I agree, for the most part, that if you are held up at knifepoint, you should probably “hand it over” without a fight. The loss of money/property pales in comparison to physical injury or worse. The friend I referred in my previous post agrees too, but she was a bit tipsy and the purse contained a precious gift from her mother !
There has apparently been a rash of street robberies during the last few months in the area just south of the North Park Theater targeting the after-theater-goers. The area is indeed “transitional” as it has been for the past 15 years and spikes in crime have been happening for as long as I can remember. So not much has really changed in my opinion. The neighborhood needs to rally around and become more vigilant and the crime wave will move to another part of town.
One observation I have is that there has been a massive displacement of relatively poor renters in the area as they are forced out due to the “condoization” of many 10-20 unit buildings. Where did all these people go when they were unable to raise the $250-300k for their little apartment ? Could this phenomenon be contributing in some way to the surge in crime ?
