Recent comments in /f/springfieldMO

themarcusknauer t1_jdtq8hf wrote

Reply to I see your “everything is Jewish” posts and I raise you the worst I’ve ever seen by sammyf0712

: Numerous brands of color laser printers leave coded metadata in barely perceptible yellow dots that can be used to trace a printed document to its source, a feature originally intended as a deterrent to counterfeiting currency with laser printers.

May be worth gathering them all up and giving to the authorities. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Jimithyashford t1_jdtpjvv wrote

Reply to Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

The petty theft and property crime rate is very frustratingly high. There are many parts of town where anything not chained down or locked up is going bye-bye. Catalytic converter theft, copper theft, car window smash and grabs, that kind of shit. It happens a lot.

But the city isn’t dangerous to your person. Like you aren’t at great risk of getting mugged or jumped. Not that it never happens of course, but it’s not bad. There aren’t really any neighborhoods where you get that “I need to keep my head on a swivel and be out of here by dark” tingle down your spine, the “I am not safe here” feeling.

So if you’re a bicycle or a catalytic converter, You’re fucked. If you’re human, you’re pretty safe.

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Complete-Soup-6001 t1_jdtnlr2 wrote

Reply to Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

I live north Springfield, probably “a lot” of homeless to all the suburb people from the surrounding towns. Not too much violence there’s the occasional shooting, but compared to actual big cities there’s hardly any. The high crime rate is mostly property crimes cus these tweakers be boostin lol. My neighbors ride around like 24 hours a day on bikes bringing shit back. So basically just keep things locked up and don’t leave valuables accessible, I never feel unsafe though. But hey since you’re in missouri you might as well get yourself a piece 🔫🤠

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Fantastic_Mind_1386 t1_jdtnhz5 wrote

Reply to comment by pizza1sgr8 in Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

Chances of crime go way up north of Chestnut. It’s not just people who leave their doors unlocked either. My truck was recently broken into in my well lit driveway with the door locked. They didn’t even try the handle. Nothing was taken because I don’t leave anything in my truck after it being broken into twice before… There’s signs all over town saying beware of smash and grab theft for a reason. I also manage a retail store and I can tell you that retail theft is super high here compared to other areas I have lived and worked.

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WendyArmbuster t1_jdtkt6u wrote

Reply to Does this area have as much crime as people say ..? People keep telling me this is crackhead central. by shdwfknbnd

Our crime rate is high because our official city limits are way inside of what you would think of as Springfield city limits. You'll be right in the middle of a neighborhood and there will be a "city limits" sign. Of course all of our older neighborhoods with lower owner-occupancy rates will have higher crime rates than our newer neighborhoods with higher owner-occupied rates. Our newest neighborhoods are all outside of our official city limits.

Even our "high crime" areas are not all that bad, and random violence is rare, and most victims of violent crime know the perpetrator.

I will say that it feels like rural crime rates are on the rise. I work in a surrounding county, and it feels like drugs and desperation are causing more crime than it seemed like it has in the past, but I don't have any data to back that up.

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