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> This whole camera craze is built on a bunch of hot air. Ditch the cameras and stop living in fear.

Living in the inner city where property crime is rampant might make you change your mind. A dashcam was the star of a legal case I was in, and our outdoor cameras have caught multiple yard prowlers. Police don't do anything about it, of course, but at least I can notify my neighbors with actual evidence.

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Dash cams are a totally different case as auto insurance companies can take action on the footage.

but saying it’s worth having cameras just so your neighbors believe you isn’t really justifying them. If anything, you further proved how pointless and ineffectual they are. I’d rather save that money.

It might sound a little 'out there', but I can recommend keeping a couple of geese (if you have space in the city). They go absolutely nuts and honk like a car alarm if strangers come around.

Geese (and roosters) are specifically illegal to keep in my city, precisely because they're so noisy.

That would be far from the most ridiculous thing that happens in my neighborhood of Seattle. Although I am not sure that geese can be "kept" from my experiences with them both out here and in the Midwest...

A dog can do this.

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