where the f*ck have i moved to

[soulman]

Manchester eh.

 

[Fidel]

get yourself some cheap wirelss cctv, a dog and an alarm, wire the back door handles into the mains.

fuck it just move !

 

[Alf Klein]

Manchester is fine - on a par with any other city

I heard, on some dodgy police thing on tv, that Manchester's burglary rate is 60% higher than the national average.

There do seem to be a large number of scally tossers here.

 

[_angel_]

Similer experience in Liverpool 8 - the tosser was slowly working his way through the whole stairwell. Didn't manage to get in but fecked the door in the process of trying.

Funnily enough ... someone broke into his about a week later and set light to his furniture !!! - he moved out sharpish.

Sorry to hear about the stuff your going through Kidda, Hope you find somewhere a bit more secure and safe that allows you to get on with your life.

ooh L8. Yeah I lived in Toxteth. I guess all cities have these areas. They do target students.... best off moving if you can ........ good luck

 

[chio]

The advice I was given, which is all pretty obvious stuff, was things like not putting obvious "student" markers in the windows eg. flyers, beer can pyramids etc. and not leaving Christmas decorations up all holiday (which is obviously out of date now).

 

[handy1]

The advice I was given, which is all pretty obvious stuff, was things like not putting obvious "student" markers in the windows eg. flyers, beer can pyramids etc. and not leaving Christmas decorations up all holiday (which is obviously out of date now).

not obvious the students hall on oxford rd opposite the royal is full of xmas decorations.

fakkin students

 

[Kidda]

The advice I was given, which is all pretty obvious stuff, was things like not putting obvious "student" markers in the windows eg. flyers, beer can pyramids etc. and not leaving Christmas decorations up all holiday (which is obviously out of date now).

yeah were not obvious students, we made the landlord take down the 'to let' billboard outside our home

so i guess its just the area

but its a nice morning and the suns come up

so the burglars can fuck off

*blasts deadlock*

 

[Wilson]

buy a crossbow

 

[Wookey]

ive just been told by the local shop keeper that someones found a (possibly student) body down the road in Platt Fields Park

anyone know if its true?

Wookey?

Sorry Kidda, I've been shit this last few weeks. I missed a body pulled out of the canal, and then this one in Platt Fields.

We've had our concentration spoiled by mass redundancies, I reckon.

Will try harder.

 

[moose]

I heard, on some dodgy police thing on tv, that Manchester's burglary rate is 60% higher than the national average.

There's no point comparing it to the national average - I'd like to see stats relating to other big cities. I've been lucky enough to have lived there for nearly 40 years and never be burgled.

 

[montevideo]

a sad state of affairs. Lived on plymouth grove for 6 years (this would be almost 10 years ago now so maybe things have changed) & there wasn't any problems.

Still have family living on the plymouth grove estate, they brought up 5 boys who all turned out alright.

I always feel i should be defending the place but to be fair i was happy to leave.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

There do seem to be a large number of scally tossers here.

I had the 'pleasure' of sharing a bus with a right smackhead/scally this morning on the way into work. He had the works - obligatory tracksuit, lots of carp tacky rings and stuff, dreadfull tattoos on his hands (looked like ones done in prison), playing very loud and distorted music on his mobile (without headphones - grrr), an awful manc accent, and every time a police car happened to drive past the bus, he looked paranoid as hell. Definitely something to hide methinks. I'm glad he got off the bus a stop before me, as he looked the type who would stab you as soon as look at you. Not exactly the friendly type I guessed....

No different from anywhere else I suspect though - just one of those things these days.

 

[moose]

lots of carp

Methinks you're obsessed, sir!

 

[mancboy]

That's truly shit mate. But it could happen anywhere. Having said that, I've lived and worked in a lot of places, and sadly, this town is the only one where I've ever been the victim of random violence. Twice.

Give it a chance though. The good outweighs the bad by a fucking ton. Chin up and take care of yourself.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I heard, on some dodgy police thing on tv, that Manchester's burglary rate is 60% higher than the national average.

And there's been about three shootings in the past week/fortnight in my district alone.

Yet in a council meeting, open to the public, one of my local councillors said that crime was falling.

But then the council're trying to railroad through some more commercial property development and more regeneration at the mo', and talking publicly about the current spate of gun crime would maybe scare off potential investors, so they're pretty much keeping a lid on it and trying to talk it down.

It also wouldn't look good in the run up to the council elections in May to highlight the crime wave.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Methinks you're obsessed, sir!

I must learn to proof-read posts before submitting them

 

[Yu_Gi_Oh]

That's proper harsh Kidda, I used to live in Longsight and never had any trouble so maybe it's just a statistical blip and it'll all calm down soon?
I had more trouble in Victoria Park which is supposedly 'posher' but I guess that's what happens when you get a flat through the housing association.

I hope everything settles down for you, go for a vegie fry-up at Misty's to cheer yourself up a bit love.

 

[colacho]

Good attitude, Kidda. All this shit sounds really heavy- what's happening in the old place? I lived in Hulme and Moss Side between 79 and 88 and never had any problems other than having my flat broken into by the cops. Well, that and having to leave for a while because someone was going to break my legs... but that blew over.
But the threat to your own space is a real fucker, even if it's just a student place. I was armed robbed at home (now live in Bogotá) about a year ago and had to see my 9 year old with a 9mm held against her head. Fuck!!!

so i guess its just the area

but its a nice morning and the suns come up

so the burglars can fuck off

*blasts deadlock*

 

[chilango]

Lived in Longsight and Moss Side for 5 years (1997-2002ish).



I liked Longsight, but the housing was shit...the house across the street got drive byed.

Moss Side was worse. Got burgled 6 times in a year - robbed light bulbs, deodorant and everything. Though i still chuckle at the thought of some smackhead trying to flog my obscure polish punk cds round moss side.

Live in Mexico city now, piece of piss compared to manc.

but love to all those still there.

 

[Spion]

hehe, it's pretty funny people from Mexico City and Bogota speaking sypathetically to someone in Manc

 

[Kidda]

i might as well get a neon sign above my head

'VICTIM HERE'

some twat tried to jack me and my housemate on monday night
he was ballied up and popped out from behind the bins as we walked the 150 yards back to our house.

'dont run, dont shout give me what you've got or ill shoot you'

and then he pointed something at us.

i remember yelling fuck you before legging it to get some muscle from inside the shop, my housemate had froze to the spot though thankfully she twatted him one which bought her sometime and about 8 of us came running back out of the shop and scared him off.

just when i was starting to think it wasnt so bad around here.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Where have I moved to?

Humm, Peckham? Do I win £5

 

[northernhord]

Fuck Longsight, it used to be OK years ago, a bit alternative but now the place is fucked poverty, heroin and gang violence, Manc Council have actually got an anti-gang outreach thing going on in Longsight