So Karla and Finley had a close call today…

[89th]

Seemed like a great lady too. Grandmother, taking care of her own mother, works at a nursing home…

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/grandmother-killed-during-carjacking-in-northern-virginia/3678241/

[Copper]

@LuFins-Dad said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

Oh, he’s plenty documented…

Herndon has had an undocumented population for a long time.

They took over the Alabama Drive area which was a quiet residential area that became a known hangout for drug dealers. They really trashed the area back around 1990. I think that it has been somewhat rehabilitated since then.

Then the apartments near the end of Sunrise Valley DR. became known as a place where drug-dealing gangs lived.

[bachophile]

This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

[Friday]

@LuFins-Dad said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

@Mik said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

Lord. Glad they are both ok. How about the woman who was carjacked?

She didn’t make it.

Oh no. That's terrible.

[jon-nyc]

@bachophile said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

I’ve never given it remote thought in the US, including when driving through Harlem and the Bronx.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

I’ve never given it remote thought in the US, including when driving through Harlem and the Bronx.

Have you done that lately? Quite common in Chicago, in all neighborhoods.

ETA - there is a downward trend, however.

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

@bachophile said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

This brings me back to 89th questions about safety. When we were driving I always was tuned in to who was around us and aware of the possibility of carjackings. Here? Never have given it a remote thought.

I’ve never given it remote thought in the US, including when driving through Harlem and the Bronx.

The Corolla didn’t meet their standards.

[George K]

@Mik said in So Karla and Finley had a close call today…:

The Corolla didn’t meet their standards.

In Chicago, the most-hijacked car is a Camry.

[LuFins Dad]

This was a Kia…

[Mik]

Man, you two can kill a good joke.

[bachophile]

It was a Malibu