StillFaggyAF
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black middle class>>
konceptjones
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ms.jones;5499449 said:
wanna know what kind of crime I dealt with where I lived in AZ?
Graffiti and the occasional drunken disorderly person.
That's as bad as it got. If you know where to live, you reduce the crime you encounter to almost ZERO. The last house we had in AZ was in a fairly secluded area up in the mountains. Crime was almost nonexistent, especially since we had a police station right as you come into the community. There was so little crime my way, that the cops from my community would get dispatched to other parts of the city 'cause there usually wasn't shit for them to do by us.
There's plenty of places to live like this all over the country. Believe it or not, there are places where people want to live drama free, and do what it takes to keep their communities safe.
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Meta_Conscious
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So in terms of the thread premise, r we acting like redlining doesn't exist? We must be...
Ajackson17
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Im on the outside looking in.
SleepwalkingInJapan
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Ajackson17;5499579 said:
said george zimmerman
Still live in Jersey City.Downtown is nice but lots of white yuppies from NYC that live in that area but it is what it is.
..though the difference of inner city and burbs is very noticeable..that broad I visited in Roselle Park. Nice lilly white suburb with nice houses but when I drove home I went through the hood in Elizabeth and every time I saw yellow tape and police at a crime scene like it was nothing.
..though the difference of inner city and burbs is very noticeable..that broad I visited in Roselle Park. Nice lilly white suburb with nice houses but when I drove home I went through the hood in Elizabeth and every time I saw yellow tape and police at a crime scene like it was nothing.
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konceptjones
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lechic ;5499701 said:
^^^ Never lived in a upper middle class neighborhood post.
Me and my neighbors stayed borrowing tools and shit from each other. Need a small air compressor and impact wrench/sockets to go with it? Cool, Dave two houses down will hook you up. They need a large saw to trim branches high up or a circular saw with a laser guide? Just bring it back to me when you're done.
Meta_Conscious
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Ajackson17;5499579 said:
But would u shoot a corrupt jake?
damobb2deep
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Ajackson17;5499602 said:
lol yea dumb niggas... but a real nigga knows dat if u not ready 2 take dat charge 4 a murder aint no use 2 robbing no nigga..
I don't think anyone will just simply stay in the "hood" if the opportunity presented itself for upward mobility to a area they deem acceptable. Honestly "hood" is a subjective term because what one person may find hood, another one my find a step up...ex...moving up from public housing surround by constant violence to staying in a new apt complex that is income restricted with some ratchet activity is a step up to those in the latter category.
But all B.S. aside, once you hit a certain profession and income bracket your views on life change so you change environment accordingly. I'm not going to look down on the person in the hood, but im not going to live in that area just for the simple fact it doesnt fit me as a person like it use to.
But all B.S. aside, once you hit a certain profession and income bracket your views on life change so you change environment accordingly. I'm not going to look down on the person in the hood, but im not going to live in that area just for the simple fact it doesnt fit me as a person like it use to.
konceptjones;5499745 said:
You sound silly as fuck.
I live in Santa Monica, and I am 8 blocks away from the beach. Each neighborhood is different from the next. Dont take my general statement about my experience as an fact, and try to refute my statement with your experience. You dont live in my city, bruh.
THIRDSUPREME
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lord_infamous;5499594 said:If you want an example of someone who stays in the hood for a noble reason, check out Ms. Ella from the Corner...
Her daughter was killed ( one of the cases in the Homicide book and tv show) which actually strengthend her resolve to stay and try to do some good.
Now in fairness to your point, shit got so bad that she reluctantly moved, but I would say that some people that do stay behind do it for altruistic reasons...
It is safe to say that her daughter would be alive today had she been raised in a low crime area. I commend this woman for trying to help, but who said because you move to the burbs you can't come back and help?
konceptjones
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lechic ;5499767 said:
@ bolded - So? I lived in the mountains with a lake I could probably throw a rock at from my balcony, a second lake within a 2 minute walk from that, and a golf course a 5 minute walk away. What's your point?
RE - The rest of your post:
Doesn't matter, you made a blanket statement that simply doesn't apply everywhere. The obvious response from anyone would be to relate their experience to your generalized statement. For clarity, you could have simply said "In the white neighborhood where I reside you can't borrow shit from the neighbors".
ShencotheMC
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My parents moved us out to the burbs. Southwest Philly was just getting too damn reckless. My older brother almost got shot up during a drive-by while he was outside playing on the porch. If it wasn't for our neighbor jumping on him, he might've caught one
Ajackson17
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Stopitfive;5499746 said:
Whats a corrupt Jake?
konceptjones;5499729 said:
That's great. You found your slice of the pie and ate it. You lived in an area with a police station. I would hope crime would be low in that community. You also stated that the area you lived in was secluded, which means urban sprawl has yet to make a change. Should that ever happened, expect crime to go up.
This perceived notion of just getting up and getting gone is obsurd. Not everyone in America has the means to just' go'. Again, these areas may have started off great little working communities that happened to chage over time. And even though the area changed, doesn't mean that incomes of those that bought into it did. Case in point, here in Memphis there is an area called Southwind with homes ranging in the 150,000 to 250,000 area. The just built a housing project in the same area. Now, home sales in Memphis suck, and jobs aren't that plentiful. What should they do? Up and leave? Go to another location and call it a day?
Ajackson17
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Im going to get a law degree and become a politician and push for sanctions on the hood.
