# Signs you may be in the ghetto... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 14, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911 "2013-11-14T14:56:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/201 "2013-11-22T19:59:34Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Not providing a cite for this wasn’t due to not looking; trust me on that. I’m pretty sure I did hear this on CNN. Maybe it WAS foster children, like that other poster said. Wow. I guess it really happened then. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/202 "2013-11-22T21:05:58Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Not providing a cite for this wasn’t due to not looking; trust me on that. I’m pretty sure I did hear this on CNN. Maybe it WAS foster children, like that other poster said. In other words, maybe it was really really **really** different from what you said. Evacuees not having the proper documentation to attend school is worlds apart from parents not knowing the names and birthdates of their own children. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/203 "2013-11-22T21:34:49Z")
Use this moment as a learing opportunity, **nearwildheaven**. Ask yourself why you were so quick to not only believe such things, but repeat them. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/204 "2013-11-22T21:39:05Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Not providing a cite for this wasn’t due to not looking; trust me on that. I’m pretty sure I did hear this on CNN. Maybe it WAS foster children, like that other poster said. Oh well CNN. They are a reputable news outlet. Why just the other day I heard on CNN that Obama eats babies and is the cousin of Satan. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/205 "2013-11-23T00:18:27Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Oh well CNN. They are a reputable news outlet. Why just the other day I heard on CNN that Obama eats babies and is the cousin of Satan. Don’t go spreading false rumors; Obama only sacrifices babies to Satan. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/206 "2013-11-23T00:21:40Z")
Bars on the windows Broken glass on the sidewalks Run down, poorly maintained buildings Crappy cars Lots of pawn shops, liquor stores, payday loan stores. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/207 "2013-11-23T00:53:06Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Not providing a cite for this wasn’t due to not looking; trust me on that. I’m pretty sure I did hear this on CNN. Maybe it WAS foster children, like that other poster said. > [@madmonk28](#): > > Use this moment as a learing opportunity, **nearwildheaven**. Ask yourself why you were so quick to not only believe such things, but repeat them. I so seriously doubt that you heard anything like this on CNN, and your statement was so different from what **WhyNot** stated, that I believe it would be best for you to consider deeply the question posed by **madmonk28.** > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > trust me on that. You say something like this (“how do I know? blah blah blah” for example) a lot. Methinks thou doth protest too much. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/208 "2013-11-23T01:12:07Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > You say something like this (“how do I know? blah blah blah” for example) a lot. Methinks thou doth protest too much. Hey, don’t be going harsh on the poor lady. It’s all those friends’ sisters-in-law, and her cousins’ bosses and the chick at the checkout in the supermarket who give her the spurious information. Not her fault. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/209 "2013-12-21T18:05:00Z")
“You can buy alcohol in almost any store, no matter what else they sell.” > [@Oakminster](#): > > This is true in South Louisiana, and has nothing to do with other characteristics of the area. Grocery store, convenience store, drug store, whatever…all sell booze. There are also drive thru daiquiri shops. And also younger kids can by alcohol without I.D. I know this because I used to by beer in the ghetto. ---
**Author:** ![Loretano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/958977/32.png) [@Loretano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loretano)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911/210 "2026-09-21T15:11:38Z")
Other signs you may be in the Ghetto is if you are near a Burger Delight or a Jamaica Gee’s [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-you-may-be-in-the-ghetto/673911.md?page=10)