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   From: mcs@yahoo.com   
      
   You will go unbothered by criminals today.- Good , wish you continued   
   success. Do you realize I had an uncle murdered, a friends father shot in   
   the neck and witnessed a guy shooting at another guy, saw a Korean man with   
   a gun going after or running after what looked like a  robbery suspect on a   
   local avenue and crime didn't affect you yet?  Maybe your one of the lucky   
   ones. Maybe, just maybe I have personal reasons (not political at least in   
   this city)  for not liking Philly and unfortunately I still live here even   
   though I thought I found a different place. (family still here). The bottom   
   line is , this city has lots to like and unfortunately way too much now not   
   to like. I use to drive for a wholesale pharmacist , and saw the fear in   
   their faces when many of them were robbed. I can't possibly make up what I   
   saw . I can't imagine how many professionals who could afford to move, left   
   the city. Realize what governments don't say often says more then what they   
   do say. This city is silent on crime and if the citizens want more of the   
   same they will vote in Street . Good luck with that. I am not sure Katz   
   would be much different though.   
     Like I talked about with the  pollution from coal due west and now they   
   are burning chemical weapons in Alabama and we are getting the air  due   
   south in summer although a bit farther way then the coal plants, one can see   
   the connections as another link in our cities continued spiral downward.   
   Sure people will want to stay or live here , because Philly has historic   
   significance and or people are just not aware of the information about the   
   quality of living issues lately or don't care. There are so many people in   
   the world , thats not surprising Karen. The way the news hides negative   
   things in this city its not surprising at all.Its interesting you think news   
   and tv is too scary , I think it don't go far enough .   
     I can't be we can  ignore all this as a society and expect our species to   
   continue especially in a positive way. Our air is bad, people are fighting   
   in many wars all over the planet, our people are unhealthy , our attitudes   
   are pretty miserable often, we are a depressed nation taking many pills,   
   many people don't believe what the govt tell us, the trees are dying, the   
   glaciers are melting and you can go your happy way assuming you can block it   
   all out. Well in a perfect world , I would hope people can maybe strive for   
   more then ignoring the evil around them but rather trying hard to do   
   something about it .Turning off the information around us will not make for   
   better connections in the future unfortunatly. Maybe its me, but I think too   
   many people can't see the larger picture often starting with them (usually   
   doing very little for a better world) ,   
      
      
      
   . .news:slrnbjhma1.pld.kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu...   
   > On Sun, 03 Aug 2003 03:10:45 GMT, mcs  wrote:   
   > >Gee where is shrink and Karen to calm the souls of the families of the   
   three   
   > >people murdered last night.   
   >   
   > Maybe I'm living in a fool's paradise but I'm not going to lie   
   > and say I'm suddenly feeling less secure because of these   
   > murders. I just don't feel the sense of impending doom the   
   > way you do. But there's this: I *don't* watch TV very often   
   > and I never watch TV news anymore. I believe those things   
   > influence people's attitudes enormously usually in a negative way.   
   >   
   > > Your thinking of living in this city ? Really ?   
   >   
   > Some people obviously are!   
   >   
   > PLEASE explain, then, why there is a lot of real estate investment   
   > going on on Fairmount Ave.(in Fairmount), as one example, where   
   > previously as little as 5 year ago there was virtually none. I'm   
   > blown away by it to be frank with you.   
   >   
   > >The criminals are on the war path and nothing is said or done.   
   >   
   > mcs, I promise you that I will go around today, unhampered,   
   > by any criminals.   
   >   
   > > Welcome to   
   > >dysfunctional Philly where soon if your not moving, your going to be a   
   > >victim of crime and will be moving. Great freaking criminal city with   
   > >pollution levels high! dangerous.   
   >   
   > Only to you and in your mind!   
   >   
   > KByrd   
   >   
      
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