I need to look poor...?

Now let me explain this title. This is more for people who are middle class. The balance between insisting people have no idea you are poor/on a strict budget and looking like you have no money in your house so you do not get ROBBED! 

Again let me elaborate here. I think you would have to be in denial if you have not seen the increase in robberies. The things people take are mind  boggling sometimes. Kids toys,your pet,The third row seating in your SUV...What ever freakin happen to grabbing a purse and running like h***? Not that,that was okay but you feel me here.?

I started thinking about this actually when I went to a friends house...first time...I am from a very artsy hippish country town,its big yes and its a town not just a place on a map like where my parents live but still I see drug deals and other things..not as often as most but still anyway she lives in what I would call a ghetto city and I do not mean any disrespect-- I mean sadly that all my years growing up ghetto met abandoned buildings, stray cats everywhere etc. Nothing to do with race what so ever. Anyway we barely parked when a lady asked us if my SUV had 3rd row seating...AT the time I thought nothing of it but a week later my other half and I saw on 60 minutes how that's the new thing,  stealing peoples third row seating because there's a market for it!!! And I know this lady probably was just curious,maybe she liked my truck and has a big family and wondered about it but the first thing I thought and I know this is judgmental and I should go sit in the corner for thinking this is...she wanted to steal my truck lol! Really though I now wonder if I should drive a run down Honda Civic! I swear I do things just to look poor. My purse is not bling bling. I will not flash cash around. Etc.

I know we all know the basics of keeping a house safe.
A grease fire fuels by water and needs to be smothered.
If you buy big items or something do not let people see the boxes.
Get a alarm system if you can.
If not home leave windows closed up.
Lock doors.
Get a dog..okay not a must but you know what I mean!
But what happens if you go further and you look the part of "Hey this house would be a waste of time to rob"
There is two Jeff Foxworthy jokes for what I am thinking and typing here.

"Some people like to keep their grass cut really short, so they can see the intruders coming. Keep those kill zones open. I say let the grass grow tall so they don't know there's a house behind it. Some call it lazy, I say it's thinking." Jeff.

"Because criminals know that when they see a house with 2 foot tall grass, a dog on a chain, and an engine hanging from a tree, a gun lives in that house. And if you want to know what kind, just break in at 2 in the morning." Jeff.

I think he has a damn point! Excuse me for using language but I want people to fear my house. I am not going to chain dogs outside and abuse the real reason we have dogs which is for them to be a family member but maybe a clean cut yard is not the best idea.

Then again I would like my neighbors to not call the cops. 
We can never tell when we will be a target or why but seriously wondering if cutting the grass is a real need..that and I would rather be out tanning.....

I see ladies flaunt their bling bling all the time and in my anxiety filled head I'm thinking "Well that will be stolen" and I live in a town where crime is not high at all, we do not have thefts like that. Most the time people target empty summer homes.

I have my beware of dog sign up,I have my run down porch,I have my boyfriend who drives a lifted Dodge ram and the fact he looks like a intimidating biker or something..I have my dog,I have a soon to be fence,I have my door that has not been painted in like 10years,my make shift rabbit house and a non perfect looking yard...I am the mix of rich and poor. I have all that but my kids have dozens of toys,my house is not falling down,I drive a big suv,my dog greets everyone and I live on a main road.... *Sigh* who really knows but I thought its funny to think about. 
Do you do anything different so you will not stand out? 
I tend to not dress feminine if I am not with my boyfriend. Stupid because not every person is a mean person. But I do it. 
I love my town I do and for the most part I know its my anxiety. Although I do laugh about the whole idea of being a little dumpy looking or the idea of trading my USED and OLD but still a NO rust BIG SUV in for a beaten down Honda civic...

Its all a thought process that does go through my head...Maybe I need another hobby or something?
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