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loughrea cars stolen/house break in

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    #32
    hoodrats
    Registered Users Posts: 161 ✭✭hoodrats


    airhorn wrote: »
    Anyone that says somewhere is safe nowadays is talking scuther.

    tuam is the safest town in the world,. :pac::pac::pac:


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    #33
    airhorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭airhorn


    hoodrats wrote: »
    tuam is the safest town in the world,. :pac::pac::pac:

    And anyone that comes out with that is definetly talking scuther!!! :D


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    #34
    toadfly
    Registered Users Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭toadfly


    airhorn wrote: »
    Anyone that says somewhere is safe nowadays is talking scuther.

    I think they were pointing out that some areas are "safer" than others. Obviously nowhere is completly safe but some places are more safe than others.


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    #35
    airhorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭airhorn


    TillyGirl wrote: »
    I think they were pointing out that some areas are "safer" than others. Obviously nowhere is completly safe but some places are more safe than others.

    They are coming across as saying Loughrea as a whole is a safe place.

    I'm saying nowhere is safe nowadays, you only have to read the Connaught Tribune the week after the court week to see that every major town in the county is'nt that safe, including Loughrea.


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    #36
    Webbs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭Webbs


    airhorn wrote: »
    They are coming across as saying Loughrea as a whole is a safe place.

    I'm saying nowhere is safe nowadays, you only have to read the Connaught Tribune the week after the court week to see that every major town in the county is'nt that safe, including Loughrea.

    Isnt calling somewhere safe a relative term?
    What would you call safe? Somewhere where there is never any crime or just somewhere with a very low risk of crime? (in which case I would include Loughrea in that category).
    Having lived in several cities and towns in the UK then places in Galway like Loughrea and Galway City itself all seem pretty safe to me in comparison to similar sized places in the UK


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    airhorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 116 ✭✭airhorn


    Webbs wrote: »
    Isnt calling somewhere safe a relative term?

    That depends i suppose, you can compare it to towns in the UK if you want, but compared to the other major towns in the actual county...its by no means any safer. So if Loughrea is considered a fairly safe place to live the rest of the towns ie Ballinasloe, Tuam etc is.

    Leave your windows, front, back & side doors all open from now on we're living in a relativley safe county.

    ps. leave your keys in the car too.


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    #38
    hoody
    Registered Users Posts: 698 ✭✭✭hoody


    airhorn wrote: »
    That depends i suppose, you can compare it to towns in the UK if you want, but compared to the other major towns in the actual county...its by no means any safer. So if Loughrea is considered a fairly safe place to live the rest of the towns ie Ballinasloe, Tuam etc is.

    Leave your windows, front, back & side doors all open from now on we're living in a relativley safe county.

    ps. leave your keys in the car too.

    Will do, thanks for the tip.


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    #39
    Webbs
    Registered Users Posts: 1,645 ✭✭✭Webbs


    airhorn wrote: »
    That depends i suppose, you can compare it to towns in the UK if you want, but compared to the other major towns in the actual county...its by no means any safer. So if Loughrea is considered a fairly safe place to live the rest of the towns ie Ballinasloe, Tuam etc is.

    Leave your windows, front, back & side doors all open from now on we're living in a relativley safe county.

    ps. leave your keys in the car too.

    Why the flippant answer?
    All I did was indicate that while you may perceive Loughrea as being an unsafe place to live, others may consider it a safe place to be.
    As I said, from the tone of your comments, a place is not safe for you unless there is zero crime, which is fine. For me a place is safe when I perceive a low risk of crime (such as Loughrea). Others will have differing ideas again.

    For example you mention the courts section in the Connacht tribune, the crimes generally mentioned in there wouldnt even make it to local papers in many areas in the UK ( I dont know enough about other areas of Ireland to comment).
    To me they dont even register as a risk, just part of modern life and the fact that there are so few burglaries etc makes me feel safe, but saying that, I would not leave doors etc open as there is no point in increasing the odds of a random event happening, same reason I put a seatbelt on in the car.

    So again it is all down to perceived risk of crime over real risk and how people react to that. We will all have differing levels of acceptance in this matter.


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    #40
    tuamboy15
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭tuamboy15


    airhorn wrote: »
    That depends i suppose, you can compare it to towns in the UK if you want, but compared to the other major towns in the actual county...its by no means any safer. So if Loughrea is considered a fairly safe place to live the rest of the towns ie Ballinasloe, Tuam etc is.

    Leave your windows, front, back & side doors all open from now on we're living in a relativley safe county.

    ps. leave your keys in the car too.

    You can live in a hole as well if you want?
    No bother with having to constantly lock doors and **** and you never know it might be an upgrade from your current accommodation


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    #41
    mrcomputerhead
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭mrcomputerhead


    I just spoke with a garda today and there was 12 burglaries in loughrea in August.


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    #42
    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    Please don't dig up two year old threads.


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