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Why is it when urban (or city people), leave the city and move (or just visit) to counties or suburbs they bring such a low class lifestyle with them?
Rather its
Crime
Drugs
Graffiti
Gangs
Drama.
Why is this?
When a city has 300 murders and surrounding counties have WAY lower then that. But Those resident decide to migrate into counties and boom sudden increase of crime.
They don't even have move, they just have to VISIT the suburbs and boom. DRAMA. FIGHTS, POLICE.
When there is a new bus route that goes into the counties. CRIME GOES UP.
Why do they have bring such a low class way of life to areas where people have dignity and respect for others. WHY?
Because the cities are starting to gentrify. The rich and upper-middle class are moving back, increasing property values, pushing the ghetto rats out. People in the suburbs are growing tired of driving hours every day just to get to work and get basic necessities. After the last gasoline shock, the smarter ones are realizing they need to move closer to where they work and get less dependent on cars. This means move back the cities.
Why is it when urban (or city people), leave the city and move (or just visit) to counties or suburbs they bring such a low class lifestyle with them?
Rather its
Crime
Drugs
Graffiti
Gangs
Drama.
Why is this?
When a city has 300 murders and surrounding counties have WAY lower then that. But Those resident decide to migrate into counties and boom sudden increase of crime.
They don't even have move, they just have to VISIT the suburbs and boom. DRAMA. FIGHTS, POLICE.
When there is a new bus route that goes into the counties. CRIME GOES UP.
Why do they have bring such a low class way of life to areas where people have dignity and respect for others. WHY?
They move because they need a new group of victims to rob, rape, and murder. Urban scum goes where the $$$ is.
The city I grew up in had this problem. The city was very middle class be decent schools. During the housing boom in the late 90's early 2000's they built many houses. Ultimately, lots of the houses ended up empty, section 8 was increased to fill many of these houses. Most of the people came from the Oakland/Richmond area, amoung others, to Antioch with section 8 vouchers to get away from the crime and poor schools in their home town. Ultimately, they ended up bring those problems with them to Antioch. Schools have become worse and crime is now a large issue.
Under the Section 8 federal housing voucher program, thousands of poor, urban and often African-American residents have left hardscrabble neighborhoods in the nation’s largest cities and resettled in the suburbs.
Law enforcement experts and housing researchers argue that rising crime rates follow Section 8 recipients to their new homes, while other experts discount any direct link. But there is little doubt that cultural shock waves have followed the migration. Social and racial tensions between newcomers and their neighbors have increased, forcing suburban communities like Antioch to re-evaluate their civic identities along with their methods of dealing with the new residents.
I thought urban areas were expensive and full of people like lawyers, doctors, and bankers. There is no way that these professions are involved in crime.
I thought urban areas were expensive and full of people like lawyers, doctors, and bankers. There is no way that these professions are involved in crime.
Depends on how you want to define urban. The area where I live (not the immediate area ) has a lot of really small older homes on very small lots. When I say small lot in some cases the eaves of one house might overhang the neighbors. That's extreme example but not uncommon. What happens is the homes are usually occupied by senior citizens, the kids aren't interested becsue there isn't much room in them and even if they wanted to move there they usually need some major $$$ to update.
The senior citizen dies and the house gets sold, you can find a lot of homes like this in the 40K to 50K range and they might not be that bad if it was single couple or one kid especially if you could put up with the typical single bathroom that only fits one person. They end up getting purchased by either someone looking to rent(section 8) or lower income people. It's all downhill from there. You can literally go down the streets in some of these neighborhoods and tell which homes are the original owners....
As far as the original post the same thing has happened in these neighborhoods. At least half the time when a viloent crime is committed there is going to be some connection to the inner city whether the person is outright from there and visiting or they moved here recently.
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) has a lot of really small older homes on very small lots. When I say small lot in some cases the eaves of one house might overhang the neighbors. That's extreme example but not uncommon. What happens is the homes are usually occupied by senior citizens, the kids aren't interested becsue there isn't much room in them and even if they wanted to move there they usually need some major $$$ to update. 
