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this time, the shooting was at MY mall, and PCs boyfriend was there
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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 141418" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>when I was in my teens and 20s I lived in some very bad neighborhoods, and those things were commonplace in the apartments I lived in then. I was not in a city, - was out in burbs, but in the worst parts of the burbs. </p><p></p><p>When me and son go to RMH where he sees his eye surgeon at the Univ..it is a scary not good neighborhood. And where difficult child saw her psychiatrist for years, is next door to the old Cook County Hospital. Also not a great neighborhood, altho there are worse. When we go to RMH, they remind us OFTEN to be VERY careful transversing across the parking lot, and a few times, there were shootings right there....AT th time of one of my sons surgeries- we were at a different hospital in a different neighborhood (due to scheduling problems for eye doctor and OR) and that neighborhood had a whole bunch of 10 and 11 yr olds at that time get shot and killed....all within like 2 weeks or so....it was freaking me out becuz I was alone there with my son, hospital would not admit him, but also would not cler him to make the 5 hour trip home, either. And that was before I was on my better medications for my illness.so I was not walking great, and my 11 yr old son was not even coherant... it was REALLY scary. </p><p>I grew up around violence.....lots of extreme family violence.....but for some reason it bothers me more when it is this kind of stuff, like college shootings and mall shootings etc. </p><p>But the other things, too, are getting to me.....like the strip mall that blew up----it was a violent incident, but, a peson did not DO that.....altho, I have also been close to other similar explosions, too. As a teen, I lived in an apartment where it was several buildings VERY close together. My friends teased me, cuz one day the bldg next to ours blew up-------bad......and I was sleeping just a few feet from it and never even woke. </p><p>Later when I lived in the really bad apartment complex, it was a very large complex.....in 2 years 3 of the very large buildings burned down, 1 exploded and 2 had massive fires. I think the whole complex began with 30 bldgs? and each bldg had like 100 units in it? ALL very close together. </p><p></p><p>Now my neighbor across the street, a few weeks ago he got arrested for killing his baby....and last week he had his THIRD arson fire in his home.....(he was in custody dureing that last fire, tho) </p><p>BUT I no longer live in apartments, and I do not live in a rental area. I do not live in a commercial area. </p><p></p><p>Our HS is next door to our psychiatric hospital. A couple years ago, someone went into the Phsop and threw gas on the receptionist and lit her on fire. :-( Right next door to the HS. Dureing the school day. </p><p></p><p>I hold my breathe, our county courthouses and county jail, TB clinic and morgue etc are across 2 lane street from the middle school, elem school and early learning center. And our HS next door to psychiatric hospital. Brilliant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 141418, member: 1697"] when I was in my teens and 20s I lived in some very bad neighborhoods, and those things were commonplace in the apartments I lived in then. I was not in a city, - was out in burbs, but in the worst parts of the burbs. When me and son go to RMH where he sees his eye surgeon at the Univ..it is a scary not good neighborhood. And where difficult child saw her psychiatrist for years, is next door to the old Cook County Hospital. Also not a great neighborhood, altho there are worse. When we go to RMH, they remind us OFTEN to be VERY careful transversing across the parking lot, and a few times, there were shootings right there....AT th time of one of my sons surgeries- we were at a different hospital in a different neighborhood (due to scheduling problems for eye doctor and OR) and that neighborhood had a whole bunch of 10 and 11 yr olds at that time get shot and killed....all within like 2 weeks or so....it was freaking me out becuz I was alone there with my son, hospital would not admit him, but also would not cler him to make the 5 hour trip home, either. And that was before I was on my better medications for my illness.so I was not walking great, and my 11 yr old son was not even coherant... it was REALLY scary. I grew up around violence.....lots of extreme family violence.....but for some reason it bothers me more when it is this kind of stuff, like college shootings and mall shootings etc. But the other things, too, are getting to me.....like the strip mall that blew up----it was a violent incident, but, a peson did not DO that.....altho, I have also been close to other similar explosions, too. As a teen, I lived in an apartment where it was several buildings VERY close together. My friends teased me, cuz one day the bldg next to ours blew up-------bad......and I was sleeping just a few feet from it and never even woke. Later when I lived in the really bad apartment complex, it was a very large complex.....in 2 years 3 of the very large buildings burned down, 1 exploded and 2 had massive fires. I think the whole complex began with 30 bldgs? and each bldg had like 100 units in it? ALL very close together. Now my neighbor across the street, a few weeks ago he got arrested for killing his baby....and last week he had his THIRD arson fire in his home.....(he was in custody dureing that last fire, tho) BUT I no longer live in apartments, and I do not live in a rental area. I do not live in a commercial area. Our HS is next door to our psychiatric hospital. A couple years ago, someone went into the Phsop and threw gas on the receptionist and lit her on fire. :-( Right next door to the HS. Dureing the school day. I hold my breathe, our county courthouses and county jail, TB clinic and morgue etc are across 2 lane street from the middle school, elem school and early learning center. And our HS next door to psychiatric hospital. Brilliant. [/QUOTE]
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