On Apr 11, 4:20*pm, Nad R > wrote:
> Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:13:46 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
>
> >> On Apr 10, 10:34 pm, Nad R > wrote:
> >>> I am glad I moved out of that area. I use to live in that area twenty years
> >>> ago.
> >>> Now it is an economically depressed area with high crime. Some times I
> >>> think I should move to the upper peninsula to get further away from people.
> >>> Even usenet is getting too close.
>
> >> Madison Heights? *High crime? *My mother still lives there, Nad. *I'm
> >> tolerably familiar with the area.
>
> >> To get high crime, you have to go south of Eight Mile. *Even the close-
> >> in
> >> burbs like Madison Heights just get ordinary crime.
>
> >> I will give you economically depressed, though. *It's in Michigan.
>
> >> Cindy Hamilton
>
> Small world, i use to live Hazel Park. No one lives south of eight mile
> now. Between Dequinder and Woodward, from eight mile to six mile, almost
> ever home is burned out, no one lives there, that is four square miles of
> completely vacant homes. Only the gangs rule there. Gun fire can be heard
> every night from Hazel Park. They moved north into Hazel Park, Ferndale and
> Madison Heights to extend their criminal empire. I am happy happy I moved
> out twelve years ago. I sold my home for 90K, today is only worth 20K and
> sits vacant today. If I waited just two more years I would have been
> trapped in that ghetto having most of money tied in my home. Since I move
> out cops have been killed and murders every year, muggings every night. You
> have become immune to it. Where I live the worst thing that happens is
> someone's mail box gets smashed by kids. Yea right, what is ordinary crime?
You know, the occasional burglary or spousal abuse.
Here's some data:
http://www.city-data.com/city/Madiso...-Michigan.html
Looks like crime is below average there. Mostly propery crime rather
than violent crime.
> That Applebees restaurant is just four mile from eight mile. Too close for
> me.
Well, I'm not as timid as you are. Neither, apparently, is my
76-year-old mother.
Cindy Hamilton