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Like I said the sexual assault rate in the US is abhorrent for a developed western country. You get no argument from me about that.

Let's at least start with actual facts.
Posted by tkc]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:10:06 -0800 The Stranger
Posted by Cienna Madrid]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:29:42 -0800 The Stranger
Dude, Fnarf, Fremont is a lot of places.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:43:39 -0800 The Stranger
@everybody As I Fremont resident I can tell you this: As much as I like any restaurant better than a Chase bank, Costas Opa was pretty terrIble.

Fremont needs a movie theatre, drugstore, another park and a playground for kids.

I don't mind the obnoxious drinkers which generally only start coming our at 10pm, but I do worry about them getting home safely and not hurting anyone else. I'm glad the #40 is now here, but we could use better nighttime service.


Posted by Fremont Troll]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:27:40 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Free Lunch]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:25:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Rotten666]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:56:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by cmuberti]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:45:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by UberAlles]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:06:35 -0800 The Stranger Posted by blip]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:02:46 -0800 The Stranger
A report by National Crime Victimization Survey, the per-capita rate of rape has declined from about 2.4 per 1000 people in 1980 to about 0.4 per 1000 people. A decline of nearly 85%. Though there are some questions about NCVS methodology - it's not wrong by more than a few percentage points.

The population of the US is around 314 - 320 million people. Just under half are male. If one in four adult men in the US were rapists - or quarter of ALL adult men - that would be over 30 million adult men in the US.

There are not 30 million rapists in the US.

The US shamefully has very high rates of sexual assault for a developed western nation, but sexual assault has been in steady decline for thirty years and trends indicate that the rate will continue to decline.
Posted by tkc]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:29:39 -0800 The Stranger
I love watching soccer at the George early in the morning, and I love shopping for records at Jive Time (or the annex in the basement antique mall), and I love walking through the Sunday market; but Fremont is otherwise boring to me now. All the cool stores have shut. Maybe I'm just not high-end enough, or fratty enough.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:20:46 -0800 The Stranger
[as a side note: I dressed up as a dude-bro for halloween last year; bro-face is the final frontier.]
Posted by carsten coolage]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:06:56 -0800 The Stranger
Hunger
Showa
Revel
Quoin
Agrodolce (new Maria Hines joint)
Roxy's Back Door
George & Dragon (OK, kind of awful on Fri/Sat)
Dubliner (ditto)
El Camino (ditto, but it's actually a pretty mixed crowd anytime)
Tzar (dumplings!)
PCC (best one in the city)
Chiso sushi
Flying Apron bakery
Silence Heart-Nest
Pie

Yeah there are a lot of frat bars around, but they're mostly empty except on the weekends. Friday and Saturday in Cap Hill is no picnic either...all sorts of assholes show up there, and lots of other places around town. Weekends are when the assholes emerge, like cicadas do every 17 years east of the Plains.

And before anybody accuses me of saying Fremont is on a par with Cap Hill, no, that's not what I'm saying. Cap Hill is way better. But that's not a fair comparison. Fremont is a freaky little bump of a neighborhood, while Cap Hill is way denser...it's practically an extension of downtown, and has been the center of hipsterism for decades.

As for these idiots you overheard, and I'm just playing Devil's Advocate here: Isn't it possible they were, you know, joking? Like the idea of having sex with a girl or a boy who is vomiting in the bushes being so ridiculous as to be comedic when put forth as an option? This is potentially just poorly executed sarcasm. Brodudes do a lot of poorly executed sarcasm.

But whatever. Y'all stay away and I'll keep enjoying the place.

Posted by schmacky]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:17:09 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by Alden]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:08:02 -0800 The Stranger
Is this not the case?! Where, then? Where are the yuppie babes??
Posted by seandr]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:03:11 -0800 The Stranger Posted by biffp]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:36:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by treacle]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:35:14 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:24:11 -0800 The Stranger Won't someone please think of the children?
Posted by TortoiseTurtle]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:07:31 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:01:40 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Hawke]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:37:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Ian Awesome]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:28:41 -0800 The Stranger Posted by gi]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:18:48 -0800 The Stranger
It's only going to get worse now that Costas Opa is gone, replaced by a Chase Bank -- which will never serve the same anchoring function of a restaurant. Banks aren't even open most of the time. If I lived in Fremont I'd be worried. This kind of activity will crush your neighborhood, and it will have trouble recovering even if the frat boys move on.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:17:38 -0800 The Stranger Posted by danindowntown]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:53:08 -0800 The Stranger