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โSep-24-2018 11:22 AM
Heymon wrote:Maybe surveillance cameras if such a thing exists for camping? I bummed that I even have to worry about this, but maybe someone has some helpful insight.
Thanks,
Andre
โSep-24-2018 10:42 AM
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โSep-22-2018 06:00 PM
westernrvparkowner wrote:
I pass through Victorville a couple of times every year. I don't feel comfortable stopping to fill up for gas. I never expect a campsite to be an Oasis that doesn't in any way reflect the neighborhood. If there are a lot of homeless, transients and crime in the area, there is going to be homeless, transients and crime in the park. My go to tipoff is are the windows in the area secured with iron bars? Tipoff number two is there gang graffiti everywhere?
If the answer to either question is "yes", the chances I will be camping in the area is nil.
Victorville warrants a strong "YES" on both questions.
โSep-22-2018 05:46 PM
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โSep-20-2018 10:07 AM
Heymon wrote:
Exactly how am I "avoiding the problem"? Avoiding the problem is giving up on camping. I'm addressing the problem by taking certain precautions. I guess there's a chance that one of these creeps assaults me. There's that same chance wherever you go. Ask the guy who went tent camping with his 2 young daughters in the hills above Malibu and was shot and killed. Malibu. So if you want to curl up into a little ball and camp somewhere where there is no one around and nothing to do, have at it. I happen to enjoy the areas I camp in. However, there is some degradation at one of the campgrounds now. I choose to continue using the campground and preventing the problem from affecting me. Had I done this last year, we would not be having this conversation because I would not have been aware of the problem. But since I know what the deal is and what their m.o. is--petty theft--I am going to deter the people that would perpetrate this by giving them nothing to steal and attempting to dissuade them from even looking. That is a reasonable response to the "threat level" we are talking about here. Boondocking in the middle of a 100 square mile dry lake bed is not.
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