We reached the same conclusion.
It got to the point where everyone I worked with was either victims of burglary/robbery or knew a family member/friend who was. Myself personally was burglarized several times. On one burglary, had wife returned from the dog park a little earlier, could have been a robbery victim as two gang members (One on probation) ransacked the house - Fortunately they were caught but unfortunately, they plea bargained so police could pursue higher up members in the gang. This was during 2008-2014 when there was a lot of empty houses due to foreclosures and squatters moved into these empty houses. House across from our house was squatted by no less than 2-3 families who stripped the inside of house clean with everything, including copper electrical wiring. Multiple inmates were paroled to the house and there were at least 1-2 police raid every week where 5-8 patrol cars showed up and brought out long line of suspects and took a few for outstanding warrants. We had long chats with police along with neighbors and formed neighborhood watch group but police told us squatter/crime trend was all over the city. We put up welded steel fencing completely around our property and even with 3 guard dogs, after wife got threatened by one of the squatters, she carried two pistols on person at all times even inside the house/backyard.
The day we finished packing up the moving truck and drove away, there was probably the largest police raid on the squatter house. We left as more and more police cars kept showing up to take away the suspects.
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