Santa Monica becomes unliveable
Posted By: DVC, 12/29/2022 1:55:53 PM
Santa Monica is one of my old stomping grounds from my years in Los Angeles. So when I heard the place was becoming unliveable According to Jim Thompson, writing at RedState: So what is it like in Santa Monica now? It depends on who you ask. If you ask Los Angeles Times reporters reviewing statistics, Santa Monica is a relative garden of Eden. {snip] There is a group of Santa Monica businesses and residents who [snip] put up a sign that says: Santa Monica IS NOT safe,” it reads, above a second sign with the words “Crime … depravity … outdoor mental asylum.”
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Santa Monica becomes unliveable
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Santa Monica is one of my old stomping grounds from my years in Los Angeles.
So when I heard the place was becoming unliveable
According to Jim Thompson, writing at RedState:
So what is it like in Santa Monica now? It depends on who you ask. If you ask Los Angeles Times reporters reviewing statistics, Santa Monica is a relative garden of Eden. {snip]
There is a group of Santa Monica businesses and residents who [snip] put up a sign that says:
Santa Monica IS NOT safe,” it reads, above a second sign with the words “Crime … depravity … outdoor mental asylum.”
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So, violent aggressive druggies and mental cases attacking people who won't pay them. This can only happen where self defense is not realistically possible, which is the case in most of California. Extremely difficult to get a CCW permit, and even if you legally are armed - I wonder if defending against a knife attack wouldn't get you a prison sentence from a "woke" city system?