Garlic Protects City From Vampires?
Something stinks in Lawndale, a community in southern California just east of Manhattan Beach. About a decade ago, city planners arranged to have garlic planted along one of the city's main thoroughfares. The plants emit a pungent aroma that many city residents find offensive, and so now there is a movement afloat to remove them. But city councilman Jim Ramsey wants the plants to stay. He credits them for keeping the community free...of vampires.If I might offer some unsolicited advice to Mr. Ramsey: lining your roads with garlic plants will not keep vampires away. The best measures to reduce the risk of vampire outbreaks in a community are, in increasing order of significance: tear down abandoned buildings; reduce homelessness and prostitution; make residents aware of the risk; have a well-trained vampire abatement force on hand; and have plenty of vaccine available in case of bites.
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