A new urban flight causing problems in Detroit.

[Bubblehead1980]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41810267/ns/us_news-life/

Interesting story, feel bad for the homeowners, prob feel under siege in their own neighborhoods.My grandfather went through this in my hometown.What was once a nice neighborhood when he purchased the home after WW II(his first) is now the ghetto basically, we drive to check on it once in a while when I am home visting, he looks incredibly sad as we see the various trash that infests the neighborhood now.

PS...for the PC crowd, this is not about race.

Detroit has been a hole for many years. When the mayor (D) is placed in jail for crimes it says something............ That he isn't as smooth a talker as Bill Clinton/Barack Hussein Obama.....lolz

[Growler]

It is rather bitter, I imagine, to find that the "American Dream" of home ownership might also extend to, and mean sharing your neighborhood with "ghetto folk."

Juror #10: I don't understand you people! I mean all these picky little points you keep bringing up. They don't mean nothing. You saw this kid just like I did. You're not gonna tell me you believe that phony story about losing the knife, and that business about being at the movies. Look, you know how these people lie! It's born in them! I mean what the heck? I don't have to tell you. They don't know what the truth is! And lemme tell you, they don't need any real big reason to kill someone, either! No sir!
[Five gets up from his seat]
Juror #10: They get drunk... oh, they're real big drinkers, all of 'em - you know that - and bang: someone's lyin' in the gutter. Oh, nobody's blaming them for it. That's the way they are! By nature! You know what I mean? VIOLENT!
Juror #10: [Nine rises and crosses to the window] Where're you going?
Juror #10: Human life don't mean as much to them as it does to us!
[Eleven gets up and walks to the other window]
Juror #10: Look, they're lushing it up and fighting all the time and if somebody gets killed, so somebody gets killed! They don't care! Oh, sure, there are some good things about 'em, too. Look, I'm the first one to say that.
[Eight gets up and walks to the nearest wall]
Juror #10: I've known a couple who were OK, but that's the exception, y'know what I mean?
[Two and Six get up from the table. Everyone's back is to Ten]
Juror #10: Most of 'em, it's like they have no feelings! They can do anything! What's goin' on here? I'm trying to tell you... you're makin' a big mistake, you people! This kid is a liar! I know it. I know all about them! Listen to me! They're no good! There's not a one of 'em who is any good! I mean, what's happening in here? I'm speaking my piece, and you...
[The Foreman gets up and walks away. So does Twelve]
Juror #10: Listen to me. We're... This kid on trial here... his type, well, don't you know about them? There's a, there's a danger here. These people are dangerous. They're wild. Listen to me. Listen.

Well played Growler

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Growler

It is rather bitter, I imagine, to find that the "American Dream" of home ownership might also extend to, and mean sharing your neighborhood with "ghetto folk."

Won't happen.


you see the problem is "ghetto folk" as you call them spend thousands of dollars... sometimes tens of thousands of dollars on these



...so they can continue to pay a couple hundred a month on these...

[Growler]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Won't happen.


you see the problem is "ghetto folk" as you call them spend thousands of dollars... sometimes tens of thousands of dollars on these


...so they can continue to pay a couple hundred a month on these...

Aw, c'mon, GR - you're above such generalizations. I mean, dude, I've lived and worked in Baltimore, I get what you're saying, but it's a generalization, and an inaccurate one at that. For every young "ghetto kid/chav" who's doing what you allege, there's five or ten who are working their posteriors off to try and get a little ahead.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by Growler

For every young "ghetto kid/chav" who's doing what you allege, there's five or ten who are working their posteriors off to try and get a little ahead.

yes...

they live next door to me.

(And no, i dont have a problem with it)

EDIT: are we talking about "ghetto folk" or some other kind of folk?

EDIT#2: what I meant by my first post is that ghetto folk are so busy being ghetto folk and doing ghetto golk things that it is very unlikely that they would find their way into my neighborhood.

[Armistead]

I agree, not a race thing as much a cultural issue. Hard to bring the inner city attitude into a quiet neighborbood in the burbs.

Years ago Cone Mills was huge in this area, many milltowns, small wood houses, but decent middle class neighborhoods. When the mills left for overseas, slowly the people left looking for jobs, except many older retired stayed. I use to drive, play and date girls from these areas. I wouldn't dare drive through today, like a inner city ghetto, many illegal mexican gangs fighting black gangs. It really got bad 2 years ago. Most these houses can now be bought for 10K. The last time I went through I stopped at an intersection and a group of blacks on the corner cussed me out, walked over kicked my truck..."white MF'er what you doing here. I actually got pulled by a cop two blocks away wanting to know what I was doing here. He kindly told me to get out and stay out unless I want to get killed.

The sad thing is the retired elderly that got trapped there. They lost all their equity, but most just wanted to die there. They're constantly robbed, killed, etc.. Several churches worked to relocate many.