First off, Miller and Aetna are two very different places.
That highway 12/20 is a pretty big division. Aetna is pretty much dilapidated all around. I can't think of anything nice to say about it. There are a few White people who live there, but mostly Black and poor(which is a much bigger indicator than race). A lot of potholes and weeds and shacks.
Miller is more of a beach community.
There's plenty of White people in Miller.
A lot never moved during the "white flight" in the '60s and so there's always been older White people in every Miller neighborhood that I've lived in.
There's also the bohemian crowd who like go to the Beach Cafe and stuff like that. The "Fest in the First" is held every year and is usually full of the White people you rarely see out and about.
A lot of the more affluent White people live back in the hills of Miller, near the beach. Lots of Mercedes, Jaguars, and SUV's by Marquette Beach.
There is no racial tension in Miller, because the Whites and Blacks generally have different social circles. The Whites tend to stay to themselves and are rarely seen around here. Not saying that as a good thing or bad thing. You rarely if ever hear about all of the affluent White people being tied up and robbed in there, so discard most of what these people are saying. Whites are safer than Blacks here.
Most crime in Gary is poor Blacks on other poor Blacks. White people are probably the safest people in Gary. I can't remember the last time I've heard of a White person being murdered by "gangstas" in Gary. It just doesn't happen. Unless you are involved in drugs, which is the game changer, but if you go to work every day, live back up in the hills by the beach, then NOTHING will happen to you.
I unlike a lot of these people actually live here and are involved in the community.
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Originally Posted by tb4000
Wherever there are no black people, basically. Let's not sugarcoat it.
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Black Oak has no Black people and is as raggedy as it gets. It's like a Jerry Springer episode over there, so . . .
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Originally Posted by magik
just don't move there. anybody from gary gary would tell you ahh yeah it's alright and this and that cuz they know worse then miller they know far worse then miller. but look at the economy, steel industry has gone wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy down and thats what runs the area. people are outta jobs going crazy and gettin mad. don't move to miller. move to portage or chesterton if you want to be close to the dunes. i was reading the newpaper when i still lived up there reading the part of the newspaper that talks about crimes from the previous days. i saw alot of crimes in miller rather then glen park. i'm not saying miller is worse then glen park because it's not. but still bad **** happens there frequently. my grandfather said we were gonna go rent a movie but he drove right up clay st. into miller and we stopped at his weed dealers house to buy some weed. pissed me off and they were all claiming gang **** i was like sorry i don't bang and they was like ok. the next week the guy he bought it off of was shot dead and my grandfather was all depressed about it.
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First off,
You might wanna learn about spell check, punctuation, and paragraphs.
Second of all, Clay St. is on the outskirts of Miller, not on the inside. it's more Glen Ryan than Miller. That's not really indicative of how Miller as a whole is.
And third of all, your grandfather seems like an ass.
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