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davis_square2013-07-29 05:29 pm
skreeky) wrote in davis_square2013-07-29 05:29 pm
Common to have items taken from porches?
I really don't want to start a flame war - this is an honest question for people living in the area between Davis and Ball Square.
When I was younger I lived in JP. I loved it. However, it was a town where you didn't bother to put out a pumpkin in October because it would be smashed by morning, and you tried very hard to be home for deliveries because boxes would be stolen from the porch.
I've spent the past decade in West Roxbury, where you could have anything at all on your porch and yard and it would not be disturbed.
Now, in the process of moving in, I've been tossing empty boxes on the front porch. Some are broken down, but others are not obviously empty (full of packing material). The idea is to eventually post to Craigslist that there are empty boxes at *address*, and they go away. However, I have not posted that yet, because I have recently placed a number of mail orders, and I don't want my items to be taken by "accident" with the empties should they arrive. The problem is that I just got home, and someone has helped themselves to my empties anyway. On the face of it, that's fine - I wanted to be rid of them.
What I am wondering is, is this the sort of neighborhood where I ought to be trying to have my deliveries taken around to the rear for safety? Do people generally help themselves to things on porches? Some of my neighbors have quite elaborate sitting areas on porches and I figured there was no problem with respect of that space.
I'm "fine" with living in either sort of neighborhood, but I'd rather not find out the hard way which this is.
When I was younger I lived in JP. I loved it. However, it was a town where you didn't bother to put out a pumpkin in October because it would be smashed by morning, and you tried very hard to be home for deliveries because boxes would be stolen from the porch.
I've spent the past decade in West Roxbury, where you could have anything at all on your porch and yard and it would not be disturbed.
Now, in the process of moving in, I've been tossing empty boxes on the front porch. Some are broken down, but others are not obviously empty (full of packing material). The idea is to eventually post to Craigslist that there are empty boxes at *address*, and they go away. However, I have not posted that yet, because I have recently placed a number of mail orders, and I don't want my items to be taken by "accident" with the empties should they arrive. The problem is that I just got home, and someone has helped themselves to my empties anyway. On the face of it, that's fine - I wanted to be rid of them.
What I am wondering is, is this the sort of neighborhood where I ought to be trying to have my deliveries taken around to the rear for safety? Do people generally help themselves to things on porches? Some of my neighbors have quite elaborate sitting areas on porches and I figured there was no problem with respect of that space.
I'm "fine" with living in either sort of neighborhood, but I'd rather not find out the hard way which this is.
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oftentimes a mail person will assume a neighbor will take in your package for you (for example a person on another floor in a triple decker building)
there was a small ring of criminals around here a few years ago that were grabbing christmas packages of folks' front steps in somerville and cambridge. the story made national news including the drudgereport etc.