Worst areas in Detroit (Warren, Westland: hotel, college, taxi)

[kobraf150]

I'm near Ford and Merriman (Sheridan Street) renting a house w/ friends. I go to St. Raphael's now as it is closer than St. Val's

[cardwellave]

Oh okay I'm near Ford and Inkster.

[Demo6978]

lol..I am white guy and I used to work for Amicci's Pizza in Hamtramck deliever the orders for customers all over in Detroit, Highland Park, and Hamtramck paying me 5 dollars per deliever. Geez..I got robbed 4 times, the last time was in Hamtramck at the gas station corner of Caniff, and I-75 after that I got fed up and quit. I would say the worst area is in Highland Park west of Hamliton anywhere South of McNicholas. There was one street that made me sick, and very dangerous is 14000 block of Lumpkin Road just north of Davison Freeway..Stay away from that neighbor, and uhh...I got robbed on Bewick just south of I 94...12th and Clairmount is pretty bad...anywhere 5000 block on Chene is where you can find whatever is illegal very easily.

[Demo6978]

Originally Posted by sam721

From the pictures I`ve seen the city airport area seems the worst. But alot of the city looks bad.

you are right...it's bad place to go there...i deliever the foods around that area often....

[marylee54]

Originally Posted by sam721

From the satelite images i`ve seen the Harper van Dyke area seems worse in terms of vacant land. But I don`t know what`s the most dangerous area. Where are the highest concentration of vacant homes in Detroit. Are there any streets you could drive through and see every house there vacant if so where exactly.

Google Mack--Alter Road--Jefferson--Dickerson more vacant land than houses

[MJay]

I hate to put race into it, but check out the diversity in city-data schedules and where you will see the highest percentage of blacks, there is often most crime.

[turtlezrul]

Originally Posted by RedWingsFan

Where is it safe in Detroit? It's not. It's the second most dangerous city in the country.

What's safe in the suburbs? Troy. It's the fourth SAFEST city in the country. Not bad, it's a big country with lots of cities! Sterling Heights also makes the top 20 list for safest cities.

Canton also made the top 20.

[dv9516]

Originally Posted by Brother WilliamX

Troy is where rapist and killers be, Sterling Heights is where the Klan and skinheads be, and I am here to say don't let these suburbs outside of Detroit fool you.. Farmington Hills, They have a problem with someone letting the air out of all the city school buses. Poor Pontiac...another Viet nam. Taylor, Southgate,Woodhaven,Lincoln Park, all have crimes (mostly Bank Robberies), and its amazing how they keep it undercover.

So I guess I am saying anywhere you go there is some kinda crime activitie going on. Sad but true most so-called White suburb cities seem to have some of the major problems Detroit have, but is always swepted under the rug the
majority of the time. So what one must do (especially) if you asking on here is to find out for yourself, due to the fact that most on here do not live in Metro Detroit, and if they did its history.

who ever you are you must not be from the metro det area. I was born and raised here. my uncle lives in farmington hills my parents live in troy and i have friends that live in pontiac and around pontiac. And i live in Detroit. detroit is has alot of bad areas the majority of its pop live in bad areas. when you drive up john r from detroit crossing in to ferndale (a border suburb of detroit) its like flipping on a light switch. the grass even get greener literally. and speaking of troy and farmington hills, 2 of the richest cities in america both in the 5 or 6th richest county (oakland county) in america, theres hardly any crime. in troy specifically i went to high school and i know from experience that nothing happens there in terms of crime or entetainment. and theres not much to sweep under that metaphoric rug you were talking about. its basically a city where prof (lawyers, execs) white people live. detroit is actually where most of the drugs and crime in the regoin come from. but thats how its is in nearly every metroi area. the inner city has the crime and the burbs are relativly safer. and btw i cant dissagree about the racism in the suburbs. in detroit its white Vs Black and both are afraid of both. and since the burbs are mostly white there used to be klans members and skinheads espesially in sterling heights.

[Smallville]

Originally Posted by MJay

I hate to put race into it, but check out the diversity in city-data schedules and where you will see the highest percentage of blacks, there is often most crime.

It's weird huh? I wonder why that is, too.

[lawsoncc]

Is Linwood Heights in general bad? I was looking into investing in rental properties?