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Originally posted by Sir Taliesin:
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Originally posted by Sazerac:
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Originally posted by Sir Taliesin:
Epona and Donut MOVE away from there!
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EVERYONE who was involved in the altercation needs to drop it...including YOU, Sir Taliesin. Everything has settled down nicely, and we don't need it getting started up again by singling people out.
To put it bluntly (and forgive my choice of epithet), crusted-over dogshit won't stink until someone takes a stick and stirs it up again. QUIT STIRRING.
-Sazerac[/QUOTE]Excuse me Saz, but please go back to my post and read the line that directly precedes what you have quoted. I believe that I to joined your chorus to tone down the heated debate.
As for what I was talking about in the quote you took from my post, I refer to Donut's statement on page 5.
"What I will agree with you on is that you are more likely to be a victim of crime in England than in the USA but I haven't heard anyone disputing this. If you live where I live in London it is even more dangerous. If you live in Central London (like Epona) you are virtually a crime statistic waiting to happen."
If I offended Donut or Epona I'm sorry. I should have added Donut's statement to the Bold Letters in my original post. I was not angry with them or anyone else here.[/QUOTE]No offense taken Sir Tal, I took your post to mean exactly that. But life isn't that simple.
I was brought up in Islington which is in Inner London. It was a working class area with all the advantages and problems that a working class area brings. I feel safe there, even now, because it's what I am used to. When it came to buying my own property I was forced to move to outer London because of property prices in Islington. Average price for a one bedroom flat is £191,000 and a two bedromm terraced house £310,000. There are properties near where I work that cost £1m and the cost of renting a car parking space is £25,000 a year.
So now I live in 'leafy' Enfield and it feels like I'm living in the countryside. But it's not home and I feel less safe walking through Enfield Town on a friday night than I would in Islington. I've only been burgled once and it was done during the day so I wasn't there.
Council................................Islington.. English average
Vehicle Crimes, per 1,000 population........92.0.......16
Burglaries, per 1,000 households..............36.0.......14
Violent Crimes, per 1,000 population........42.0.......10
[ 05-24-2002, 05:32 AM: Message edited by: Donut ]