From: mianderson79@gmail.com   
      
   So a few minutes ago I bought a bungalow cash in an intown atlanta   
   neighborhood.(I split my time now between alabama and georgia)  It's a   
   relatively small bungalow for the area(where jumbo bungalows are common; this   
   one is about 2k squate foot) and is in    
   decent shape but needs some updating remodeling. It's generally considered one   
   of the better intown neighborhoods(I won't say which one specifically but for   
   anyone who knows atlanta it is close to midtown, close to botanical gardens,   
   and has 'park' in    
   the name..whatever).  Because it is relatively small and needs some updating I   
   won't say the exact price but it was more than 1.5 and less than 2.  So it's   
   not like exactly a place the kardashians would live but it's not a slum area   
   either.....   
      
   I'm giving the background here because:   
      
   1) my car has been broken into TWICE now in this short period of time   
   2) I've counted *16* presumed different homeless wanderers within 100 yards of   
   my property at some point(usually riding a too small bicycle for them) in the   
   last month alone(november.....and thats only when I've been in town)   
      
   I went to the neighborhood association meeting to discuss these concerns.    
   We(by we I mean homeowners) pay 5-600 a year to hire off-duty police officers   
   to cover shifts to make a presence in the neighborhood and deter these sort of   
   crimes.   
      
   And the response I got?  A lot of "yeah it's pretty safe here but there is   
   some property crime; it's just part of living here" to "you definately have to   
   be careful of your surroundings; don't walk alone after dark" to "the homeless   
   are just part of the    
   local character here and adds appeal"   
      
   I swear to god someone said the latter.     
      
   I just didn't expect this.....I've not lived in a lot of intown areas of   
   cities before, but if this is what it is like I may sell after another 6   
   months or so and move to buckhead lol.....(the only reason I didn't in the   
   first place because that's    
   farther north and when I travel 'home' to visit family in middle georgia it   
   would have taken longer to get there)......   
      
   Oh and I have Georgia -4.5 tommorrow big and a Georgia/Oregon ML parlay(pays   
   about .90 for every dollar)......the parlay is a good big play but it's going   
   to win win win.  Go ducks!!!   
      
   I also have a futures michigan play(to win natl title...at various prices   
   through the year now it's like +190 if anyone is interested) and Bo Nix at   
   various prices to win heisman.     
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)