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On the topic of cars providing cover and whatnot: before the
overnight parking program was added, cars could still park at
night--just not in the absolute middle of the night. As someone who
often walks around the neighborhood after 11 pm, it was customary to
see streets full of parked cars at 11 pm or midnight--and as the
night got later, residents would come out and move the cars into
their driveways. It is only this shuffle that's changed.<br>
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Now, obviously I don't have reliable data on this, but vanishingly
few of the reported break-ins that have been posted to this mailing
list have occurred after 1 am. Instead, mid-day, afternoon, and 9-11
pm seem to be the more common times. These are all times during
which parking on the street has always been permitted. Indeed,
national statistics suggest that the most common time for home
break-ins is during daylight hours (especially in the summer).
Nighttime parking is surely not relevant to those crimes.<br>
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Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur<br>
<a href="mailto:mmlarthur@gmail.com">mmlarthur@gmail.com</a></div>
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