holy shit!! i agree with hingy boy --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What the hell is going on here in Monmouth County? > More so, where are all these guns coming from? > This is getting to be scary. > Another thing that is beginning to bother me are the aggressive street > people in AP who've been coming up to me every night when I walk my > dog. They ask for money, and when I say no they get pissed off. I'm > sick of it. > The liquor bottles keep showing up on my lawn every day, and i'm > getting sick and tired of cleaning up after people who don't give a > damn about our community. > A few doors away, a house that's undergone renovation is nearing > completion, and not too long ago I had a conversation with the owners > about the crime and mess in our neighborhood. They, like others are of > the opinion that once the AP redevelopment is completed, the crime and > mess will just go away. > I tend to disagree with that, because people are not going to want to > come live in a war zone, not come to live in a garbage dump and there > are people in our community that just don't care about their city. > Go down to the boardwalk, near the Stone Pony, and there's a little > shack that used to be part of a mini golf course. The door on it has > been wide open for awhile now? Why? Why is that building even there? > Even worse, even though it was recently painted, new graffiti has > appeared on it. > What does it say? > "Crack Shack" > Another thing I don't get is there seems to be no crack down in our > city about littering and about property owners not maintaining there > property in a proper manner. > Case in point, the group of bungalows on the corner of Kingsley and > 1st. 2 of the inhabited ones aren't so bad, but the third has some > kind've "cat person" living inside. I've never seen this person, but > take a walk by there sometime. Trash everywhere in the bushes and on > the sidewalk. Empty cans of cat food all over the place. And a bunch > of feral cats just wandering around. And in the empty lot next door, > new empty 40oz beer and liquor bottles. > I know i've mentioned much of this before, but nobody ever responds to > my posts about it. If anything, somebody will tell me I should leave > if I don't like it. > I've said it before, and hopefully I won't have to say it hear again. > I believe that part of our cities problem is the appalling state of > some area's within it. The litter just makes our city look terrible. > It is a proven fact that just the mere act of cleaning up and area > lessens the reoccurence of litter, and crime. This was done with great > success in NYC back in the 70's, where boarded up buildings had their > window covering replaced with more attractive things, and large scale > community efforts were made to clean things up. > As far as I can tell, AP has no such community based clean up effort. > If there were, i'd volunteer. > By boss came to visit me at my home the other day, and he offered me > money to move out of town, because he was dismayed by the condition of > my neighborhood, and was disgusted by being approached by a prostitute > when he was leaving. > Sorry if i'm rambling. I made a huge leap of faith when I returned to > the shore and chose to live in AP, and the things i've mentioned just > plain bum me out. > Last night, when returning from my dog walk, I found a nasty looking > street chick nearly passed out on my front steps, nodding off on > whatever drug she was on. > This shit has got to stop. >
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