Over the past year, there have been a number of car break-ins in my neighborhood by local, wandering scumbags.
Posted on @BestOfNextdoor, the Twitter account with more followers than the actual Nextdoor.com Twitter account.
The good neighbors on Nextdoor.com have posted various "identify the scumbag videos" taken from home security cameras.
If you are unfamiliar, Nextdoor.com states it is "a social networking platform for local communities and neighborhoods."
Or, more accurately, Twitter for those upset at no longer being a Jr. High Hall Monitor or Home Owner Association board member . . .
with occasional positive outcomes.
Actual video of scumbag in my neighborhood.
Now the scumbags roaming my neighborhood have started entering homes through the ubiquitous, tract home, sliding back door and videos of them doing so are causing justifiable outrage and concern.
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Nextdoor.com post from my neighborhood |
While checking for a scumbag update, I ran across a photo of a neighborhood garage. What followed was a lengthy interaction of shock, consternation, and discussion regarding the correct authorities to contact.
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Nextdoor.com follow up post from my neighborhood |
Today, the homeowner apologetically posted that children in the neighborhood had altered the greeting without her knowledge. (Presumably not the same wandering scumbags responsible for break-ins but an accurate identification was not possible.)
The neighbor explained that she typically opens the garage to park her car prior to making actual visual contact with the door and therefore she was unaware of the offending message.
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Photographic evidence of Christmas cheer from my neighborhood. |
Messages of goodwill and Christmas spirit followed, including several photos of the completed neighborhood home decorations.
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Continued holiday happiness from my neighborhood |
That is, until . . .
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Contention creeping back into my neighborhood |
I am waiting for the outrage over "Happy Holidays", the battle cry of the War on Christmas.
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Evidently, there will be no Christmas cookie swap in this neighborhood. If there are cookie swaps in my area, I am unaware of them . . . which, in all fairness, is not unexpected. |
With Christmas gifts and an influx of visiting cars . . .
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I'm not sure if Justin in Buford is available this year. However, an alternative may be found with a search on Nextdoor.com. |