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Originally Posted by Micjones
I lived in the South Kansas City for all but about 4.5 years of my life.
The perception of the occupying demographic (much darker than in years past) and crime in the area is quite a bit more significant than the actual increase in crime.
Oak Park Mall, according to statistics, has often reported a higher rate of crime than did Bannister Mall. (Not) Surprisingly the perception of that area is quite a bit different.
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Sounds good.
But in reality when the bus lines let all the "hood" into Hypermart area the mall didn't have a chance.
Maybe the crime rates were more in OP but I'm willing to bet the violent crimes weren't higher.
So what Johnny ran out of OP Dillards with a jacket... It's not as bad as someone carjacked in the parking lot at Christmas time at Bannister.
I went to school right around the corner from there. And grew up most of my life there also.