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11-13-2008, 01:32 PM
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Location: Chicago- Lawrence and Kedzie/Maywood
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Maywood, Illinois
I've read other topics on Maywood since I live here.
It's got a horrible rep.
So I want people to tell me everything they think on it.
Does it have any hope of getting better? Why did it it start getting bad?
How could it get better?
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11-13-2008, 01:34 PM
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it got bad when the city decided to knock all the projects down. then a ton of section 8 "types" moved to that town and the murder rate doubled.
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11-13-2008, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by At1WithNature
it got bad when the city decided to knock all the projects down. then a ton of section 8 "types" moved to that town and the murder rate doubled.
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Although, Maywood has gotten considerably worse since the city projects have come down, it has had many issues for quite some time. In fact, it had a larger prostitution problem in the 80s and 90s before the Cook County Sherrifs had to intervene. |
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11-13-2008, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by potter
Although, Maywood has gotten considerably worse since the city projects have come down, it has had many issues for quite some time. In fact, it had a larger prostitution problem in the 80s and 90s before the Cook County Sherrifs had to intervene.
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Very interesting. You learn something new every day. Other police forces having to intervene...sounds like the Ford Heights of the western suburbs! |
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11-13-2008, 07:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by At1WithNature
it got bad when the city decided to knock all the projects down. then a ton of section 8 "types" moved to that town and the murder rate doubled.
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Maywood went to Hell decades before anyone even planned on swinging a wrecking ball at the housing projects. |
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11-13-2008, 08:47 PM
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Drugs, big problem there. Now some shootings. Not good.
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11-13-2008, 09:19 PM
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Maywood's issues are generally in a few neighborhoods. I would buy in Maywood on the north side of town if I still lived in Chicago. The kids would of course not attend Proviso schools. I truly believe Maywood will come back one day. It has a great proximity to downtown, some beautiful old homes and tree lined streets.
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11-13-2008, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by crbcrbrgv
Maywood's issues are generally in a few neighborhoods. I would buy in Maywood on the north side of town if I still lived in Chicago. The kids would of course not attend Proviso schools. I truly believe Maywood will come back one day. It has a great proximity to downtown, some beautiful old homes and tree lined streets.
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That's true, north Maywood is much better. I went to Proviso East, lol.
That school is messed up... You can be absent like 20 times a semester and still pass. Crooked security guards, kids doing crack in the bathrooms  , drug dealing, etc.
And what ticked me off most was the students did not show respect. I never understood why, I always wanted to sit through a class and just learn, but people just didn't take it seriously.  |
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11-14-2008, 06:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by potter
Although, Maywood has gotten considerably worse since the city projects have come down, it has had many issues for quite some time. In fact, it had a larger prostitution problem in the 80s and 90s before the Cook County Sherrifs had to intervene.
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Prostitution??? Where? Perhaps on 5th ave. maybe... |
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11-14-2008, 02:53 PM
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Prostitution??? Where? Perhaps on 5th ave. maybe...
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St. Charles Rd. from 13th-19th and Madison Ave. from 9th-17th Avenue. |
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