You heard right – only it is not really a minority, maybe a bit
less than half ? That is my general experience, and they stole
two generators from my portuguese farmlet – 2.5 years ago they
tried again but I was there and fired a shot in the air, so they scrammed, I found their hidden van and punctured the tyres.

1.5 years ago they tried the same thing at a portuguese neighbor´s
who was also present (not to be expected in winter nights),
a guy 77 years of age.

He killed one with his shotgun and since then it has gotten quiet.
To be sure, this was a *gang* of Gypsies and most just beg or trade
with cheap goods or try to hike a false iphone at a supermarket
parking or a highway gasolinera… some also work the fields.

My portuguese neighbors all say that shooting them is the only remedy
as the cops what with the lenient laws and gypsies having more
people to testify, just don´t care. Fascist Ports ?
Sure they are but they are also rather civilized.

Nothing romantic about gypsy life for sure.
Problem is they are rascist, too, see us as their sheep
and themselves as a master race – hunters and gatherers,
there we go again ;)

Anyways, I pray for the best.