Trevor Dailey's Weblog

Why does anyone want to live in downtown London? I live downtown, and I dislike it. I dislike the noise (sirens, student drunks, loud cars, loud motorcycles in the warmer months, etc), the lack of a grocery store or a gasoline station, the mentally ill and or the chemically addicted (drug users).

I've been asked many times for money by 'bums'. I have had many encounters with 'crazy' and 'high' people. My property has been damaged two or three times. I have seen a couple of fist fights. I have seen one or two drug deals. I have seen the police detaining and or questioning suspicious people many times. I have seen police arresting people, once at gun point. I have called 911 (police) twice, the only times I have ever called 911. I don't bother anymore. All this and more happens downtown. 

This afternoon I happened to look out of my apartment window to see three high school kids on the above level parking area. They were near my car, so I watched them. The three sat down on the ground between my car and another car, and one started smoking from a drug pipe. I really don't care if adults do drugs, but these are kids, however, my biggest objection is the smoking up on private property and next to my car. Don't do your drugs near me or my property. Don't trespass on someone's property and do your drugs.

I grabed my camera and I started photographing them. I kept the camera lens, which is large with a zoom, purposely stuck out from my window so they would eventually see it. They do and they get up and leave in a nonchalant manner acting innocent. Getting them to leave (and not come back) was what I wanted. I wasn't attempting to get incriminating photographs, and I don't think really I did anyway, but I did get clear shots of all their faces. I have since created a slideshow combining the photos with music (The Dope Show, by Marilyn Manson, of course.) for my own personal amusement. 

However, I had no intention of calling the cops as the police should be responding to real crimes (Police Headquarters is 400 metres away from my apartment building and all this stuff still goes on). Besides, London Police Services (isn't it suposed to be a police force?) does not have enough police officers. ("Police have been notified, but have no one to attend." But we are getting a "Rapid Transit" system from the City! Idiots.) The landlord should have private security guards patrolling the property and responding to calls, in my opinion.

This is all just typical living downtown. It is not a place I like living. City politicans seem to enjoy meddling with downtown, and that makes it the place it is. 

© Trevor Dailey