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Old 12-14-2009, 09:08 PM
 
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Old 12-15-2009, 12:31 AM
 
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Smile The Maryvale area.

To Fcorrales80: So you are familiar with the area. Enjoy your time with your family this Christmas season and join me in picking up a few pieces of paper or an empty beer bottle on your way out! (Despite all of our problems, I do love Maryvale).
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Old 12-15-2009, 01:03 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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To Fcorrales80: So you are familiar with the area. Enjoy your time with your family this Christmas season and join me in picking up a few pieces of paper or an empty beer bottle on your way out! (Despite all of our problems, I do love Maryvale).
I'll pick up if I see anything near her house. I like the history of Maryvale and I hope it continues improving and that the community continues their efforts to make it a better place.
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Old 12-15-2009, 07:47 AM
 
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All I have to say about this thread is WOW
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Old 12-15-2009, 01:51 PM
 
Location: central Oregon
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I have lived in the Maryvale area near Indian School Rd and 55th Ave since 1977. When we moved in, it was an all white neighborhood with homes overall kept nicely, grass cut and kept up, homes painted, etc. But even at that time, a few of the homes were neglected. Today it is a different story, the well-kept up homes are an exception rather than the rule. There are probably 7 homes out of 30 on each block that look nice. Papers and bottles are dropped anywhere. Beer bottles, broken and not broken are left in front yards. Most yards are not properly wattered, which results in a mostly dust-laden yards. Cars are parked on what is supposed to be the front yards, or the sidewalks, instead of on the street. Graffiti is a constant problem, needing repainting all the time. Very loud car music is a constant, so loud that the walls of my house shake. On weekends cars are being sold in the front yards of some homes, and some yards become a swap meet with lots and lots of merchandise being brought in from other places. The only difference between 1977 and now, is that these neighborhoods are 97% Spanish. I never thought I had anything against the Spanish people, but why do they have to live like pigs? Where does this come from? Moving out is not an option, I'm like everybody else, can't afford to do that anymore.
I hear you!

I posted on the other Maryvale thread and said just about the same thing. I graduated from Trevor Browne High in 1976 and the school was majority white but with quite a few hispanics and other minorities. I recently googled the school and it is now majority hispanic.
I left the area in 2004 because of the neighborhood takeover. I just wasn't strong enough to fight against it...it was easier to leave.
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Old 12-25-2009, 12:24 AM
 
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Maryvale has become a very bad place to live since about 2004. Before that it wasn't so bad. I'm not afraid to go there but I wouldn't want to live there.
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Old 12-26-2009, 10:42 AM
 
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It's ironic that it went down hill mostly during the "boom."
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Old 12-16-2010, 09:43 AM
 
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any word about 4900's of Pinchot in Maryvale? Worried about an older couple moving there due to money.
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Old 12-16-2010, 09:45 AM
 
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is 4900's and Pinchot risky for an older couple?
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Old 12-16-2010, 10:44 AM
 
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any word about 4900's of Pinchot in Maryvale? Worried about an older couple moving there due to money.
Maryvale has the highest violent crime rate and second highest property crime rate in Phoenix. Statistics for Reported Crimes - Precinct

A child was found murdered and dumped in an alley in Maryvale earlier this week. Phoenix police hold meeting after boy's death
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