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So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 01:18 PM
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Houston We Have a Problem!!. But then again, what big city is really safe? https://www.foxnews.com/media/houst...afe-murder-suspects-left-walking-streetsHouston police union warns city is 'not safe' as murder suspects are left 'walking the streets''I would not let my wife or my kids walk down the streets of Houston at midnight under any circumstances,' Ray Hunt saidLeaders of the Houston Police Officers' Union are sounding the alarm on the city's safety as criminal suspects walk the streets on bond while the police department battles officer shortages. "I have never in my lifetime – and I'm a lifelong Houstonian – seen this many suspected murderers and capital murderers who are walking the streets of Houston out on multiple bonds," the union's executive director Ray Hunt told Fox News Digital. "I would not let my wife or my kids walk down the streets of Houston at midnight under any circumstances," he continued. "It is not safe in major cities in 2024, and it's not safe here." "We're in a perfect storm right now," President Douglas Griffith said. "We had the George Floyd effect come down. We can't hire. We can't retain our officers. The people are leaving left and right. "Who in the heck wants to be a police officer in 2024?" Hunt asked, "when every single thing that they're doing is going to be second-guessed by their body-worn camera that someone can watch three or four times to determine whether or not that officer made the right split-second decision. I don't know who would want to do that. I could not encourage any of my family to come be a police officer in 2024 with the situation that's going on."According to Griffith, the Houston City Council was made aware of department shortages a decade ago, after a 2014 Sam Houston State University report revealed a shortage of 1,500 officers in the city.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 01:29 PM
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No, not now, not ever.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 01:32 PM
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Not sure why anyone wants to live in Houston
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 01:42 PM
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I'm done with cites and will never move back. Even if living out here in the country finally does me in, I'll move to a small town around my area.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 01:59 PM
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They are turning it into a city where a purge might be deemed acceptable.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 02:48 PM
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I left as soon as I was legally able.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 03:21 PM
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Grew up there and my brother still lives there, but I'll never call it home again.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 03:56 PM
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I am still looking for the perfect apron, one with reinforced knee areas would be perfect.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 04:24 PM
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Not sure why this is new news, lol. I grew up south of there and it has always been a crap hole.
Insurance specialist, 20+ years experience toddjohnson@greattiminginsurance.com
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 04:26 PM
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 04:26 PM
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I'll go to dallas and live under the bridges before I ever live in Houston.....I think
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 04:35 PM
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Houston has good parts and the hoods. The murderers they are releasing are in the hood. Houston democrats are doing this experimental thing where they release violent criminals back onto the streets. Something to do with race and poor inequality. Horrible idea that is effecting innocent civilians.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 04:40 PM
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Ghetto Boys! My mind playin' tricks on me...
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 04:42 PM
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Been there, done that. 10 years of misery. I feel for you folks in that cesspool.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 04:50 PM
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I have been in Houston over 20 years. There is no GOOD place in Houston because there is no safe way to get there. It is different but you would be surprised what you can get used to. When you leave your driveway you are in the jungle, pay attention and be aware. I have never had a serious experience or confrontation and I do not carry….yet. Had a couple vehicles stolen but nothing worth dying for. We did catch one of the punks. I doubt he did one day in lockup.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 05:38 PM
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I’ll go to Houston any day before I go back to New Orleans.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 05:44 PM
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I’ll go to Houston any day before I go back to New Orleans. Yea, that's a chit hole as well. Smells like a septic tank every time I've been there.
I am still looking for the perfect apron, one with reinforced knee areas would be perfect.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 06:01 PM
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Houston is just like every other city run by liberals...you reap what you sow.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 06:37 PM
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So there’s no ghetto areas in the Metroplex? Every city has them.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 06:51 PM
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So there’s no ghetto areas in the Metroplex? Every city has them. Absolutely! However, the subject was Houston.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 09:16 PM
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So there’s no ghetto areas in the Metroplex? Every city has them. Absolutely! However, the subject was Houston. The wards have always been bad. River oaks and Memorial has always been nice. Lots of gentrification has happened, more areas have gotten better than have gotten worse. That said, I still would not like to live there again. Did as a kid and spent a few years by Hobby Airport off Telephone road. I was the only white kid in my 3rd grade class.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 09:34 PM
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So there’s no ghetto areas in the Metroplex? Every city has them. Absolutely! However, the subject was Houston. The wards have always been bad. River oaks and Memorial has always been nice. Lots of gentrification has happened, more areas have gotten better than have gotten worse. That said, I still would not like to live there again. Did as a kid and spent a few years by Hobby Airport off Telephone road. I was the only white kid in my 3rd grade class. Had an aunt and uncle with a place in river oaks. Very swanky but it didn't face river oaks Blvd. After they died someone bought it, tore it down and turned the new house to face river oaks.
Ultra MAGA '24.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 10:59 PM
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"Who in the heck wants to be a police officer in 2024?" Hunt asked, "when every single thing that they're doing is going to be second-guessed by their body-worn camera that someone can watch three or four times to determine whether or not that officer made the right split-second decision. I don't know who would want to do that. I could not encourage any of my family to come be a police officer in 2024 with the situation that's going on."
I hope all the camera Karens feel safe now from those big bad mean ole cops.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/21/24 11:17 PM
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"Who in the heck wants to be a police officer in 2024?" Hunt asked, "when every single thing that they're doing is going to be second-guessed by their body-worn camera that someone can watch three or four times to determine whether or not that officer made the right split-second decision. I don't know who would want to do that. I could not encourage any of my family to come be a police officer in 2024 with the situation that's going on."
I hope all the camera Karens feel safe now from those big bad mean ole cops.
Agree 100%. I know several cops and they cannot effectively do their jobs Sometimes it does a thug good to get taken under a bridge and beat with a mag light.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: So You Want to Live in Houston?
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04/22/24 12:10 AM
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"Who in the heck wants to be a police officer in 2024?" Hunt asked, "when every single thing that they're doing is going to be second-guessed by their body-worn camera that someone can watch three or four times to determine whether or not that officer made the right split-second decision. I don't know who would want to do that. I could not encourage any of my family to come be a police officer in 2024 with the situation that's going on."
I hope all the camera Karens feel safe now from those big bad mean ole cops.
Agree 100%. I know several cops and they cannot effectively do their jobs Sometimes it does a thug good to get taken under a bridge and beat with a mag light. Now that’s funny!
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