You Know Your Neighborhood is Bad When.....

1) You call 911 because there is a 6 year old little boy walking down the street in the midle of winter with no coat on and it takes 3 calls and 45 mintues for the police to show up even after you tell them the boy appears to be autistic.

2) You wake up in the morning and someone has stolen your security system sign that was in the front yard.

3) Every night on the 10:00 news they are coming live from your neighborhood because of a robbery, shooting, or someone running a stolen car ring.

4) Someone steals your recycle bin

5) People put out couches, broken tables or fridges 6 weeks before the "big item" pick up.

6) You can tell it's trash day because there is trash all up and down the street from stray dogs and cats getting in them from the night before

7) You have to write your name on any decorations that go outside because you are sure someone will steal them.

8) People wait until July to mow their yard for the first time. And then they only mow it one more time before winter

9) When you get paid the first and foremost thing you pay is not your mortgage or your utilities, but it's the security system

10) You hear what appears to be fireworks, then realize it's February. This does not alarm you, you simply continue doing what you were doing.

All of these are true and have happended in the past six months at our house. It's sad cause our neighborhood used to be so nice. It's just been the past year or so that it has gone way downhill. Time to start those overdue house repairs and get the hell out. Anyone know any good realtors in the Kansas City area???