Plimthing Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I have deleted 3 responses to your comments JohnC. I'm not going to reply as I may be removed from this forum. Happy Christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I have deleted 3 responses to your comments JohnC. I'm not going to reply as I may be removed from this forum.Happy Christmas Whose responses have you deleted and why, aren't we allowed free speech and can't you respond in a courteous manner without being offensive? I have looked back at my posts and can't fathom out why anyone would be offended or to respond in an offensive manner, please explain mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I've never heard of ten year olds breaking into cars here in Perth, I never said it wasn't happening, there is a lot of money in Perth and many people with disposable incomes and inevitably you get drugs and crime, but I don't put it on a level with the UK where the police lost control a very long time ago. I am a fairly recent immigrant to Perth and left a UK that is riddled with drugs and crime, Glasgow boasts one of the highest crime rates and violent attacks on young people in the world, we hear regular reports of teenagers stabbing one another to death because they come from different areas, several kids will spend xmas in hospital due to our alcohol and drugs culture which is and has been common place for many years, the police don't control the streets in the UK they limit the crime committed on them. Every major city on the planet is awash with drugs and the resultant crime, but I simply don't see the level here in Perth being comparable with the other major cities I have lived and worked in, I don't read the newspapers and find the news reporting here like channel 9 sensationalist, its car crash tv which I simply switch off, I get all the news I need online and without the "we're all gonna die" screaming from the reporters. In short moving from here back to the west midlands is jumping from a wee frying pan into a big huge burning hot fire. PS Merry Christmas to you and all yours. So you're comparing the crime of around 2million in WA to around 63 million in the in the UK!!??, indeed you will find a difference. I wish i could find what somebody posted on Poms in perth on Facebook showing the crime levels per capita head on a par or even higher than WA (sorry i forgot). If you watched or listened to the news more you would maybe see about the young kids. Thanks for your seasonal greetings, same to you and yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 In the UK I used to enjoy the Sunday papers, I'd watch the C4 news in the evening and listen to local radio. I no longer do any of those things. News is fed to my devices from a number of sources and the vast majority of news is international and tends to be the major stories kind of stuff. I also take note of far more business news now, mainly because I now work for myself.The local news I engage with tends to be the stuff I'm interested in or affects my business - arts/creative stuff. This is significant because I'm simply not aware of a lot of the issues that others have raised in this thread. I've also not been a direct victim of any such incidents and therefore, from my point of view, my life is safe, positive and pleasurable. I don't doubt that there are bad people doing bad things out there but it's outside my sphere of control and doesn't ping my radar. I may be blissfully ignorant but where's the harm in that? I'm happy, positive, confident and hope I project that onto others, particularly my children. Of course we all have different views, everyone's perspective is valid and hopefully this forum provides balance and allows the reader to gain an understanding that Perth is indeed like anywhere else; not utopian, not a warzone, just another town with a heap of problems. and sunshine, let's not forget that [emoji2] Not sure I could be that insular Porty but fair play to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I have deleted 3 responses to your comments JohnC. I'm not going to reply as I may be removed from this forum.Happy Christmas They live in a bubble mate. Anyone wants to know anything just PM them, I'm sure the pm's are flying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plimthing Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I have deleted 3 of my own responses. hence I sent you a pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Me or your mate ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plimthing Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 my new best mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 So you're comparing the crime of around 2million in WA to around 63 million in the in the UK!!??, indeed you will find a difference. I wish i could find what somebody posted on Poms in perth on Facebook showing the crime levels per capita head on a par or even higher than WA (sorry i forgot). If you watched or listened to the news more you would maybe see about the young kids. Thanks for your seasonal greetings, same to you and yours. Hi mate, I was comparing it to the UK in response to Plimthing who had already raised the issue by saying he lives in fear of his house being broken into here, but not the UK. Do you honestly believe the cities of the UK to be safer than Perth? My wife watches the news programs everyday, so in that respect I do see all the bad things that are going on around me, however I don't trust many media outlets, I have witnessed how they can spin things to look the way they want, I want to see and hear facts when I watch a news program, not the channels owners opinion or which political party they lean towards. Given a choice would you prefer to walk through Perth's city center at midnight or Glasgow's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plimthing Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 like I said in my PM John, please look at the crime rates of the area in the west midlands I'm from before comparing them to Perth, Glasgow or any where else then you would understand why I feel safer there than I do here. We do not all come from Glasgow and the crime figures it boasts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 What threads like this show is that you can never do too much research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Hi mate, I was comparing it to the UK in response to Plimthing who had already raised the issue by saying he lives in fear of his house being broken into here, but not the UK. Do you honestly believe the cities of the UK to be safer than Perth? My wife watches the news programs everyday, so in that respect I do see all the bad things that are going on around me, however I don't trust many media outlets, I have witnessed how they can spin things to look the way they want, I want to see and hear facts when I watch a news program, not the channels owners opinion or which political party they lean towards. Given a choice would you prefer to walk through Perth's city center at midnight or Glasgow's? To be honest I don't really compare city to city but more the suburbs 25-40 mins from a city as all cities and inner city suburbs have issues, I find doing that you tend to get a good indication of an area. I've said on previous posts a while back that nice suburbs I've lived in previously back in England had low crime rates and I still look at that website, it's one where you can put postcode in. In a month there are usually 1 burglary, sometimes none and then some sort of domestic, compare that to the suburbs here where it usually shows a handful of burglaries a week i find amazing. This is even with all the security cameras, security screens, feral dogs which are used just for protection and security shutters which people find necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I have deleted 3 of my own responses. hence I sent you a pm Just read your PM mate, don't know why you have to go PM. Firstly I didn't "bash" where your from, I simply stated the West Midlands has its problems like everywhere else, and Glasgow is exactly the same as every other city in the UK, I have experience of living in various cities and although the accents may be different I assure you the criminals are just as nasty. The crime rates for where you live in the UK are very similar to that of areas of size here in WA, the stats show the chances of you being burgled in your home town is on a par than with in a small similar suburb here in Perth, the same would be said for drug offences, vehicle crimes and crimes involving violence, the biggest crime rate in your home town seems to be anti social behaviour so it seems the kids are way out of control back home to, possibly even more so than here in Perth if we consider the numbers. The UK crime stats show your town to be a relatively safe place to live, however towns which are very close to it are not as safe, and that's before we even venture a few miles further afield into Birmingham and its surrounding towns, which just like Glasgow boasts crime stats that make you want to cry and make Perth look very quiet. I have never been to your home town and I am sure it is very nice, I did work not to far from it and was even witness to an assault in my hotel on Hagley road, I also had my car broken into near the Bullring and was verbally assaulted whilst watching Birmingham play Villa, probably my own fault for going to watch such turgid boring football. I don't know how long you have been away from the UK, but its unrecognizable from the place I grew up in. Good luck with your return and I wish you the very best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plimthing Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Thank you for posting those stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Thank you for posting those stats. Simple google search, you should have tried it before posting your views. http://www.ukcrimestats.com/Neighbourhood/West_Midlands_Police/Hayley_Green_and_Cradley_South I used my own area here as a comparison. https://www.police.wa.gov.au/Crime/Statistics?locality=Kinross&startYear=2015&startMonth=1&endYear=2015&endMonth=12 Kinross would seem to be safer, but then I am not living in fear having lived in the wasteland that is Glasgow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plimthing Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I did, but didn't feel the need to post in open forum, hence the pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I did, but didn't feel the need to post in open forum, hence the pm But the stats show Perth's suburbs to be safer than the UK, including your home town. Can I ask how long you have lived in WA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plimthing Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 2 1/2 years in WA, was in UK last Christmas for a month. I feel my house is safer in my suburb in UK than it is here in Secret Harbour, primarily because in all my time there, I can only recall one person being broken into, yet here where I live in WA it is being talked about on a regular basis on residents pages of social media. The residents of the WA suburb I live in are crying out for local police station to combat the current crime wave, but instead we will get a macdonalds and an Aldi. If you wish you could apply to join one of the Secret Harbour residents Facebook groups and keep a track of it yourself. Im sorry my personal opinion is so much different to everyone's , including it seems the WA and West Midlands police, but it is my opinion and whilst Glaswegians may 'boast' about its crime figures, we Black Country Folk tend to keep them to ourselves. One valid point you do make, is the fact that watching west midlands football is a very dismal affair. Now I've already missed 'Sister Act' on TV i'm going to watch 'Sister Act 2' in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 You're actually watching that rubbish mate!? You really are an Everton fan. [emoji3] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plimthing Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 im really not watching sister act lol im watching man u lose to stoke hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Goodnight Van Gaal I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Excellent stuff, just looked 2-0, he'll be out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plimthing Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 yeah definitely, fergie will be laughing is butt off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arwen Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 yeah definitely, fergie will be laughing is butt off So will David Moyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest6235 Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 I won't laugh too much as Leicester will do us later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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