely casual about it, so much so that I didn't even suspect them of stealing shit until my friend came home and told me cuz it was his apartment.. I lived in a condo right next door to my friends apartment complex, i watched it all from my window on the second floor, I was just a kid back then tho, 9yrs old.. The cops came and questioned me and everything.. My friends mom says to me afterwards "why didn't u call the cops?.." I'm like "bitch I didn't even know they stealing shit"..
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