I ride my bike through the ghetto type areas of my city. During the day.
I currently live within a mile or two of some rough areas.
Been very lost driving in scary areas of Detroit, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago.
Oh geez. Most cars in my neighborhood are 7+ years old and all houses are 1200 sq. ft or smaller (post WWII building boom) and it’s firmly middle class suburbia.
Kipling Road was a typical East End Street, people were in and out of each other’s houses with each other’s property all day long. They were a cheery lot. Cheery and violent.
Yeah, I did some Habitat for Humanity work in Cabrini Green.
well, I’m sorry my post didn’t measure up to your exacting definition. My point was that a neighborhood where half the houses on the block have burned down and been demolished (and empty lots left) is not a very good place to be.
My folks’ former church, where they met, married, and had their children baptized, is now pretty much in the midst of a ghetto. Prostitutes, drug deals, shootings, etc.
They changed churches because it was too dangerous to go there apart from Sunday morning (at least in their eyes).
Regards,
Shodan
It seems to me that a “ghetto” is a place where:
-real estate/housing is in a state of decay
-the area is inhabited by poor people
-there is evident crime and illegal activity
-the population is largely minority
By this definition, I have been in many “ghettoes”.
As per my definition, they are places where people are afraid (of becoming victims of crime)-hence the bars, roll down shutters, deserted streets (when darkness comes). They are also places used by people to conduct business in illegal activities (e.g. prostitution, drug dealing, stolen propert trafficking, etc.).
As long as such activity is needed, such places (ghettoes) will exist.
Now, I have a question: if the high cost of energy drives people (from the wealthy suburbs) back to the cities, then ghetto areas will see property vales rise-will the ghettoes move to the formerly propserous suburbs?
That would be interesting.