Bannister Mall: the new home of the Wizards. Watch KC screw this up.

Originally Posted by |Zach|

That blue ridge area right now?

C'mon.

Suburbanites are pussies.

Still talking about Bannister. Don't know where you went.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Still talking about Bannister. Don't know where you went.

The last part of KC Kings post "All of the busline criminals and lower income blacks that made the hypermart dangerous are now shopping at the Blue Ridge Walmart, but I haven't heard it officially declared as unsafe yet." Argo was responding to.

I could have been mistaken though.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Still talking about Bannister. Don't know where you went.

Zach likes to pretend crime doesn't happen.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Bo's Pelini

Zach likes to pretend crime doesn't happen.

I am sorry you are too scared to be in midtown.

Sucks to be you I guess.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

I am sorry you are too scared to be in midtown.

Sucks to be you I guess.

I'm scared to be in midtown? I was there this weekend.

[jjjayb]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

I am sorry you are too scared to be in midtown.

Sucks to be you I guess.

I lived in midtown for several years. I moved about 4 years ago. After so many times of having your car broken into, you just get sick of it. After so many times of having guys making lewd comments to my wife when she went jogging, you get sick of it.

For the first time in my life, I'm now a suburbanite. Yes, I know, it's not the cool, hip thing. Sure, the neighborhood isn't diverse enough to get over my white guilt. But I don't have to deal with the BS I dealt with in midtown either. Neighbors arguing at 3am at the top of their lungs, cars bumping bass at 3am. Constantly having my car broken into. Having someone walk by and dent in the side of my car in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Having someone knock my motorcycle over in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Reading in the paper about car-jackings, murders and robberies within half a mile from my house on a consistent basis.

It isn't about being too scared to be in midtown. It's about finally realizing that the things I just accepted as normal parts of life aren't actually normal.

[Predarat]

Originally Posted by jjjayb

I lived in midtown for several years. I moved about 4 years ago. After so many times of having your car broken into, you just get sick of it. After so many times of having guys making lewd comments to my wife when she went jogging, you get sick of it.

For the first time in my life, I'm now a suburbanite. Yes, I know, it's not the cool, hip thing. Sure, the neighborhood isn't diverse enough to get over my white guilt. But I don't have to deal with the BS I dealt with in midtown either. Neighbors arguing at 3am at the top of their lungs, cars bumping bass at 3am. Constantly having my car broken into. Having someone walk by and dent in the side of my car in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Having someone knock my motorcycle over in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Reading in the paper about car-jackings, murders and robberies within half a mile from my house on a consistent basis.

It isn't about being too scared to be in midtown. It's about finally realizing that the things I just accepted as normal parts of life aren't actually normal.

Ahh that must have been a slightly better neighborhood then I lived in for a few years, its impossible to read the paper when thugs keep stealing it. No reason at all for white guilt either before I moved there I had some but once I moved out of that shithole I had 0.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by jjjayb

I lived in midtown for several years. I moved about 4 years ago. After so many times of having your car broken into, you just get sick of it. After so many times of having guys making lewd comments to my wife when she went jogging, you get sick of it.

For the first time in my life, I'm now a suburbanite. Yes, I know, it's not the cool, hip thing. Sure, the neighborhood isn't diverse enough to get over my white guilt. But I don't have to deal with the BS I dealt with in midtown either. Neighbors arguing at 3am at the top of their lungs, cars bumping bass at 3am. Constantly having my car broken into. Having someone walk by and dent in the side of my car in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Having someone knock my motorcycle over in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. Reading in the paper about car-jackings, murders and robberies within half a mile from my house on a consistent basis.

It isn't about being too scared to be in midtown. It's about finally realizing that the things I just accepted as normal parts of life aren't actually normal.

I live in old OP and it's gotten rather diverse around here. That is as far as I'm willing to go while I have children in my home. We lived in the Westport area 30 years ago and were burglarized. I'll pass. I really don't even like my kids hanging out down there and for the most part they don't.

It's about valuing the safety of yourself and your family more than appreciating what an area has to offer entertainment or 'culture' wise. Besides, once you have kids in school you are not staying in the city centers. You are moving to better areas with good schools.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

I live in old OP and it's gotten rather diverse around here. That is as far as I'm willing to go while I have children in my home. We lived in the Westport area 30 years ago and were burglarized. I'll pass. I really don't even like my kids hanging out down there and for the most part they don't.

It's about valuing the safety of yourself and your family more than appreciating what an area has to offer entertainment or 'culture' wise. Besides, once you have kids in school you are not staying in the city centers. You are moving to better areas with good schools.

and this really what it boils down to. Once you get older and start having a family, peoples priorities change.

If your younger and single, or even older and single, there are certain things you dont have to worry about as much obviously.

[KurtCobain]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Still talking about Bannister. Don't know where you went.

No, I was talking about the blue ridge walmart. It's in an area that attracts the elderly because of being closer to senior communities than any other walmart/kmart/target/etc, but it's not safe for them at all.