Macon! The new Atlanta suburb (Sardis: 2010, construction, roaches)

[Wolfdaddy]

Originally Posted by brentyoung12

I mentioned this before but it is the funniest thing on this site to me.
I tell ya, its the SAME FORMULA everytime.

Anybody who has any personal issues with a town will make up a story of how ironically/concidentally they, and a million of their family members, have been burglarized or car jacked individually in that city.

They go on to tell you how the city is in the top 5 for crime or always compare it Detroit or some other places that is generally in the top 5.

Wolf Daddy, knows that was complete BULL. When has Macon been in the Top 5?

Macon was #1 some years ago. Can't remember what year, but it wasn't to long ago. Ill have to look at the history somewhere and get back to you

[Wolfdaddy]

Warner Robins maybe has a whole two murders a year. How many does Macon have? Bet you will need more then five sets of hands......

[Bulldawgfan]

Originally Posted by brentyoung12

Still didnt prove your point lol.

You still do not get it. I do not have to 'prove' anything. We are talking about opinions. But since you have taken the time to look some stuff up I will try and explain further. Only your stats are bound by imaginary lines. When you are actually visiting a place you see no city limit lines painted on the ground (except for Bristol, Tn./ Bristol, Va., which also happens to be a state line anyways). You get a feel for the size of the place by, get this, actually being there. You drive for miles once entering Duval County, Florida (Jacksonville city limits) and see woods and swamps. I know, I have been there. I do not need a bunch of stats to tell me I am in the city. I actually know better. Cities like Macon are not growing in size because of population, they are growing to follow the tax base (migration to the suburbs). That also screws with your crime rate tables on your stat pages, but never mind that, you are confused enough. Unlike Macon, where you have a buffer between most neighboring towns, once you leave West Palm Beach heading south you never leave the city until you drive out onto the Keys. Oh, there is the occasional sign telling you you have entered the next tax zone, but no lines are painted anywhere. Stats do not tell you that, only being there does. Your stats are gonna say that Plantation, Fl. is small. But driving through (stop by Bobby Riggs' Plantation Inn for breakfast) you will find you do not know where one town stops and another starts.
You do not always know where the city limits are, but you know how big a place is by, once again, being there. So, go ahead and push your stats brother. You just cannot see the forest through the trees. And you keep proving my opinion every step you take. Thanks for playing. /thread.

[Bulldawgfan]

All kidding aside, brentyoung12 and yerocal, I hope you guys made it through the storms OK. Not too bad here, but I have seen some pictures of Macon and it got hit pretty hard. Mostly south, so I guess you guys faired pretty well way up there to the north.

[MayorOfMacon2019]

Originally Posted by Wolfdaddy

I think the crack heads are only on 2 streets in warner robins. And there side by side. But I have seen crack heads all over macon walking the street. Not so much on Riverside. But thats the only place I havn't seen them. Houston County is the fastest growing county in Georgia I think.I think its because people want to live close to Macon for all the things you can do in Macon. But they dont wanna live there. But one day in my opinion, they wont even wanna go to Macon. Warner robins and Perry are growing so fast that one day they will emerge. In my opinion, there will be more to do in Houston County then Macon.

Well there is only two streets in Warner Robins. Watson and Russell. Also Warner Robins had 4 murders in 3 months during the start of the year so what does that tell you Wolfdaddy. Also that crazed man out there by that school like to killed an officer. Also Macon has never been number 1 in crime, your statistics are mistaken we were number 9 amoung cities with 199,999-99,999 people, and that was some 6-7 years ago when Chief Monroe was here now we have Chief Burns that has reduced crime like I said by double digits, and you can take that how youwant, it shows progress.

[MayorOfMacon2019]

Originally Posted by brentyoung12

LMAO...sorry this is just the funniest and sorriest excuse for a piece of crap I've saw on here.

What's with the logic of this Peelo dude?

"I hate savaged minded ghetto scum, but I'm willing to give you my number and meet up with you for confrontation because you dont agree with my city-data.com comments"

Oh and Yes I can call you a hyprocrite and liar because you are. Oh yeah, I have been to Dublin in broad daylight and saw trashy people hangin around gas stations and thugs saggin roaming the streets. This is the main reason I say not many people around georgia have much room to talk. I have saw these same things in Dublin, Milledgeville, Eastman, Jeffersonville and Warner Robins, you name it. Stop acting like you've only saw it in Macon.

The last time I visited a friend in Warner Robins, it was nothing but thugs hangin out at this gas station off of Elberta Rd. (I believe it was Conoco, right up from some apartments, and it was at the end of that Rd. and met with another busy street)

As a matter of fact, my East Macon neighborhoods looks a lot nicer than the last parts of Eastman and Dublin I was in to visit fam.

LOL, he messaged you to I see, I got a similar notice, same tone, lot of irregular language and that same number. I didn't respond to it because if he was man enough he could prove his self to me and others that Macon is so horrible without all of these extreme measures. But Peelo keeps toilet paper over his mouth because all that comes out is bull.

[Bulldawgfan]

Originally Posted by MayorOfMacon2019

Well there is only two streets in Warner Robins.

Mayor,
Are you defending Macon by calling Warner Robbins small? Great defense. I sure hope that when you get in office you can do something with Macon. You got your work cut out... you are gonna be governing one nasty place. Best wishes, I will be watching from afar.

[preacherwife516]

My wife and I lived in Macon from 2000-2005. The people themselves as a whole are
very nice and polite. However the crime problem in Macon for a small city is just as
bad as South Central LA. It is literally infested with drug crime. Some predominantly
caucasion churches have closed because the people who attend them have abandoned the neighborhoods around them and are absolutely terrified to drive in them at night. East Macon is bad but South Macon where my wife and I lived is even
worse. There is a section in South Macon called the Peach Orchard and no kidding
when you drive over there you feel like you have entered the twilight zone as it is
so decayed and impoverished that you may feel like you are no longer in Georgia but
somewhere in the Third World. I am serious folks. South of Eisenhower Blvd going
south on Houston Ave all of the convenient stores and businesses are barred up and
have been so for years as the crime is so bad. There are gangs in those neighborhoods everywhere. The convenient stores on Houston Ave are all absolutely
filthy and unkempt. There has been a lot of white flight out of South Macon to
South Bibb County and Warner Robins in Houston County and also to the north.
Anything South of Vineville Ave on Pio Nono and South of Eisenhower on Houston
is no man's life. I would feel safer in Phenix City, AL during WWII than I would presently driving in South Macon. I did I mention Bloomfield once not too long ago
which was a nice neighborhood on the south side. My wife I when we lived there
were driving on Rocky Creek Road toward Bloomfield and we saw an African American
young man lying on the side walk dead in broad daylight at 8 o'clock in the morning.
Apparently he was mistaken for someone else and one of the cities violent gangs had
gunned him down in cold blood. You want a safe place to live in Bibb County stay
away from the south side of the city. That section of the city is and has been a
war zone for drugs, gangs and violent crime. There is no doubt it. South Macon is
a very, very dangerous place to live for the aforementioned reasons. You can get
a home for real cheap in South Macon because no one wants to live there.
Actually the crime in South Macon may make Camden, NJ look tame.

P.

[brentyoung12]

Originally Posted by preacherwife516

My wife and I lived in Macon from 2000-2005. The people themselves as a whole are
very nice and polite. However the crime problem in Macon for a small city is just as
bad as South Central LA. It is literally infested with drug crime. Some predominantly
caucasion churches have closed because the people who attend them have abandoned the neighborhoods around them and are absolutely terrified to drive in them at night. East Macon is bad but South Macon where my wife and I lived is even
worse. There is a section in South Macon called the Peach Orchard and no kidding
when you drive over there you feel like you have entered the twilight zone as it is
so decayed and impoverished that you may feel like you are no longer in Georgia but
somewhere in the Third World. I am serious folks. South of Eisenhower Blvd going
south on Houston Ave all of the convenient stores and businesses are barred up and
have been so for years as the crime is so bad. There are gangs in those neighborhoods everywhere. The convenient stores on Houston Ave are all absolutely
filthy and unkempt. There has been a lot of white flight out of South Macon to
South Bibb County and Warner Robins in Houston County and also to the north.
Anything South of Vineville Ave on Pio Nono and South of Eisenhower on Houston
is no man's life. I would feel safer in Phenix City, AL during WWII than I would presently driving in South Macon. I did I mention Bloomfield once not too long ago
which was a nice neighborhood on the south side. My wife I when we lived there
were driving on Rocky Creek Road toward Bloomfield and we saw an African American
young man lying on the side walk dead in broad daylight at 8 o'clock in the morning.
Apparently he was mistaken for someone else and one of the cities violent gangs had
gunned him down in cold blood. You want a safe place to live in Bibb County stay
away from the south side of the city. That section of the city is and has been a
war zone for drugs, gangs and violent crime. There is no doubt it. South Macon is
a very, very dangerous place to live for the aforementioned reasons. You can get
a home for real cheap in South Macon because no one wants to live there.
Actually the crime in South Macon may make Camden, NJ look tame.

P.

I'm a realistic person, there is a great bit of truth to what you just said, but its kind of like you're dwelling on it, and exaggerated. Southside is VERY VERY rough. This is true.

But seriously, who would really move to (or even consider) those areas you described? All of our larger cities in Georgia, and I do mean all of them, have parts of town equally as rough as south macon.

But what I dont agree with you on is, how exactly is East Macon bad? Is it because
you drive along gray highway and a little piece of shurling drive and you see the "Ft. Hill" Community? Because besides Ft. Hill, most of East Macon is either "ok" or nice. East Macon isnt bad. I stay on the eastside and there is virtually no crime out my way, Im sure its fair to say the vast majority of crimes in East Macon are centralized around Ft. Hill.

Going down Houston Ave. or Second St. is the only part of Macon I would even say RESEMBLES those very tough places like South Central LA or Camden, NJ though. That is VERY VERY big reach, considering thats a very small portion of town.

The crime is very very contained INSIDE of the bad areas here in Macon though. For an example ,you described East Macon as bad, yet I stay on the eastside and Crime/Drugs/Ghetto/Ft. Hill doesnt effect me at all. I dont go over there and that "ghettoness" (LOL) of Ft. Hill doesnt spill into my area so it doesnt bother me.

I live in a "walk your dog" type neighborhood. I hate to bring this up but sometimes I think some might "assume" an entire area is bad because you see the area is majority black, but their are different classes of Blacks in East Macon. Generally Speaking, Ft Hill people arent the same as Lake Arrowhead people, even though you might ride through lake arrowhead and see a couple young black guys "chillin" outside, you cant assume its a bad area, you know?

[everyone luvs da longball]

heeeeey theeere.... im frum da south... i liiieve in macon, geooerga.... it sounds sorta like bacon but instead us people named it macon cuz we luv bacon so much....nuk nuk nuk!!