Often when I find a box in a very public place, I will comment that "this
box is not long for the world". I think the trick is finding a spot that is
not quite so appealing to visitation.
Here in New England the many stone walls and glacial boulder fields are
often hiding spots, but people just pick spots that are too interesting and
well visited by general hikers, picnickers etc. The placer loves the spot
and is determined to place a box there. They forget to factor in that
everyone ELSE also loves the area.
When I look at a spot I alway think, "If I was five years old, would I want
to climb these rocks? Would my parents let me?" AND "If I was a teenager,
would this be the type of spot for late-night partying?" If so, it is very
likely that the box will be "happened upon" by non-boxers.
If the box is in a spot where it is difficult to retrieve or replace without
being seen, then it's probably not a great spot. There is a box in Boston
that I had the darndest time visiting because people could see you from all
directions AND it was in one of the most highly visited tourist spots in the
city!!! This was not a well-placed box!
As for areas with "bad reputations", I would generally think it's not a good
idea to be lingering around in high crime areas no matter what...especially
in a sport that involves families.
In my opinion, it's all a matter of paying attention to the spot and its
normal everyday traffic. If you can forsee night time visitors (partiers or
homeless people) using the spot or if you cannot visit the spot without a
good 10 minutes or so lag time between people passing by, you might want to
think carefully about planting in the spot. If you are likely to be observed
by others acting "suspiciously", then consider the liklihood of having those
people call the police, and they show up to question you about your activity
(just ask Warrior Woman!!).
Of course, library boxes are a different story, but then again I wouldn't
place one in the New York Times Periodicals either.
Anyway, that's a lot of rambling on my part, but as with all things it's
about paying attention and using common sense.
Good Luck!
-Kim (Rustypuff)
-----Original Message-----
From: linda mertens [mailto:blueheron492002@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 3:43 PM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [LbNA] STOP CO-OPERATING! was Re: Newspaper article in AZ
We placed our first letterbox a few weeks ago in Madison WI even though we
had heard that we'd be taking our chances as far as thieves and
vandalism...well....we are without our first box...sad to say...it was
stolen before it even got started. Maybe we placed it in an area that was
too public...maybe our clues were too easy...who knows. Any good ideas for
placing boxes in an area with a "bad" reputation? MadCats
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