Denver Ghettos (Aurora, Littleton, Commerce City: low crime, hotel, new house)

[subsound]

Originally Posted by livecontent

I can easily say that there were no bad areas that were equivalent to eastern slums. However, some areas were more dangerous; some areas were more in a state of disrepair.

[cpm725]

Yes. It does have Ghettos...compared to Boulder standards. Move to Boulder and leave the big city on its own..

[cementglow]

^Boulder standards? Heck even Longmont has ghettos compared to Boulder standards.

[cecilia0909]

Originally Posted by Micktooth

Judging from most of your posts, you seem to be obsessed with crime and bad parts of town. Any particular reason for this? Do you need to compare Cleveland with everywhere else?

I am new and just read this, I have just moved from the Cleveland area and wanted to comment that I have NEVER seen anything in Denver that compares to neighborhoods in Cleveland. It can be pretty scary if you find yourself in the wrong area of Cleveland- in a way I never imagined until I lived there for a year.

[cecilia0909]

I wanted to add to my first post, compared to Cleveland/Akron area- Denver doesn't have a ghetto. There were places I didn't even want to drive through during the day in that area. I can't think of one place I wouldn't walk down the street during the day here in Denver. It's like comparing night and day.

[Solas71]

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[Solas71]

Denver isn't the same Denver as it was in The late 60's - thru the early 90's. Denver's 5 Points was a thriving black community but it had it's issues with drugs and gangs. Curtis Park was not a good Place to be and someone could get hurt if they weren't from there. Park Hill was really ghetto back then, lot's of voilence and gang infested. North Denver over by old Elitches was run by some pretty touch home grown gangs (La Raza). What has happened is those areas have been cleaned up, so now you have hot spots or just the people of those areas relocating (Aurora) primarily people from 5 points. North Denver is still the same to me IMHO.

[rashad carr]

Im from here and you can and will get shot on these streets in the Denver metro area and i can say Colorado takes care of there neighbor hoods not letting them to get run down. Crips , bloods and latin gangs are a force in the metro area beleve it. Rashad Carr- Aurora, co

[adapterdesign]

Originally Posted by cecilia0909

I have just moved from the Cleveland area and wanted to comment that I have NEVER seen anything in Denver that compares to neighborhoods in Cleveland.

Agreed. I moved out here from Westpark, the neighborhood in Cleveland where all of the cops lived, and it was probably as bad as the rougher Denver neighborhoods that I've been in so far.

Originally Posted by rashad carr

Im from here and you can and will get shot on these streets in the Denver metro area and i can say Colorado takes care of there neighbor hoods not letting them to get run down. Crips , bloods and latin gangs are a force in the metro area beleve it. Rashad Carr- Aurora, co

Yeah, objectively, there's crime, just like any city. However, on a subjective level, it's pretty low if you've moved here from Cleveland, like the OP had.

[smi303]

Colfax and Yosemite.