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I have noticed an uptick in criminal behavior in my own neighborhood here in El Paso. The population density in my area has increased over the last 8 years with the construction of many new apartment buildings. Traffic is getting worse and the loud music and fast or blinged out cars speeding through my residential neighborhood have gotten worse. I live in the NE and can't move away anytime time soon. There is Ghetto creep here. Today, I saw a shirtless man walking his pit bull with his butt exposed because his shorts were hanging off of his thighs. This is not an illegal activity (since his undergarment was still covering his skin) , but it is behavior that it is indicative to thug culture. I hate pulling up to a stoplight and getting the evil eyes from a car full of thugs in the lane next to me while I try and explain to my kids in the van with me that the expletives blaring from their music are not to be repeated as they glamorize it with loud bass that happens to be attractive to children who just want to dance and enjoy the rhythm. Talk about mixed messages....One has to wonder what four working age adult males are doing at 2:30 in the afternoon, riding around without shirts and playing obnoxious music. I could rant for days on this, but I won't.