Canberra, Australia's scum capital.

Drew9 said :

Quote : And I was only a minute from the notorious Video Ezy

So why is the Video Ezy in Ngunnawal notorious? Just curious…

Yeah, it’s notorious all right. It got held up. A lot. At one stage there had been three holdups of increasing violence in the space of about 6 months or so. I’ve heard it has closed now, not surprisingly.

matt31221 said :

Someone like Capt.RAAF will come out of his house holding a 22 cal where the thief is braking into the bathroom window and shoot the thief in the buttocks.

22 Cal are for ladieboys and old people, Captain RAAF’s calibre of choice is .300 Winchester Magnum.

Get that up ya while crawling through my bathroom window and they’ll be washing you off the walls with a garden hose!

FedUpWithBogans said :

Gospeedygo – do you have any VALID comments at all? What do you think I should have done exactly? Are you saying that I shouldn’t have parked my car on the street outside my home – is that asking for trouble in your opinion? Well isn’t that what this whole stream is about? THINK about it if you can!

Maybe you shouldn’t think that you are the centre of attention. I never quoted you or even referred to your post at all. Also given your post was 15 minutes before mine, chances are I never saw it in the first place. Tool.

#28 you are exactly right – race does not matter! I was just preempting the usual race-related comments whereby all social problems in Australia are cause by migrants/refugees/aboriginals.
cegee : are you capable of writing a comment that makes sense at all? You seem to be having trouble with even a simple four word statement!

so… piss off, then?

FedUpWithBogans said :

No – none of them are aboriginal, but yes – it is a Government house.

Not sure why they would be Aboriginal, or why their race is relevant at all. No one group of people has a monopoly on antisocial behaviour, that’s for sure.

To the OP, that does sound like tremendous bad luck. I’ve lived here for about 7 years and have never been robbed, attacked or otherwise threatened. Hope things improve wherever you go next.

Just because you have not had problems does not mean they do not exist! OBVIOUSLY
Gospeedygo – do you have any VALID comments at all? What do you think I should have done exactly? Are you saying that I shouldn’t have parked my car on the street outside my home – is that asking for trouble in your opinion? Well isn’t that what this whole stream is about? THINK about it if you can!

gospeedygo said :

Y’know…. maybe you’re like the guy who parked his bike on the street in Braddon overnight. That is, there are obvious things you could have done to make sure you were less of a target but bitch and moan anyway.

Why should anyone have to do anything to make themselves less of a target. Yet another case of blaming the victim. Having said that, though, a prudent person would make some effort to reduce the risk.

Quote : And I was only a minute from the notorious Video Ezy

So why is the Video Ezy in Ngunnawal notorious? Just curious…

“If nothing is done to catch these thieves then whats to stop them from continuing on with their bad behaviour?”

Someone like Capt.RAAF will come out of his house holding a 22 cal where the thief is braking into the bathroom window and shoot the thief in the buttocks.

This has REALLY happened as there was a special report on TV about it. This thief came clean and was confessing to robbing hundreds of houses over the course of a year when an owner came out and shot him in the arse! The thief swore that he’d never rob another house again after laying on the concrete in pain. It’s only a matter of time!

Yeah, I’ve got teenage no-hoper over the back fence. Music at all hours, mum seems unable to control him. Police came a few weeks ago to take him away for what seemed like some kind of assault on his mum. I met him on Sunday at 3am in a short conversation about his listening habits, but was unwilling to assault him at the time, despite an almost overwhelming urge. He didn’t take any notice of my plea for silence. Of course my neighbours told me this had been going on for years, they’ve been egged, had their letterbox destroyed a few times, urine and excrement on their property courtesy of the lad, constant verbal abuse etc. No matter where you go, there will always be scum. I’ve been lucky enough to never have encountered this kind of stuff before.

A variation on the question others have asked – Did you only stay in the one suburb?

Personally, I’ve been in Canberra for 9 years now – a year in Waramanga, six months in Ngunnawal, two years in Flynn, a handful of months between Narrabundah and Latham, two years in Florey before buying in Amarro.

In only one of those suburbs did my wife have her car broken into twice, my car three times, before eventually we sold one car, just before having the other stolen and written off – prize of pride to the one who guesses which first.

The police response was more centered around providing a case file number to provide to our insurance company, and frankly, I don’t expect them to ever contact me and say “yeah, we caught the kids who did it”. Its petty crime, and only really meaningful to me – in the scheme of things, worse things could happen.

I’d also be interested to know where you were! I lived in Ngunnawal for two years and didn’t have a problem. And I was only a minute from the notorious Video Ezy.

I’ve just heard from my daughter, who has returned home from college, that her new laptop has arrived.. Over $1000 of laptop was on our doorstep for half a day.

I’ve lived here for nigh on ten years, having lived in three other counties, and this is my second capital to live in. If you think Canberra is in anyway bad, then you have a shock coming to you when you relocate.

Y’know…. maybe you’re like the guy who parked his bike on the street in Braddon overnight. That is, there are obvious things you could have done to make sure you were less of a target but bitch and moan anyway.

FedUpWithBogans said :

One eventually destroyed one of our cameras (that is how stupid they are), so we were able to get him arrested, for what it’s worth. .

Video please?

So sorry to hear all that trouble. I’ve had similar problems in the inner north – moved from McKellar where we never had any incidents. Since being in our new place (3 yrs) we’ve had to install a roller door on our carport, and a security alarm and cameras around the house just so that the neighbourhood hoons will leave us alone. They wrecked our second car, which had been parked on the street, within two weeks of moving in. They kicked in our new colourbond fence multiple times, painted obscenities on our fence, thrown stuff at us, etc. One eventually destroyed one of our cameras (that is how stupid they are), so we were able to get him arrested, for what it’s worth. We have had three restraining orders against our neighbour’s son – these started when he was 15 years old – he hasn’t ever been to school since we’ve been there – spending his time with mates in the backyard drinking and taking drugs all day. No – none of them are aboriginal, but yes – it is a Government house. Real low-life. Unfortunately, I believe Canberra has one of the highest densities of public housing of any Aust city. I have nothing against public housing EXCEPT that people like this, who are known to be in constant trouble with the community and the police, should have to justify why they should be allowed to stay. I have always been too scared to approach the Housing Dept to get them evicted – I believe that would be putting our lives at risk. I am REALLY grateful now that this hoon has left home, and I hope he does not live near you.
as a PS – I have friends in various other suburbs with similar horror stories.

Scum capital? Move to Sydney, you’ll be much safer there.

That sounds like a very rough time.

I have always found Canberra safe and family friendly.

It may just be the suburb you are living in.

Not a fan of my kids playing in Mcdonalds playgrounds for a number of reasons.

Hope it gets better where ever you go.

Sorry you’ve had such a bad experience.

I’ve been living here 20 years and have never had house or car broken into (touch wood).

My neighbours come tell us if we’ve left our car lights on, or if the burgular alarm has gone off during the day, have babysat the kids, sat with our distraught dog during a thunderstorm and brought over home-grown vegetables from their garden.

At least in 5 weeks time, we won’t be the whiners capital anymore.

What suburb did you live in?

Ngunnawal?

I’ve lived in Canberra for 22 years and have been broken into once. We had nothing overly valuable stolen, only a few video games, CDs and sunglasses. Sorry to hear about your bad luck.

As others have asked, which suburb is this? There are a few suburbs around town that have a bad name for themselves, much like any other large city.

Okay, I’ve lived in Canberra for over 45 years.

None of the above has happened.

Hope you have a better time in whichever utopian paradise you’re moving to. My tip: avoid Paramatta, my friend’s car was broken into three times in nine months of living there, making it almost three times as scummy as canberra.

“If nothing is done to catch these thieves then whats to stop them from continuing on with their bad behaviour?”

I think you’d be more pissed off if you see what doesn’t happen to scumbags when they are caught.

Sorry you had all that happen btw. What suburb?

Where did you come from and where will you go?

Troll

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Thats some seriously bad luck you’ve had there.

Post here in 12 months and tell us how things turned out.

trying to pick the neighbourhood from the description. If it was just robberies I’d say Belco, but the other stuff…

What suburb did you live in?

Sorry about your experiences. Charnwood by chance?