front st in philly (and the surrounding area) used to be like that. i stopped going when they started bringing weapons. i stopped playing street football between rival neighborhoods when they started bringing weapons. IMO, bringing weapons proves you're and idiot and a coward. it used to be that we could solve differences with words. then people started using their fists, which, while stupid, rarely ends up with anyone seriously hurt.
they are auctioning the cars in LA. it just so happens that the do-gooder organization that won the car at auction, turned around and donated it back to the city for them to do with it as they wished. they crushed it. the city will not be grabbing up cars and crushing them - at least not yet. that type of legislation would bring out the worst in any resident, as who is to say they weren't racing? it's the cops word against the car owner. if you run up against a hard nosed cop and he decided to take the ultimate revenge against you, he'd say you were street racing and you'd lose your car. there is no way in hell they can put a law like that on the books.
read it very carefully. the laws are still the same way they've always been, but they are trying this twist to see the public's reaction. if they ever decided to pull some **** like that here, i would leave. no ifs, ands or butts
about it, i would be outta here in a heartbeat. i can't imagine them being able to get that kind of legislation passed - but if there was a way and they got it done i would have the final reason to leave this sorry state. i feel the same about california at this point. nice place to visit but i wouldn't want to live there.