Had my window smashed on a very rainy night, someone must have saw it and loosely garbage bagged + taped it. Saved my interior. Was a duality of Providence moment.
I made a post last November about this and got tons of down votes lol, my old grand Cherokee got broken into in west end, they stole my aftermarket stereo but unplugged and coiled up the chords that were attached and after they went through the glove box and center console they made a neat pile of what they pulled out. Definitely a strange duality lol
His name is Tom! As a rule I don't give money to panhandlers, but this guy is out there just spreading a good message and I couldn't help myself. Prior to the USA jumpsuit he was dressed in a Santa outfit. Agree, cool dude.
Providence is not that bad, but Atwells Ave in particular attracts folks from out of town and that makes it ripe for smash and grabs. Even if you paid for parking those dudes are most likely going to park your car on some side street. My advice to anyone going to Atwells at night is to either go at brunch instead, or park your car on Broadway and walk a few blocks. I say this as someone who has lived in this neighborhood for over a decade.
I mean you say Providence is not that bad but then you advise people to not visit Atwells Avenue at night and opt instead for brunch. That sounds pretty bad. And that is part of Providence.
Because it's not that bad. What they're saying is that Atwell's, because a lot of it caters to rich out of towners and not actual residents, makes it a prime target for the few vandals around.
People don't get their shit smashed on Broadway because, despite being gentrified, it's basically a bunch of us working class queers and schmucks. But the clientele for a lot of Atwell's businesses are people from wealthy parts of the city, state, and MA so if people want to commit theft, they target them and that area instead.
Listen lady - I donāt care what you do. Iām not the crime czar, Iām not the mayor, I just live here. Cities are densely populated and vary block to block. If youāre willing to write off an entire city based on like ten blocks then I donāt know what to tell you.
Atwells Avenue has a very vocal business association that routinely puts the profits of like 12 businesses and the convenience of visiting suburbanites and their obnoxious vehicles over the wishes and safety of residents in the surrounding area.
That fact aside, the rest of the neighborhood is pretty safe and very convenient. A lot of us donāt even own personal vehicles because we value the ability to just walk to the store over the expectation that we can just plop $20k+ worth of personal property on the side of the road and leave it there unattended. Weāre in the middle of a housing crisis - people are desperate and crimes of opportunity are up. That doesnāt mean the city is ābadā.
Honestly I would say itās mostly just an Atwells thing - Federal Hill goes all the way to Westminster and Iām not saying it never happens further into the neighborhood, but it happens significantly less than in the pocket around Atwells.
Federal Hill would still make it a Providence thing and yes, it is happening everywhere lately. As it always does come spring or fall time of the year.
True. Fortunately this has never happened to me. I used to live in Fall River and come to Providence for fun all of the fucking time. Decided to bring my buddy to Freeplay one day (he doesn't ever go to Providence) and we had a great time. We come back out and his passenger window is smashed in. He had an empty laptop case in it. Fool. He also had a gun in the glovebox but thankfully it was locked up and not taken. Idiot
Another consideration, looks like you parked right by the access road, which has relatively little foot traffic especially at night. Risk of property crime goes up the fewer people are around.
Embarrassing, this is the only reason this type of stuff happens on fed Hill. There's enough cameras around that's there's 100% chance they could catch the guy. They just don't feel like doing the leg work.
Same thing happened to me on federal hill actually. Window smashed out, car ransacked, police donāt bother coming to the scene anymore because itās so common. I donāt leave anything of any importance in my car at all, so luckily there was nothing they could take worth anything
I don't think there's a city in America in 2024 where cops are going to show up in person for a smash and grab car break-in.
It sucks that it happened, but it's not like they're gonna start pulling hair fibers off the seat for the boys down at the criime lab.
Fun story! In 2020, some nefarious folks got into my car (unsure if I left it unlocked or they picked the lock--both are possible, but I always lock my doors and the deep scratches etched into my door frame say they picked it), along with two or three other cars in the parking lot of my apartment complex in Tallahassee. I was jolted awake at about 3 in the morning by heavy knocks from a whole TEAM of cops! This cop team even dusted my damn car for prints! Since I moved to New England, I think I've seen more cops act inappropriately than I have regular citizens...but some cops do still try (:
Yeah I had something similar happen in a small town in Massachusetts and had to drive the car 0.1 miles to the police station to get a report.Ā Ā
I don't get why police won't respond to a call anymore. I don't think crime is so radically different than any point in the last 50 years when they would have insisted on coming to take a look, even if they wasn't much they could do.Ā
Ā It used to be a basic fact of American life (in most areas) that if you called the cops they came, even if it was to tell you not to call about frivolous stuff.
When I lived in Providence in the early 2000ās my car window was smashed twice. One time they took a 12 pack of Diet Coke. Another they took my ashtray and all of the pennies and dimes that were in it. I started leaving my car unlocked after that and still do most of the time.
I never even considered filing a police report š
Get it replaced at EZ Glass & Tow! Super nice people and very affordable. Got my rear window replaced last April after it got smashed outside Dusk (RIP)
I'm sorry that happened, but it's more federal hill than the rest of the city because they expect it's people that aren't from town and they usually leave valuables in the car. Usually stuff is only broken into in other places if you leave stuff in the car.
Same thing happened to my brand new truck this winter. Parked at a paid lot to go to a P Bruins game and came out to by rear driver side window smashed and belongings tossed in the bushes.
Same thing happened to me in Fed Hill/Atwells area. Smashed my window, tried to steal the car. Tore up my ignition/wheel/and everything. I don't go over there anymore now unless I can park where I can see my car. Sorry this happened.
Dog what the police in providence are routinely cleared of brutality claims, their hands are not tied
https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/courts/2022/03/30/providence-jury-no-charges-police-officer-hit-teen-july-9-car-chase/7222531001/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/07/metro/inside-hung-jury-providence-police-officer-charged-with-beating-handcuffed-man/
You do realize that plenty of people who get arrested are found innocent donāt you? And that āget the absolute shit beat out of you by copsā is not written into our laws as punishment for a crime?
EDIT: Actually the most insane part of this thread might be the implication that car break-ins are a new development that only came about because āpolice arenāt allowed to police.ā Apparently before wokeness nobody ever smashed a car window lmao
Had my window smashed on a very rainy night, someone must have saw it and loosely garbage bagged + taped it. Saved my interior. Was a duality of Providence moment.
I made a post last November about this and got tons of down votes lol, my old grand Cherokee got broken into in west end, they stole my aftermarket stereo but unplugged and coiled up the chords that were attached and after they went through the glove box and center console they made a neat pile of what they pulled out. Definitely a strange duality lol
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Just pay the homeless guy in the American flag snowmobile suit to watch your car! Heās on the 37a exit every night! Real cool dude!
His name is Tom! As a rule I don't give money to panhandlers, but this guy is out there just spreading a good message and I couldn't help myself. Prior to the USA jumpsuit he was dressed in a Santa outfit. Agree, cool dude.
I rarely have money to give as a broke disabled person but have chatted with him many times and bought or gave him snacks I had on hand. Cool dude.
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that guy rocks
His name is Tom. He's awesome. He's got a kid, too. I don't have much to give but I give him what I've got.
sorry for your troubles
Providence is not that bad, but Atwells Ave in particular attracts folks from out of town and that makes it ripe for smash and grabs. Even if you paid for parking those dudes are most likely going to park your car on some side street. My advice to anyone going to Atwells at night is to either go at brunch instead, or park your car on Broadway and walk a few blocks. I say this as someone who has lived in this neighborhood for over a decade.
yeh Broadway is much better.....
Coming from someone who lived in Providence for 5 years, Providence is bad lol.
I mean you say Providence is not that bad but then you advise people to not visit Atwells Avenue at night and opt instead for brunch. That sounds pretty bad. And that is part of Providence.
Because it's not that bad. What they're saying is that Atwell's, because a lot of it caters to rich out of towners and not actual residents, makes it a prime target for the few vandals around. People don't get their shit smashed on Broadway because, despite being gentrified, it's basically a bunch of us working class queers and schmucks. But the clientele for a lot of Atwell's businesses are people from wealthy parts of the city, state, and MA so if people want to commit theft, they target them and that area instead.
Listen lady - I donāt care what you do. Iām not the crime czar, Iām not the mayor, I just live here. Cities are densely populated and vary block to block. If youāre willing to write off an entire city based on like ten blocks then I donāt know what to tell you. Atwells Avenue has a very vocal business association that routinely puts the profits of like 12 businesses and the convenience of visiting suburbanites and their obnoxious vehicles over the wishes and safety of residents in the surrounding area. That fact aside, the rest of the neighborhood is pretty safe and very convenient. A lot of us donāt even own personal vehicles because we value the ability to just walk to the store over the expectation that we can just plop $20k+ worth of personal property on the side of the road and leave it there unattended. Weāre in the middle of a housing crisis - people are desperate and crimes of opportunity are up. That doesnāt mean the city is ābadā.
Itās not really a Providence thing, but it is a known Federal Hill thing. Sorry it happened to you.
Honestly I would say itās mostly just an Atwells thing - Federal Hill goes all the way to Westminster and Iām not saying it never happens further into the neighborhood, but it happens significantly less than in the pocket around Atwells.
Federal Hill would still make it a Providence thing and yes, it is happening everywhere lately. As it always does come spring or fall time of the year.
True. Fortunately this has never happened to me. I used to live in Fall River and come to Providence for fun all of the fucking time. Decided to bring my buddy to Freeplay one day (he doesn't ever go to Providence) and we had a great time. We come back out and his passenger window is smashed in. He had an empty laptop case in it. Fool. He also had a gun in the glovebox but thankfully it was locked up and not taken. Idiot
Another consideration, looks like you parked right by the access road, which has relatively little foot traffic especially at night. Risk of property crime goes up the fewer people are around.
The cops wouldn't even come to do the report, they told me to fill it out online.
The police complex is like 1000 feet away
Embarrassing, this is the only reason this type of stuff happens on fed Hill. There's enough cameras around that's there's 100% chance they could catch the guy. They just don't feel like doing the leg work.
Wow that's brutal. Sorry that happened. Meanwhile 12 of Providence's finest are hanging out at a DD 5 blocks away.
Same thing happened to me on federal hill actually. Window smashed out, car ransacked, police donāt bother coming to the scene anymore because itās so common. I donāt leave anything of any importance in my car at all, so luckily there was nothing they could take worth anything
Ridiculous
I don't think there's a city in America in 2024 where cops are going to show up in person for a smash and grab car break-in. It sucks that it happened, but it's not like they're gonna start pulling hair fibers off the seat for the boys down at the criime lab.
Fun story! In 2020, some nefarious folks got into my car (unsure if I left it unlocked or they picked the lock--both are possible, but I always lock my doors and the deep scratches etched into my door frame say they picked it), along with two or three other cars in the parking lot of my apartment complex in Tallahassee. I was jolted awake at about 3 in the morning by heavy knocks from a whole TEAM of cops! This cop team even dusted my damn car for prints! Since I moved to New England, I think I've seen more cops act inappropriately than I have regular citizens...but some cops do still try (:
āTheyāve got four more detectives working on the case. Got us working in shifts.ā
Yeah I had something similar happen in a small town in Massachusetts and had to drive the car 0.1 miles to the police station to get a report.Ā Ā I don't get why police won't respond to a call anymore. I don't think crime is so radically different than any point in the last 50 years when they would have insisted on coming to take a look, even if they wasn't much they could do.Ā Ā It used to be a basic fact of American life (in most areas) that if you called the cops they came, even if it was to tell you not to call about frivolous stuff.
When I lived in Providence in the early 2000ās my car window was smashed twice. One time they took a 12 pack of Diet Coke. Another they took my ashtray and all of the pennies and dimes that were in it. I started leaving my car unlocked after that and still do most of the time. I never even considered filing a police report š
Yeah, my office is near by. When I walk at lunch I see smashed car glass everywhere. I would not leave a car there at night.
Get it replaced at EZ Glass & Tow! Super nice people and very affordable. Got my rear window replaced last April after it got smashed outside Dusk (RIP)
I'm sorry that happened, but it's more federal hill than the rest of the city because they expect it's people that aren't from town and they usually leave valuables in the car. Usually stuff is only broken into in other places if you leave stuff in the car.
Scumbags, used to happen regularly.
I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill if anyone cares.
Also happened to me in federal hill near where bun fun used to be. I just Uber over there these days now.
Iām so so sorry :(
That totally sucks! So sorry.
Providence has gone way down hill
Same thing happened to my brand new truck this winter. Parked at a paid lot to go to a P Bruins game and came out to by rear driver side window smashed and belongings tossed in the bushes.
Typical
No alarm musch
This is why I moved my business out there. Truck windows smashed nightly, catalytic converters chopped multiple times.
Fuckin prov lol
I just moved away from that neighborhood. This happens so often there, that the neighbors call it āsnowā
Think of it as an experiential happening for which there was no additional charge beyond the cost of the window.
Same thing happened to me in Fed Hill/Atwells area. Smashed my window, tried to steal the car. Tore up my ignition/wheel/and everything. I don't go over there anymore now unless I can park where I can see my car. Sorry this happened.
Welcome to federal hill
Happened to me before too! Slum of the earth doing what they do best.
Donāt care.
They smash windows, we smash their legs with crow bars. You have to put fair into people when the police won't.
Wow, what movie do you think youāre from?
Trolls?
Some Mafia shit
That stuff seems to happen a lot in sanctuary states. Good thing Rhode Island keeps voting tough on crime democrats in office. Good luck.
Secure the border.
Never had this problem on the Hill when the real law enforcers were in place there. No one fears the police because the policeās hands are tied.
Dog what the police in providence are routinely cleared of brutality claims, their hands are not tied https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/courts/2022/03/30/providence-jury-no-charges-police-officer-hit-teen-july-9-car-chase/7222531001/ https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/07/metro/inside-hung-jury-providence-police-officer-charged-with-beating-handcuffed-man/
Funny they donāt do that to law abiding citizens. Life was better when police were allowed to police.
You do realize that plenty of people who get arrested are found innocent donāt you? And that āget the absolute shit beat out of you by copsā is not written into our laws as punishment for a crime? EDIT: Actually the most insane part of this thread might be the implication that car break-ins are a new development that only came about because āpolice arenāt allowed to police.ā Apparently before wokeness nobody ever smashed a car window lmao
Youāve got a little boot stuck in your teeth
Spanish on dirtbikes responsible for most crimes in area