Has Spring, TX Always Been This Dangerous?

Fred19Flintstone · February 2018

Or only since @Spring Chicken & @Spring Hen moved away?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/19/texas-teen-accused-setting-her-dad-up-to-be-carjacked-at-gunpoint.html

BulletGrillHouse · February 2018

This story is not correct, she set up a friend, but I think Spirng Chicken got out at a good time.

Spring Hen · March 2018

Sorry, just saw your note. It used to be a wonderful place to live 29 years ago. Spring is about 30 miles north of Houston. We could drive by cows and longhorns on our way to the grocery store. Loved it then but when it got too scary to get out of our house we knew it was time to move. Crime was all around us. Now we don't hear gun shots (except for hunters) and no police sirens. It is so peaceful here and that is just what we needed. Thanks for asking about us. Life is good in Covington, Louisiana :-)

RRP · March 2018

Spring Hen said:

Sorry, just saw your note. It used to be a wonderful place to live 29 years ago. Spring is about 30 miles north of Houston. We could drive by cows and longhorns on our way to the grocery store. Loved it then but when it got too scary to get out of our house we knew it was time to move. Crime was all around us. Now we don't hear gun shots (except for hunters) and no police sirens. It is so peaceful here and that is just what we needed. Thanks for asking about us. Life is good in Covington, Louisiana :-)

Thanks for the explanation, Judy. Several times over the last 16 years I have heard questions about someone moving to the Houston area. I always replied that I know a guy in nearby Spring, TX who goes bear hunting or was that boar hunting with a switch instead of a gun or was that some other feral critter? He would merely wear a plastic coat made of black garage bags?

nolaegghead · March 2018

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Spring Chicken · March 2018

My Sweetie "Spring Hen" just told me about this thread. All I can say is that Spring was wonderful for the first 20 or so years. Then crime began to increase all around us. Then they were starting to invade our comfort zone.

Then it wasn't long before the criminals moved into our neighborhood.

Then one day we had to call the Police to report the theft of some tools from our garage. That's when we realized that it was time for us to leave.

It wasn't so much the tools (one item was actually worthless) but the fact that we knew they would be back. Fortunately, we had the ability to move away from there. Most of our neighbors didn't have that luxury. Many are fearful they will be next, and statistically speaking, they probably will be hit sooner or later. Some are downright frightened.

From what we heard while living there, and now read in the on-line neighborhood chat room, most of the crime started out involving prostitutes and young people. They continue to be a problem but now older, more experienced criminals are making things even worse.

Of course their activities have continued to increase in frequency and in intensity. At least one person was killed in the street just blocks from our house.

It's a shame that crime could get so bad that the only sensible way to protect ourselves and our property was to move. We talked about it for years but never took the next step. We hoped the Police could control it. They can't control it, as evidenced by the increasing frequency and intensity of criminal acts.

So here we are in Covington Louisiana where we not only feel safe, we feel comfortable for the first time in years.

As Paul Harvey used to say, "Now you know the rest of the story."

Poulet de "Color Us Gone" Printemps
formerly Spring "Fill In The Blank" Chicken
Covington Louisiana USA

RRP · March 2018

Spring Chicken said:

My Sweetie "Spring Hen" just told me about this thread. All I can say is that Spring was wonderful for the first 20 or so years. Then crime began to increase all around us. Then they were starting to invade our comfort zone.

Then it wasn't long before the criminals moved into our neighborhood.

Then one day we had to call the Police to report the theft of some tools from our garage. That's when we realized that it was time for us to leave.

It wasn't so much the tools (one item was actually worthless) but the fact that we knew they would be back. Fortunately, we had the ability to move away from there. Most of our neighbors didn't have that luxury. Many are fearful they will be next, and statistically speaking, they probably will be hit sooner or later. Some are downright frightened.

From what we heard while living there, and now read in the on-line neighborhood chat room, most of the crime started out involving prostitutes and young people. They continue to be a problem but now older, more experienced criminals are making things even worse.

Of course their activities have continued to increase in frequency and in intensity. At least one person was killed in the street just blocks from our house.

It's a shame that crime could get so bad that the only sensible way to protect ourselves and our property was to move. We talked about it for years but never took the next step. We hoped the Police could control it. They can't control it, as evidenced by the increasing frequency and intensity of criminal acts.

So here we are in Covington Louisiana where we not only feel safe, we feel comfortable for the first time in years.

As Paul Harvey used to say, "Now you know the rest of the story."

Poulet de "Color Us Gone" Printemps
formerly Spring "Fill In The Blank" Chicken
Covington Louisiana USA

Thanks for your explanation. We too left a nice home in Poria as crime kept inching toward us, That was some 38 years ago. I will NEVER agree that our move was a matter of white flight..but a matter that we were soon (at that time) turning 40
in a few more years and wanted to sink our final roots!