I Spent My First ~5 years ('91-96) in the Warren/Evergreen Neighborhood of Detroit. What Kind of Neighborhood Was That? (Honor: crime, houses)

[detroitlove]

Originally Posted by Jackson Belle Grande

Nice: A neighborhood of almost all occupant-owned houses (except for apartments) where the houses AND property are well-maintained. That means broken things get fixed and garbage gets picked up and people don't wait for the government to remove the debris form the storm drain so the whole block doesn't flood....

Decent. Some rentals but the houses are still maintained. Maybe some vacant houses that haven't been stripped of HVAC and copper plumbing, public schools that are still acceptable, grass is still cut, you're not afraid to walk to the corner store after dark.

Ghetto: Many rentals, front doors on several houses on each block (with no storm doors) are left open all day, living room furniture on the front porch, a dope house that everyone knows is a dope house, people walk down the middle of the street, trees growing through cracks in sidewalks and driveways, gang graffiti, garage doors reversed on their hinges or falling down altogether, every store in the area advertises that they accept Bridge Cards, every store in the area accepts Bridge Cards for every item in the store including non-food items, burned out buildings that have been torched by the landlord, boarded-up, burned-out buildings that are not secure and have been plundered by copper thieves and left open, public schools that are unacceptable, parochial schools that have closed, gun shots at night, every night. You're afraid to let your wife or kids out of the house after dark on foot. Grass more than 8 inches high at more than one house on each block, streets don't get plowed in the winter and a 10+ minute police response time for major crimes in progress. More residents make a living with a "hustle" as opposed to a job where they pay taxes.

I could go on, but Warrendale is not nice and it's not decent anymore.

whatever thats YOUR opinion of whats decent or not. I dont care anymore, you're so worried about how a neighborhood looks here, why don't you do something about it? otherwise don't talk about it

[detroitlove]

and fyi, many of you all beloved little suburban stores accept bridge card as well. you all kill me whenever you talk about black people or our neighborhoods you always have to mention welfare, food stamps, bridge cards etc

and there aren't any gangs in Detroit, shows how much you really know

[313Weather]

Originally Posted by detroitlove

and there aren't any gangs in Detroit

lol, there aren't?

Tell that to the Shriners, Bloods & Crips, Gangster Disciples, Surenos, Latin Kings, Spanish Cobras and Latin Counts.

[detroitlove]

Originally Posted by 313Weather

lol, there aren't?

Tell that to the Shriners, Bloods & Crips, Gangster Disciples, Surenos, Latin Kings, Spanish Cobras and Latin Counts.

lmfao you fool. The only "gang" that get recognized in Detroit are the bloods (the 7mile bloods) and they have NO ties to the real bloods from LA and actually are considered fake bloods. No real crips or any form of Chicago gang in Detroit with the exception of the hispanics in SW, and they still aren't big. Detroit never took to non-home grown crews. So guess again. Whats detroit has are local crews, mostly named after streets. Now I know you don't live in Detroit smh.

[detroitlove]

Originally Posted by detroitlove

lmfao you fool. The only "gang" that get recognized in Detroit are the bloods (the 7mile bloods) and they have NO ties to the real bloods from LA and actually are considered fake bloods. No real crips or any form of Chicago gang in Detroit with the exception of the hispanics in SW, and they still aren't big. Detroit never took to non-home grown crews. So guess again. Whats detroit has are local crews, mostly named after streets. Now I know you don't live in Detroit smh.

unless its YBI, Pony Down, BKs, BMF, East Warren, Joy Rd, Murder Row, ABM, or some extension of those........they are pretty much irrelevant in Detroit and most poeple get clowned on for claiming some other city gang

[313Weather]

Originally Posted by detroitlove

lmfao you fool.

HAHA!!! People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

I will ignore the rest of your comments, since you did the exact same thing that you chastised me for (with respect to me agree with another poster that Detroiters are poor and under educated/employed).

[detroitlove]

Originally Posted by 313Weather

HAHA!!! People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

I will ignore the rest of your comments, since you did the exact same thing that you chastised me for (with respect to me agree with another poster that Detroiters are poor and under educated/employed).

smh what are you talking about? you know what, don't even answer

[313Weather]

Originally Posted by detroitlove

what are you talking about?

Originally Posted by detroitlove

wow so every single neighborhood throughout the city is full of uneducated, poor and unemployed people?

And yet you just made a generalization that there are no gangs in Detroit, which is also inaccurate.

[detroitlove]

Originally Posted by 313Weather

And yet you just made a generalization that there are no gangs in Detroit, which is also inaccurate.

how is it inaccurate? what is inaccurate is you making it seem as Detroit dudes are out here reppin crips and bloods, and chicago gangs..........which is few and far in between. YBI, BKs, BMF, Pony Down, East Warren etc are NOT gangs....they are Crews which is different. The average dude hustlin in Detroit would clown you for speaking about some out of state "gangs".

[detroitlove]

and like I said, that shows you don't live in the city. The only people who call the local crews in Detroit "gangs" are suburbanites. If you lived in the city (hood or not), you would know different