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This is a dumb thread. How do you classify one city as "more ghetto" than another? Many large cities have ghettos. Some have more poor areas than others. In most cases, all of these cities have some very nice areas and the supposed "ghettos" that people comment on could turn around with a shift in economic currents or as national trends change.
From what I know of cities mentioned in this thread:
Baltimore - has a sizable number of bad neighborhoods, but also has some of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the entire nation. Visit the Inner Harbor, Fells Point, Canton, Patterson Park, Hampden, Mount Vernon, or Charles Village some time. Baltimore will also continue to benefit from rising commodity prices which will push people back into cities with ready-made infrastructure
Atlanta - I really can't think of any good reason Atlanta would make the list unless people equate "ghetto" with large concentrations of black people. There are rough areas in Atlanta, but I've travelled to cities all over the East Coast, Mid-Atlantic, and South and Atlanta is one of the wealthier cities out there. In fact, some of the deep suburbs of ATL have become more ghetto-like than anything inside the Perimeter.
Washington DC - uhhh, have the people who have thrown DC onto the list actually been to DC? DC is one of the wealthiest cities in the nation. Yeah, Anacostia is bad and some neighborhoods in the NE aren't ultrawealthy, but I don't see how it could even remotely qualify as "most ghetto"
Overall, the entire debate is just silly, though. For a lot of these cities, I'd actually like to move there because there is lots of cheap urban property and things will improve over time as national trends shift (as they inevitably will due to the rising costs of oil). Memphis and Baltimore are not bad places to settle if you have the right mentality. If you believe everything that is foreign to you is "ghetto", you don't have the right mentality.
P.S. I grew up in rural, poor Appalachia. I'm not sure that there's some major advantage of living in a poor rural environment as opposed to a poor urban environment. There are lots of poor areas in the nation and not all of them are in the inner cities.
Washington DC - uhhh, have the people who have thrown DC onto the list actually been to DC? DC is one of the wealthiest cities in the nation. Yeah, Anacostia is bad and some neighborhoods in the NE aren't ultrawealthy, but I don't see how it could even remotely qualify as "most ghetto"
I agree. DC is one of the nicest cities that I've ever lived in/visited. There are some bad areas, like in every city, but not very many anymore. It's probably THE most improved city in the nation in the last 10 years. You really have to go out of your way to really get into trouble now.
Atlanta may love hip hop but what major city doesn't, Atlanta is home to the fastest growing millionaire population in the country it also has the most black millionaires, the second richest majority black county in the nation, and just the fact that it is the fastest growing metro in the nation for the past 9 years and if it was that ghetto why would people continue to move here, just because Atlanta has a large black population doesn't make it ghetto actually it has a very affluent black population with over half being upper middle class.
there should have been a great hew and cry by those living in the atlanta area after the airing of that ridiculous and embarrassing show about those silly pretentious women, who strove to outdo the other one. goash and tacky. to me, it was the epitome of a black person's stereotype.
Reading, Allentown, and Harrisburg, PA....and pretty much any city in NJ (Camden, Trenton, Jersey City, Paterson, Atlantic City, Newark all come to mind).
This is a dumb thread. How do you classify one city as "more ghetto" than another? Many large cities have ghettos. Some have more poor areas than others. In most cases, all of these cities have some very nice areas and the supposed "ghettos" that people comment on could turn around with a shift in economic currents or as national trends change.
From what I know of cities mentioned in this thread:
Baltimore - has a sizable number of bad neighborhoods, but also has some of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the entire nation. Visit the Inner Harbor, Fells Point, Canton, Patterson Park, Hampden, Mount Vernon, or Charles Village some time. Baltimore will also continue to benefit from rising commodity prices which will push people back into cities with ready-made infrastructure
Atlanta - I really can't think of any good reason Atlanta would make the list unless people equate "ghetto" with large concentrations of black people. There are rough areas in Atlanta, but I've travelled to cities all over the East Coast, Mid-Atlantic, and South and Atlanta is one of the wealthier cities out there. In fact, some of the deep suburbs of ATL have become more ghetto-like than anything inside the Perimeter.
Washington DC - uhhh, have the people who have thrown DC onto the list actually been to DC? DC is one of the wealthiest cities in the nation. Yeah, Anacostia is bad and some neighborhoods in the NE aren't ultrawealthy, but I don't see how it could even remotely qualify as "most ghetto"
Overall, the entire debate is just silly, though. For a lot of these cities, I'd actually like to move there because there is lots of cheap urban property and things will improve over time as national trends shift (as they inevitably will due to the rising costs of oil). Memphis and Baltimore are not bad places to settle if you have the right mentality. If you believe everything that is foreign to you is "ghetto", you don't have the right mentality.
P.S. I grew up in rural, poor Appalachia. I'm not sure that there's some major advantage of living in a poor rural environment as opposed to a poor urban environment. There are lots of poor areas in the nation and not all of them are in the inner cities.
I agree with you. But one thing that needs to be pointed out is that EVERY LARGE CITY HAS SOME PART(S) OF IT THAT IS CONSIDERED "GHETTO." It's just the nature of large groups of people concentrated in a defined area.
1. Gary,IN
2. Detroit
3. Memphis
4. Oakland
5. Homestead,FL
6. East St Louis
7. New Orleans
8. Little Rock
9. Flint,MI
10. Lansing, MI
Oh wow, I'm surprise to see my hometown ( Lansing, Michigan) ranked in top 10, top 50 etc... for ghetto cities. If this thread was ranking cities with bad health system/ facilities ranking Lansing in top 10 may be more accurate.
im from deep east oakland all im gona say is we bout respect out here of course we get money but you wont make it wit out RESPECT. honostly if you dont liv out here you dont no whats goin.
Detroit
Flint, MI
Gary, IN
East St. Louis, IL
Cleveland
Atlanta, GA
New Orleans
Cahokia, IL
Compton, CA
Washington, DC
LOL I used to play Ice Hockey in Cahokia. The area isnt great but it certainly isnt in the '10 most ghetto cities' category.
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