Crime in your area?

[Napoleon]

Moderate? There's some property crime but I can feel comfortable alone at night. Hartford has some very sketchy neighborhoods though.

[Napoleon]

My car got broken into last week. Second time in 12 months.

What about hit and runs? From what I have read it sounds like a real nightmare on LA roads. Im more of a walker myself.

[Napoleon]

What I read said that 48% of Los Angeles road incidents are hit and runs.

[Napoleon]

After dark, stay away from those areas.

You leave your kids in Kenya but advise people you'll never meet to stay away from fairly safe areas of Oklahoma...what kind of father are you Bushie?

[Napoleon]

Encino is a fairly nice area, so I'm surprised that happened there. Perhaps the sunglasses were too visible, I dunno. My sunglasses are usually pretty visible, but they are also fairly cheap (but they work well).

I hear that unless your up in the hills, anything can happen in LA. I had been wondering where Mr. Not So Moderate lived, Encino sounds more like a family style suburb than a cool, young person neighborhood from my admittedly limited research of it. The only area of the Valley I really looked at was Studio City and then decided that I'd much prefer access to decent public transportation. Silver Lake caught my eye because you can get Silver Lake, Echo Park, Hollywood and Downtown all fairly easily.

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Let me know if you have any advice/warnings. By the way, are you permanently in Tennessee, or moving back to California soon?

You're a dumb if you leave your car unlocked while parked though.

Why would anyone leave their car or home unlocked, no matter where you live? "Better safe than sorry" isn't a well known cliche without reason.

[Napoleon]

I'm far more concerned with property crime than violent crime. Alas, I'm far more prepared for property crime than violent crime. If someone wants to kill me, they'll probably be able to. If someone wants to break into my house, they will struggle with it.

I, too, was deciding between California (Bay Area and LA area) and Pacific Northwest (Portland and Seattle). Ultimately I went with the warmer weather and diversity.

[Napoleon]

I can afford almost anything...Silver Lake caught my interest more than anywhere else and when/if I decide to settle down, I would probably move a little north to Los Feliz. I guess that's fairly common. The problem with Pasadena for me is I would end up driving too often.

[Napoleon]

Wow. Read this article. Scary stuff!