"terry" wrote in message
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On Jan 8, 8:49 am, Van Chocstraw
wrote:
It's supposed to be dark at night. That's how the planet was made.

Just before the recent holiday period some acquaintances who live in a
partly developed area, the nearest house is some 200+ feet away across
the street and slightly shielded by trees, had their house burgled.
It occurred in late afternoon, it gets dark here around 4.0 PM at this
time of year.
The street lights would have been coming on around that time of day in
mid-late December.
One of the first things the thief or thieves did was turn on all the
lights in the house and the driveway outside. Thus deceiving anyone
who did happen to notice that the house was occupied.
The alarm system operated and the homeowner was called by the alarm
system company at work. But by the time that call was received and the
owner arrived home to check they were long gone. All the lights in the
house were still on!

So, from all the stories and opinios that we've heard about in this thread,
sometimes light helps prevent robberies and burglaries and sometimes it
doesn't. And, sometimes, it might move crime around. But what light seems
to do for sure is to make people feel safer whether they are or not.

TKM