"dsi1" > wrote in message
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On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 3:02:21 AM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Janet B" > wrote in message
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> > On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 19:41:36 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
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> >>Over here they tend to put the Walmarts in the more impoverished parts
> >>of
> >>towns and cities and those areas generally do have high crime rates.
> >
> > For heavens sake, Julie. That isn't true. What a generalization.
> > Janet US
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> It most certainly is! "Over here" meaning the specific area where I live.
> We have one in Lynnwood, the food center in Lynnwood and two in Everett.
> All in high crime areas. But the Super store is in a particularly bad
> area.

We used to live in Lynnwood. Sorry to hear it had degenerated to such a
level. OTOH, I saw a couple of dumb-looking guys working in cahoots to rip
off a circular saw from a hardware store. The cashier told one guy that his
buddy tried to walk out with a saw and he said "waahh?" Then he told them to
beat it. I guess the criminals have gotten a little better at their craft.
Otherwise, it was a pretty peaceful scene - at the time.

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We moved to this area when I was 7. Lynnwood was pretty much all woods at
that point in time. There were some businesses. Not a lot. The big thing
was the Lynn-O-Rama. Not sure they even have that any more. There was a
parade and a small carnival.

They put the mall in around the late 70's to early 80's. Not sure the exact
year. It has been booming ever since. Lots of apartment buildings. I
can't say that overall, the city is bad but it does have its parts.

I don't think it's as bad as Everett or Marysville. I am very glad that we
did not move to Everett! When we first moved back here, the real estate
agent noticed me turning up my nose when she mentioned it. At that point in
time I was thinking mainly of the school district. She then balked, told me
that it no longer had a stigma and that she lived there. The fact that she
said, "no longer", indicated to me that she knew that it did have a stigma.
And perhaps when we first moved back here, it wasn't too bad. But it sure
is now.