Revealed: California neighborhood saw crime drop by 82% – after fed-up resident erected BUDDHA STATUE
The statue is located on a separation barrier in the Eastlake area of Oakland. It was placed there by resident Dan Stevenson in an effort to deter crime. READ MORE: Expert etiquette tips for handling awkward restaurant moments
A non-religious man, fed up with crime and vandalism in his neighborhood, managed to transform the neighborhood - with a store-bought Buddha statue.
Dan Stevenson and his wife Lu lived in the Eastlake area of Oakland for 40 years and learned to live with rampant crime, including muggings, muggings and drug dealing.
But Dan's capacity for tolerance expired when people started to use a traffic divider with a gap in the middle - visible from home about 500 feet away. far - like a "dump".
To deter criminals and litterers, the couple purchased a small Buddha statue from ACE Hardware and placed it fixed on a concrete slab. on the divider, located at the intersection of East 19th Street and 11th Avenue. The result? Some might say it's miraculous: crime has dropped.
Why a Buddha? Speaking about the effect of the statue, installed in 2009, on the Criminal podcast in 2015, Dan said: "Because it's neutral. I mean, if we threw Christ up there, it's controversial. But Buddha, no one seems to be that disturbed by a Buddha in general.'
A non-religious man, fed up with crime and vandalism in his neighborhood, managed to transform the neighborhood - with a store-bought Buddha statue.
Dan Stevenson and his wife Lu lived in the Eastlake area of Oakland for 40 years and learned to live with rampant crime, including muggings, muggings and drug dealing.
But Dan's capacity for tolerance expired when people started to use a traffic divider with a gap in the middle - visible from home about 500 feet away. far - like a "dump".
To deter criminals and litterers, the couple purchased a small Buddha statue from ACE Hardware and placed it fixed on a concrete slab. on the divider, located at the intersection of East 19th Street and 11th Avenue. The result? Some might say it's miraculous: crime has dropped.
Why a Buddha? Speaking about the effect of the statue, installed in 2009, on the Criminal podcast in 2015, Dan said: "Because it's neutral. I mean, if we threw Christ up there, it's controversial. But Buddha, no one seems to be that disturbed by a Buddha in general.'
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