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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: Niffla]
#23985091 - 01/05/17 08:31 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Niffla said: In fact, believe it or not, Detroit (yes, Detroit) was recently named a top ten travel destination by the NY Times.
http://patch.com/michigan/detroit/detroit-among-top-10-global-travel-destinations-new-york-times
Are people excited about all the money it looks like will be coming back to MoTown?
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: koods]
#23985104 - 01/05/17 08:37 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Ohio, PA, New Jersey, CT for sure.
Its the "new ghetto". Perhaps not as densely packed but equally as depraved depressed and downtrodden.
The rust belt is certainly host to many.
Surpisingly even the rural areas of new york seem to have a handle on things. I think the worst area in NY tends to be Buffalo. Rochester has serious problems too though
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: koods]
#23985112 - 01/05/17 08:38 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Adden said: Sounds like central Oregon. Dirty needles and diapers for all. At work they basically told us wear shoes that'll break a needle because you'll at one point walk on them.
There are black people in Oregon?
I know. I was pretty upset when I found out, too.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: ModestMouse]
#23985116 - 01/05/17 08:40 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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ModestMouse said: CT for sure.
>snip <
Its the "new ghetto".
Willimantic, LOL
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: Senor_Doobie]
#23985118 - 01/05/17 08:40 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Senor_Doobie said:
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Niffla said: In fact, believe it or not, Detroit (yes, Detroit) was recently named a top ten travel destination by the NY Times.
http://patch.com/michigan/detroit/detroit-among-top-10-global-travel-destinations-new-york-times
Are people excited about all the money it looks like will be coming back to MoTown?
Considering where the city was just a few years ago (filing for bankruptcy), I'd say anybody with the city's best interest in mind is ecstatic
That said when I was there, there was a few people that I spoke with who spoke with a lot of contempt for the gentrification that was going on -- citing that it was "destroying the city's identity". Lmao, yeah, we wouldn't want to take away from Detroit's stellar reputation as the several time champion of being the murder capital of the country
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: Niffla]
#23985152 - 01/05/17 08:52 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Detroit does have a unique identity and stellar reputation tho.
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Senor_Doobie
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: Adden]
#23985196 - 01/05/17 09:12 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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It gave birth to a genre of music.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: Senor_Doobie]
#23985199 - 01/05/17 09:14 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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It used to mean hard work but honest work for people looking to better themselves, and for quite some time.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: Adden]
#23985214 - 01/05/17 09:19 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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In other words, American.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: Adden]
#23985223 - 01/05/17 09:22 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Adden said: Detroit does have a unique identity and stellar reputation tho.
Hey look I'm from Detroit, I got a lot of love for The Motor City. But just a few short years ago Detroit hit depths really no major American city had ever seen before. From massive corruption at the highest reaches of their city government (see Kwame Kilpatrick for starters), rampant crime and being perpetually in the top 3 in the country in violent crime, to being the first city of its size to be forced to file for bankruptcy...the city has been a poster child for once thriving US cities gone wrong.
I'm really, really excited and optimistic about the city's comeback. They're trending in the right direction but there's still a long, long way to go.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: Niffla]
#23985239 - 01/05/17 09:27 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Awesome.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: DustBunny]
#23985317 - 01/05/17 09:57 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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DustBunny said: Detroit's center is thriving right now ("New Detroit") and it looks like will help the worst areas quite a bit. St. Louis is sort of in an upswing and the gentrification has helped more than a few bad neighborhoods.
Thats good to know 
Last I heard most of the people that actually wanted to do legit business in Detroit were all leaving.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: alfonseelrick]
#23985326 - 01/05/17 10:01 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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alfonseelrick said: a 17 year old buying beer
That doesn't just happen in ghettos
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Someone said earlier Canadian gettos/ hoods cant compare to dangerous, gangsta American ones? I think not! Check this out... Be careful Canadians. It's not just a U.S.problem.
 its scary cause Canada gangs speak in English accents
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: billy jowl]
#23985610 - 01/06/17 12:54 AM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Toronto has a big gang problem. The difference is they don't have a gun problem, so the outcomes are very different.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: koods] 3
#23985614 - 01/06/17 12:59 AM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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koods said: Toronto has a big gang problem. The difference is they don't have a gun problem, so the outcomes are very different.
Chicago shouldn't have a "gun problem" either, considering that they have among the strictest gun laws in the country.
But they do.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: Sheekle]
#23985629 - 01/06/17 01:14 AM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Rappers.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: 1234go]
#23986710 - 01/06/17 02:39 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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The only thing I see in the ghetto is opportunity, nobody else is paying anyone my age enough to eat.
Two hour commute each day for a 2 day pay.
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: RolledUhhp]
#23986713 - 01/06/17 02:41 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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Shitty
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Re: Things you only see in the ghetto [Re: RolledUhhp] 1
#23986750 - 01/06/17 02:56 PM (7 years, 24 days ago) |
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RolledUhhp said: The only thing I see in the ghetto is opportunity, nobody else is paying anyone my age enough to eat.
Two hour commute each day for a 2 day pay. 
are you slangin' rocks or what?
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