Shooting woke me up last night

[rondog]

I work at 18th and Pearl, and the Yuppification of this area amazes me. Yuppies everywhere you look, running, joggin, walking their little dogs, riding their bikes and scooters.....yet Colfax is just 3 blocks away and 5 Points is right across Park Ave. Quite the odd mix around here of yuppies, winos, homeless, and others. Go to the local Safeway at 20th and Park and it's quite a slurry of all kinds of Obama lovers. I'm really surprised there isn't more crime around here. At least reported crime......

I don't care how many fancy new condos, trendy bars and hot Yuppie babes there are in this neighborhood though, I have to work at night a lot around here and my lil' buddy Roscoe is always with me.

[Atrain1]

I got so used to hearing gun shots and sirens were I come from it got to were I would not notice them. It took awhile to figure out what was missing at night when I first moved here. No gun shots and sirens to o to sleep to. Even coming from a worse place then Denver by far I still do not like being in Denver in the day time, much less at 1 AM.

[sbouslog]

I havent really had any issues living in this area. Every now and then there is a bum hanging out outside our building on the front stairs but they never stay long. One night my ex was walking her dog around the block and I was grabbing something from my car and then going to meet up with her. She walked by some thug and he started to follow her but turned the other way when I showed up.

[mahabali]

I was a few blocks from there Sat night at a friends house. I was walking to my car to go home at about 12:30AM and for some reason I felt especially uneasy. Especially because there was a fatal stabbing not far from there a few nights before. I was stone cold sober and carrying however. Denver is dangerous. A friend of mine was jumped outside his apartment near there by 4 urban youths about a year ago for no reason. Spent a month in the hospital.

[Delfuego]

Denver is dangerous.

You guys are scared of your own shadows Don't most of you CC anyway?

I grew up in those areas, and they are golden ghettos now (5 Points too). My 18 year old niece lived down there all through college and rode a bike everywhere, never an issue. Never really felt unsafe or needed to carry a weapon. Don't wanna be a victim, dont act like a victim.

[Ronin13]

You guys are scared of your own shadows Don't most of you CC anyway?

I grew up in those areas, and they are golden ghettos now (5 Points too). My 18 year old niece lived down there all through college and rode a bike everywhere, never an issue. Never really felt unsafe or needed to carry a weapon. Don't wanna be a victim, dont act like a victim.

It's not about being afraid... Avoid bad places at bad times of night and you run a better chance of avoiding bad situations. I'd rather just avoid Denver after a certain hour and not have to worry about the possibility of a bad situation going down.

[Delfuego]

It's not about being afraid... Avoid bad places at bad times of night and you run a better chance of avoiding bad situations.

Sure sounds like it. Watch out for the bogeyman!

[rondog]

Sometimes there just ain't nothing you can do. When you're old and busted up, with a bad back and two bad knees, and your job requires you to be in unsavory places at unsafe times, you just kinda feel like a target. Especially if there's no chance in hell of fighting them off or running away. Busted-up, half crippled old guys who can barely walk don't stand much chance against young thugs. And then the employer bars you from carrying, whatcha gonna do? Carry to defend yourself and lose your job for it if you actually DO have to defend yourself?

I don't go to bars at all, and avoid people whenever I can. But Telecom offices aren't usually placed where the real estate rates are high. Been a lotta times when I've felt like eyes were watching me and sizing me up as a possibly gimpy old guy with a job, that may not be able to run or fight back.

Kinda sucks. But like they say, ".45acp says GO AWAY in every language"

[clublights]

http://www.9news.com/news/local/arti...n-Capitol-Hill

I was trying to get to sleep last night when I thought that I heard a gun shot. In cap hill you hear weird noises all the time. Forgot all about it until I watched the news and realized that someone was shot 2 blocks from my house...

I was there........

I work at that club :-/

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Sure sounds like it. Watch out for the bogeyman!

Haven't you ever heard of choose your battles?