SIGIL Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Any given town in the Mississippi Delta, but Yazoo City specifically. I can remember when the city was thriving and beautiful. now there is not a single shop downtown that leaves it's doors unlocked DURING buisness hours. It is a TRAGEDY too. Yazoo was, and some parts still are beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwyksilver Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 Is this prompted by the TIME Magazine cover story about the decline and fall of Detroit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgehog Posted October 5, 2009 Author Share Posted October 5, 2009 Is this prompted by the TIME Magazine cover story about the decline and fall of Detroit? No, the new kid at my school told us that she told her dad "why are we moving to the ghetto?" when she first found out she was moving to MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Landt Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Gary, Indiana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 LA. Honorable mention goes to Philly and Allentown. Damon. Allentown? Allentown?? I've seen some bad parts of NYC, but the local pit of hell is Bridgeport, CT. (The city itself once declared bankruptcy, lol.) And there's some bad spots in East Hartford as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint of Sinners Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 New York City I'm a hayseed from Kansas and born in the 70s, my whole prespective of NYC was based on old gritty cop movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOldcorn Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Warsaw, but that's probably because of the origin of the word (at least the modern use of it, I have no clue if it was in use prior to the Warsaw Ghetto) The word originates from Venice which created the first ever Jewish Ghetto, this is back when Venice was just about the most important trade city in Europe with everything from the middle east and beyond going through it. The word derives from Venetian which I guess is some derivative of Italian but I could well be wrong. So when I think of Ghetto I think first of Venice and then Poland for much the same reasons as Kim does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharky Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Oak Cliff. You DFW people know where I'm talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristof65 Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 I don't really think of a specific city, but more a vision of run down buildings, trash in the street, hookers and drug dealers hanging out on the corners, etc. Which I've found exists in any city I've been to - it's just bigger in some cities than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tiger Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Allentown? Allentown?? Heh, Billy Joel DID paint a pretty bleak picture of it back in the 80's, and when Steel collapsed many cities entered the "Rust Belt" and became "ghettos" in many folks eyes. I can only speak from the Pittsburgh perspective as I have never been to Allentown, but the cities experienced similar fates in the 70's. Pittsburgh has come back to a large degree, I don't know about Allentown, I'm assuming Lars does... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Porsenna Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 There's some pretty run down, depressing areas of Allentown where you might be afraid to get lost in... Damon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Hmm... I must have a different perspective on what constitutes "ghetto". I've been lost pretty much all over Allentown at various times over the past ten years, and none of it really seemed all that bad. Of course, my perspective may be a little bit skewed, since I rather enjoy wandering around NYC at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanite Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 Despite never having been there, Spokane, WA has a horrible rep that's cemented in my mind. from personal experience, Aberdeen/Hoquiam, WA. Not really ghetto, but they test-market several new kinds of despair there every year (stolen quote). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Porsenna Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 Mad Jack, all I can say is you haven't seen the rougher parts. Allentown is a neighbor of mine, so I'm more familiar with it... Damon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vejlin Posted October 8, 2009 Share Posted October 8, 2009 How much of this "bad part of town" is real and how much is perception? When I first came to the US and was introduced to the concept of "this is a part of town that you don't go to, ideally you don't even drive through.... and if you make a wrong turn and wind up there after all, you freak out, lock your doors expect to be killed by angry black men any second". It all seemed like an over reaction to me, but I suppose it could just be my almost complete ignorance on the subject of US "bad part of town" phenomenon. Are there actual statistics to indicate that you should be worried when going through such a neighborhood? First week as an exchange student I was home alone and bored, so decided to walk to the mall. I remembered the route there from when we drove a few days earlier and it was only about 4 miles. I left a note telling them where I was and when I'd be home, and they FREAKED OUT like I've never seen anyone freak out before. Apparently I'd walked through a moderately dangerous pat of memphis. I still don't think I was ever in any danger. People looked at me funny, but I'm inclined to think it was more of a "That's a first, what's that white kid doing walking through our neighborhood?" type of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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