Originally Posted by Far-L

I lived in Venice and the nights I didn't hear shots were unusual.

Somebody set our fence on fire with a mattress and FD didn't show up for two hours, while I kept hosing it down but it kept flaming back up. You would be shocked how well a flame retardant mattress burns.

The VC13 were more polite and friendly to us than the cops, who regularly stopped us thinking we were in the hood to buy crack.