Dangerous areas?

[Momma_bear]

Originally Posted by THX 1138

Area between the Turnpike and 95, places tourist tend to get lost in, drive down MLK Ave sometime late at night. OP is not a resident so getting lost in these areas may be not so good.

That's Fort Lauderdale. Plantation is west of there. The very very eastern tip of Plantation is a little run down, but there's no place in Plantation that you would be scared to drive through as a non resident.

[DCkid]

Is it me or is MLK blvd the "bad" neighborhood in every US city?

[compelled to reply]

Originally Posted by DCkid

Is it me or is MLK blvd the "bad" neighborhood in every US city?

Yeah... .

[browardboi954]

read my thread on "bad" areas if you must know

[TK321]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

Why do people in Palm Beach County think Plantation is a dangerous area? I have noticed that more than once. Even my family up there didn't even know Plantation was actually nice and kind of upscale until I drove them around. They really thought the only decent areas were Weston and Parkland. I think they are only familiar with it from a S.R.7/Broward Blvd (East of Turnpike, not west) approach perhaps. Anyway, I have nothing better to do (Again) so let me make a map...it only takes a minute or so on MS Paint.

Ok, I whipped this up quickly, but I its pretty accurate, however I accept no responsibility if I mislabel a place and you go there and get robbed, and I might have mislabeled some places. North Browrad later (maybe). I know I did indeed miss some spots here and there (mostly of good areas labeling them as ugly or bad). Red is brown, Brown is not really that bad but ugly, light green is fine, but maybe too close for comfort, and dark green is good. Any combination of the two is..well..a combination.

Thanks!!!!

[Lauderdale954]

most of central and north BROWARD is bad..Pompano has very high crime and is basically all bad (except for a few areas)..As far as I know, Deerfield is half and half..there are some decent areas, but there are also some very bad neighborhoods (alwoods, 20 hole), there is even a neighborhood nicknamed "3rd World"..there is also alot of gang activity..

In Fort Lauderdale, the major areas to look out for are almost everything along and between Sistrunk and Sunrise (Sunland Park, Franklin Park, Melrose Park, Roosevelt Gardens, WAshington PArk), and other areas near O.P. Blvd. and Dixie Hwy. (Lauderdale Manors)..In Lauderhill, you won't find many problems north of O.P. Blvd. (Inverrary), but I STRONGLY SUGGEST NEVER hanging out south of O.P. Blvd. straight down 56th ave. in Lauderhill..this can be one of the worst areas in Central Broward, commonly referred to as Deepside and Shallowside..there have been quite a few murders in this area already this year...

Besides those in specific, other cities to be cautioned about are Oakland Park (south of Prospect can be pretty bad, particularly around the Harlem McBride area; north of prospect is "okay") areas in Hollywood such as Carver Ranches, and many areas along along MLK blvd., one in specific being the intersection of 19th and MLK (royal palms park), alot of crime and drug dealing in this area, your only asking for trouble visiting that section.

[PBCboy]

Originally Posted by THX 1138

Broward: Lauderhill, Plantation and some parts of Hollywood.

Miami-Dade: Liberty City, Overtown, Northside, Carol City, Opalocka, Little Haiti and Cutler Ridge.

Well, to be fair, they are building new upper middle class neighborhoods in Cutler Bay. And as already stated, Plantation is not bad. Lauderhill is not nearly as bad as the Miami-Dade neighborhoods mentioned.