I/We/You don't have a problem driving through white neighborhoods but we all have a problem driving in black neighborhoods. I can't even tell you what white city in Michigan has the most crime but I can tell you that not one white city in Michigan is even close to as dangerous as Detroit is. Or Flint or Saginaw or Ypsi. In ever case the most dangerous are black communities. Wake up buddy.
I keep hearing about this - you've got a problem "driving through" black neighborhoods?????
Living in, I could sort of understand (not that I've ever had a problem). Walking in, I could see, especially at night. But
driving through?
They shoot at white people all the time in Detroit. Car Jackings. Hit your car and then mug you when you get out to exchange insurance information. And god forbid your car break down. Should I go on?
Ok fine! Forget I said driving through. At least you understand there is a problem living in or walking in the hood. Not safe. So **** any black who says I/we're pussies for being scared of them.
But you are.
I didn't say there was a problem. I said that I understand where someone is coming from.
It's not just black neighborhoods. In an urban neighborhood, especially one with bad lighting, boarded up houses, closed businesses, I would be very nervous walking around alone. I could understand someone not wanting to live in a high crime area, not because of the skin color of those who live there, but because of the crime. However, like I said, I've never had a problem. I've lived in some pretty grim neighborhoods, and I took standard precautions, was neighborly, and survived just fine. Even the hood I'm in right now is changing, probably considered too dark for your tastes.
Lucky you. Man I wish I could find the article I read once about how many Detroiters have been robbed, raped, mugged, burglarized, cars stolen, etc. Why do you think it cost $4000 every 6 months to insure a car in Detroit?
That’s the warning a Detroit mother gave the three hoodlums attempting to kick down her door on the night of Feb. 17, 2014. Armed with only a replica handgun, the intruders thought she was bluffing—until she opened fire. The mother of two was armed with a Hi-Point TS4 Carbine (what some would call an “assault rifle”) her husband gave her after a break-in just two weeks prior.
The crooks literally fell over themselves and quickly fled the area. Caught on surveillance cameras, the video went viral and illustrated what appears to be a growing trend in Detroit—citizens fighting back.
Detroit’s woes are no secret. Joblessness, poverty, gangs, illiteracy and crime now plague the once-thriving hub of the automotive industry.
I don't think you know what a dangerous neighborhood really is.
Those who remain have watched Detroit decay into one of the most dangerous cities in the United States. In 2012, the
Detroit Free Press reported 386 criminal homicides—the highest in two decades, and nearly as many as New York City, whose population is more than three times larger. The same year saw 1,263 non-fatal shootings, more than 400 rapes and nearly 5,000 robberies.
Some police officials even took to warning visitors that if they came to the city, they should “enter at their own risk.”
