Homewood vs. Flossmoor (updated information) (Chicago, Orland Park: buy, high school, college)

[admcgee01]

Are either cities what they were twenty years ago? No. I have lived in Flossmoor my entire life and I can honestly say it is becoming worse. However, a city as safe and prominent as Flossmoor getting worse means little. The crime is not getting much worse each year. The school districts are still great and the teachers are just as devoted as they have every been. I just completed a project in which I studied the crime in Flossmoor over the las ten years and in many aspects it is actually getting better. Flossmoor would be a great city to start your family and I really reccomend it to you.

[ajolotl]

Originally Posted by admcgee01

Are either cities what they were twenty years ago? No. I have lived in Flossmoor my entire life and I can honestly say it is becoming worse. However, a city as safe and prominent as Flossmoor getting worse means little. The crime is not getting much worse each year. The school districts are still great and the teachers are just as devoted as they have every been. I just completed a project in which I studied the crime in Flossmoor over the las ten years and in many aspects it is actually getting better. Flossmoor would be a great city to start your family and I really reccomend it to you.

Flossmoor is getting worse. It's not bad to get worse when you're really great to begin with. The crime is not getting much worse. Over the last ten years in many aspects the crime are getting better.

[At1WithNature]

Originally Posted by Chicagoland60426

Even though Chicago is supposed to be Cosmo & liberal, it still have this race/segregation problem. It seem like most large cities in the Midwest have the segregation problem. The only minority group that get a pass from this is Asians.

Last time I checked, asians and arabs weren't the reason as to why Chicago has so many violent crimes. The Latinos and the blacks are the main reason for this. Thus, the prison and crime statistics. If a certain group has more criminals than the next, obviusly the groups that do not commit as many crimes are going to hold that against them. If the blacks and latinos cleaned up their own communities, everyone would love to live right next to them. But until they change their ways, people aren't going to want to be around them. And for good reason. People don't want to be in harms way. At the end of the day, that is what it comes down to. For whatever reason, both the black population and latino population have no qualms about living next to or with gangs. Where asians and whites have a problem with that. Call it different cultures, socio-economics, what have you. Bottomline, is that needs to change before the other less violent groups feel comfortable living next to them.

[deechee]

Originally Posted by At1WithNature

You can't say one thing, and then go on to say there is plenty of plight in the COOK COUNTY south burbs because you contradict yourself. The good neighborhoods, schools, and people of this region are far less in number than those of the northern or western parts. It's a fact, deal with it. The right direction is not anywhere in southern cook county, unless you have money and are rich. The only people who have a hard time dealing with this are people who live there. Go figure!

I never said the southern part was bad because of people of color. You said that! It is bad because of what I have said one thousand times on this forum. But some don't seem to get it because they would rather take the easy way out and play the race card.

The southern cook county burbs are the worst in the region because of all things undeniable. Things such as the crime, the blind eye its' residents turn to crime/criminals, the residents' lack of value in education, the residents' lack of respect for their property, themselves, or their neighbors, the broken families, the drugs, etc. That is why it is bad.

It's not my fault that one group happens to have more of these negative character traits than the other groups. Everyone can't be the best at everything. Instead of blaming others, maybe these types of people can point the finger at themselves and actually improve their quality of life but that won't happen because the standards of the southern COOK COUNTY burbs are much lower than the standards of the northern and far western burbs. It sucks, I wish it wasn't like that but it is. The police can step up but if people of these communities do not want to say what they saw or testify, the police can't do anything about the plights of these communities.

I apologize for my lack of tact, I just wish we could clean up the towns that need cleaning up. Cal City for one...

Right, because the other towns don't need cleaning up.

I cannot imagine what kind of people think like this in real life, but boy I am sure glad I don't know. I just cannot seem to gather how someone can be so narrow minded...

[chicago_60611]

Originally Posted by admcgee01

Are either cities what they were twenty years ago? No. I have lived in Flossmoor my entire life and I can honestly say it is becoming worse. However, a city as safe and prominent as Flossmoor getting worse means little. The crime is not getting much worse each year. The school districts are still great and the teachers are just as devoted as they have every been. I just completed a project in which I studied the crime in Flossmoor over the las ten years and in many aspects it is actually getting better. Flossmoor would be a great city to start your family and I really reccomend it to you.

Again thanks to those who submitted comments to this thread, we are all moved in and very happy. Now if only we can find an IMAX or Mega screen movie theatre around here .

[oldhousegirl]

Originally Posted by chicago_60611

Again thanks to those who submitted comments to this thread, we are all moved in and very happy. Now if only we can find an IMAX or Mega screen movie theatre around here .

Did you end up in Flossmoor?

[SlickPoetry]

Chicago Heights is NOT majority black. Last estimates say it is 41% whites, 40% blacks, and 29% hispanic or other. I expect that in the 2010 census it will be almost equally-split among the three, at 33% each. Hispanic are booming in the heights.

I believe the only suburbs that are really majority black in the south burbs are Ford Heights, Robbins, and Harvey. Others, like Olympia Fields and Park Forest, are about 50-50 with blacks and whites. Some, like tinley and orland, are 75--90% white.

[deechee]

Originally Posted by SlickPoetry

Chicago Heights is NOT majority black. Last estimates say it is 41% whites, 40% blacks, and 29% hispanic or other. I expect that in the 2010 census it will be almost equally-split among the three, at 33% each. Hispanic are booming in the heights.

I believe the only suburbs that are really majority black in the south burbs are Ford Heights, Robbins, and Harvey. Others, like Olympia Fields and Park Forest, are about 50-50 with blacks and whites. Some, like tinley and orland, are 75--90% white.

You must be new to Chicagoland.

[SlickPoetry]

Originally Posted by deechee

You must be new to Chicagoland.

hmm, if living here for 30+ years is new, then yes I am new.

[SlickPoetry]

that being said, there are other communities that are majority black that I forgot to mention. whoops.