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Is apartment living safer?

niuniu said:
If you have dodgy neighbours then noise arguments can really escalate and put your safety at risk
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Before I got married, I lived in an apartment. Even then I had neighbor issues. I helped get someone evicted, because they played loud music all night long. I'd get bruises on my hands from banging on the walls at 3am.

Fortunately I learned that retaliating with Sonata #2 in B Flat Minor (The Funeral March), played through 200 watt Cerwin-Vegas turned against the wall, made me feel somewhat better.
 
I've noticed that at some apartment buildings, a cop car out front is like a permanent fixture. :D

There are advantages to houses, like you don't have to worry about the person living below you (or above you), setting the whole place on fire because they have 14 computers plugged into 1 outlet or something. That, and you can get sicker easier in an apartment building because you're closer to other people.

And in some emergencies, a small house beats a big building. Kinda.
 
I've experienced both and I've felt safest while living in a house with other people, either renting a room or with family. In my current place my two housemates have different schedules so there is almost always someone home.
 
Zombie Acorn said:
Depends if they allow you to have a gun in your apartment complex.
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Right, until 3 of your shots hit the intruder, and the other 2 go through the wall of your apartment striking the sleeping child on the other side. Great idea, fire off a gun in an enclosed area with LOTS of other people around. . .
 
I agree that its less likely to penetrate a wall, but its still not a chance I'd be willing to take.
 
Please can we not have this thread turn into yet another firearms discussion? There are any number of those to choose from in the PRSI forum. I feel partly to blame for even acknowledging zombie acorn's post because my intention went the other way.
 
waloshin said:
I always wondered if living in an apartment is safer then living in a house.

These are the reason why I believe so.

A) You are surrounded by people, so if anyone ever broke into your apartment at nighttime someone would likely hear.

B) You are surrounded by people so it would deter criminals from doing anything.

What do you guys think?
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Stay at home and live with your Mummy, just incase you die
 
A girl was followed from a restaurant in Miami to her condo. Key swipe didn't do anything as the person just followed her through. Was forced through her door and raped in her own bed. Nobody did anything.

A person living in a safe apartment complex killed his girlfriend, took her daughter hostage, and had a shootout with police. Police spray and pray, plus the guy shooting back wound up with the daughter being killed by police bullets, a dead police officer, and three people in nearby apartments being taken to the hospital.

For those that say that people are around so that it reduces crime... people stood around while a UF student got beaten to death by 3-4 homophobic teens who thought the kid was gay. These same teens beat someone up with a metal baseball bat and in middle school thought it would be fun to throw baseballs at the weak. Three broken ribs was not fun.

People passed a guy bleeding to death on the sidewalk in New York and did nothing.

Apartment living isn't any safer than living in a house.
 
Here's my take on it. I think that living in a house would be safer. In my neighborhood, there are only one or two houses that are rented out. People who pay a mortgage generally are more responsible, well educated people.
Anybody can live in an apartment, whether it be drug dealers, rapists, etc. As long as they have the security deposit and payments needed; they're in. Of course it depends on the apartment's landlord to allow people in, and it depends on the location of the neighborhood as to how safe it is.
 
benflick said:
Here's my take on it. I think that living in a house would be safer. In my neighborhood, there are only one or two houses that are rented out. People who pay a mortgage generally are more responsible, well educated people.
Anybody can live in an apartment, whether it be drug dealers, rapists, etc. As long as they have the security deposit and payments needed; they're in. Of course it depends on the apartment's landlord to allow people in, and it depends on the location of the neighborhood as to how safe it is.
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When I was having issues getting a dorm, they did a criminal check on both me and the cosigner when I looked at finding apartments. To be fair, they try to weed those people out. I think the rules are very lax though about low-income, government subsidized apartments.
 
Aeolius said:
I do not own a gun, but I do own a few swords and a trident. Never break into the house of a D&D player - we're always looking for extra XP. ;)
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If you are of lawful good alignment, you may get penalized for killing the target instead of apprehending them peacefully :p


I think there's too many variables involved. I vaguely remembered some studies about how sometimes if you are surrounded by people, they tend to assume the others is going to aid you if you are in trouble, as compared to being alone with a couple of people around.
 
LETS HAVE A FIREARMS DISCUSSION!

Or, you know, let's all recognise that by discussing how advantageous/disadvantageous it is to be packing heat in ones home, we're ignoring the whole point of the thread?

Personally, I think you're safer in an apartment by virtue of there being more people around.

In fairness though, I think it depends on the area. I'm seen some apartment buildings where the tenants are very insular, and therefore there is no real safety advantage to living there.
 
iFanboy said:
LETS HAVE A FIREARMS DISCUSSION!

Or, you know, let's all recognise that by discussing how advantageous/disadvantageous it is to be packing heat in ones home, we're ignoring the whole point of the thread?

Personally, I think you're safer in an apartment by virtue of there being more people around.

In fairness though, I think it depends on the area. I'm seen some apartment buildings where the tenants are very insular, and therefore there is no real safety advantage to living there.
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Why? Will just start a huge argument.

I don't think having a gun, knife, sword, trident :)p) increases your chance of being safe. I own guns, I like guns. But it comes down to if the person knows how to use them. What if you don't wake up while your home is being invaded? What if they kill you with the guy or weapon you bought to protect yourself?

The first and best line of defense should be securing your home. Windows, doors, skylights. A good solid steel, or wood door and a well framed door frame. They make windows that are hard to break. Make your home look less inviting to a criminal. Don't have your 50" LED tv in all it's glory shining through the window. Don't brag to random people about how much your new computer costs.

They aren't looking for a challenge. They are looking for a easy place to knock over, and quick.

macquariumguy said:
You should get that shotgun out, clean it up and then get it ready to use in defense of your home and loved ones if necessary. Shotguns are unequaled as home defense weapons.
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The sound of a pump action shotgun is unequaled as a home defense weapon. You could make that your entry greeting. Set up a motion detector, and a big speaker. Somebody walking through a person's home in the pitch black, and hears that sound is going to think twice about staying any longer.
 
It's harder to see if burglars break into it during the day.

It all depends on the neighborhood.
 
iFanboy said:
LETS HAVE A FIREARMS DISCUSSION!

Or, you know, let's all recognise that by discussing how advantageous/disadvantageous it is to be packing heat in ones home, we're ignoring the whole point of the thread?

Personally, I think you're safer in an apartment by virtue of there being more people around.

In fairness though, I think it depends on the area. I'm seen some apartment buildings where the tenants are very insular, and therefore there is no real safety advantage to living there.
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cantthinkofone said:
Why? Will just start a huge argument.
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What the hell? Are you kidding me? :D
 
cantthinkofone said:
Why? Will just start a huge argument.

... What if you don't wake up while your home is being invaded? What if they kill you with the guy or weapon you bought to protect yourself?
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That is one funny visual image.... :)
cantthinkofone said:
The first and best line of defense should be securing your home. Windows, doors, skylights. A good solid steel, or wood door and a well framed door frame. They make windows that are hard to break.
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Or you could move to a new neighbourhood..... We lock our doors out of habit, but if we forget... no big deal. Even if we think about it on our way out of town for a day or two, we don't turn around.
cantthinkofone said:
Make your home look less inviting to a criminal. Don't have your 50" LED tv in all it's glory shining through the window. Don't brag to random people about how much your new computer costs.
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Always good advice....
cantthinkofone said:
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The sound of a pump action shotgun is unequaled as a home defense weapon. You could make that your entry greeting. Set up a motion detector, and a big speaker. Somebody walking through a person's home in the pitch black, and hears that sound is going to think twice about staying any longer.
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Actually it's the sound of dog. And not a dog barking, but a dog running across the floor. I won't be able to find the source now, it's been so long, but I remember reading about a security expert who had a motion sensor hooked up to play the sound of a dog running across the floor.

All I can say is, glad I live in a good community....
 
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