Ten things that tell you that you live in a bad neighborhood...

10. The mailman wears riot gear
9. Your next door neighbor's dog is bigger than your car
8. The kids play road hockey with your cat.
7. You find you can't get to sleep at night without hearing a siren first.
6. Prostitutes ask for a date... While you pull out of your driveway.
5. Every year the neighborhood watch hosts a fire hydrant eating contest.
4. Looting is the neighborhood sport.
3. Gunshots are more common than song birds.
2. The guy down the road flushes his toilet and the shower comes on.
1. You've had your wallet stolen by the paperboy more than ten times.

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