My town is building a new police station across the street from my condo complex. Part of me thinks this is a good thing because the town needs a new police station but another part of me thinks that the area will ultimately degenerate as areas around police stations often do. Police stations do bring a large police presence into an area but they also bring a criminal element into the area and there will always be criminals coming and going from the station.
What would you think if a new police station was built next door to your neighborhood? I would describe my neighborhood as middle class. The town has about 10,000 people and is mostly made up of corporate offices. I have been told up to 100,000k people commute to the town every day to work which seems right because traffic during the day is insane. Our town has a low crime rate currently. I'm hoping we won't see Bob's Bail Bonds or Jim's Title Loans pop up next door any time soon.
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If you click the link and switch to satellite view you will see a small, red building - that is a fire station. The clump of trees to the right of the fire station is gone and the police station is being built there, pretty much touching the ball fields. I think there are going to be a bunch of broken windows at the police station. Across the street you can see the condo complex which is a gated community. There is also another gated complex to the left of the fire station. The road is a dead end, only one way in or out.
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The link is fixed, also if you wanted to see the progress of the station you can visit the web site. Click.
What would you think if a new police station was built next door to your neighborhood? I would describe my neighborhood as middle class. The town has about 10,000 people and is mostly made up of corporate offices. I have been told up to 100,000k people commute to the town every day to work which seems right because traffic during the day is insane. Our town has a low crime rate currently. I'm hoping we won't see Bob's Bail Bonds or Jim's Title Loans pop up next door any time soon.
Click.
If you click the link and switch to satellite view you will see a small, red building - that is a fire station. The clump of trees to the right of the fire station is gone and the police station is being built there, pretty much touching the ball fields. I think there are going to be a bunch of broken windows at the police station. Across the street you can see the condo complex which is a gated community. There is also another gated complex to the left of the fire station. The road is a dead end, only one way in or out.
Edit:
The link is fixed, also if you wanted to see the progress of the station you can visit the web site. Click.