somedeafdudefromPNW
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I guess you guys have never lived in poor neighborhoods?
Or rented in a poor neighbourhood.
I have.
Not a whole lot you can do except ask your landlord for an alarm system, modify the door to accept bolts, keep the curtains closed... and yeah. Still doesn't deter people from trying to break in.
And pray that the said landlord allows dogs.
Weird how people are willing to break into a house with alarms, but not one with a known dog presence.
I remember when the upstairs tenants moved out half a year after I moved in; I missed their pitbull and mastiff for security reasons. :\
Moving was not an option for me at the time because there were insufficient housings. More people were moving INTO the city than rental units and constructions can keep up with. I could afford to live in a middle-class residental area, but there were none to rent from at the time..
And when half of your neighbours are "shady"... a neighbourhood watch group won't help much.