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Considering 99% of people will be using this from the safety of their damn automobiles, I think it's completely pointless.
Plus, it may hurt tourism to financial districts around the country, and Washington D.C.
I can't speak for tourism in D.C., but I can't think of any areas that are tourist attractions, and are dangerous. It seems like two opposites. If it's bad, it usually isn't a tourist attraction, or rather, that is all the more reason someone should stay away from the area. Bad areas + tourist = tourist getting used.
There are no negatives for the decent and law abiding citizen to avoid poor or rundown areas. Those businesses don't rely on these people anyway, their income is from the immediate residents.
Interesting that you mention Chicago. I read "Gang Leader For A Day" in college. It gave an scary, but interesting insight to Chicago. Basically, Sudhir Venkatesh(who was a student at the University of Chicago) basically went into the projects for himself to see what actually took place, and then wrote about it in his book.
I mention Chicago because I've lived there and so can give actual examples and because Chicago in particular is a city whose urban planning has created neighborhoods that vary in the extreme.
Although in Chicago, especially with Cabrini gone, it's fairly hard for tourists and out of towners to wander into the bad neighborhoods.
I've heard of the book, I should pick that up sometime.
Considering 99% of people will be using this from the safety of their damn automobiles, I think it's completely pointless.
Plus, it may hurt tourism to financial districts around the country, and Washington D.C.
Good. DC is a hellhole.
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Originally Posted by northnut
LOL, yeah, I guess you really have no idea what you're talking about, do you? Keep making those simpleton assumptions though!
I might add, what are you doing letting your elderly mother come visit YOU if you live in such a crime infested area? Seems like you don't care much for her safety, do you? I go visit my parents, I don't make them come & visit me & I sure as heck wouldn't do it if I lived in such a horrible place as you seem to.
Dude, virtually everyone who lives in a city and isn't a multi-millionaire is within a mile of at least a few ghetto hellholes.
"I downloaded an app for my iPhone that tells me where the bad parts of town are so I can avoid them", is the whitest thing someone could possibly say.
So taking responsibility for ones safety is white? Damn am i glad i'm white.
What's your point? Why don't you go tell that to the poster that I was in fact responding to?
Seriously?
You just attacked that poster as if he chose to live in a bad neighborhood.
I'm telling you that if you have to live in the city, you're going to be close to "the hood". It's virtually unavoidable in any major city unless you have a ton of money.
No, it's not entirely true, just true 95% of the time.
LOL, yeah, I guess you really have no idea what you're talking about, do you? Keep making those simpleton assumptions though!
I might add, what are you doing letting your elderly mother come visit YOU if you live in such a crime infested area? Seems like you don't care much for her safety, do you? I go visit my parents, I don't make them come & visit me & I sure as heck wouldn't do it if I lived in such a horrible place as you seem to.
I don't live in a crime infested area. I live a few blocks away from one. If you knew anything about cities on the east coast, you would know the line between a good neighborhood and a terrible one is often literally a single block.
Again - you seem to be completely oblivious to how things work in major cities, and just want to talk a big game on the internet to make yourself feel important. If that is what gets you off, go for it tiger.
You just attacked that poster as if he chose to live in a bad neighborhood.
I'm telling you that if you have to live in the city, you're going to be close to "the hood". It's virtually unavoidable in any major city unless you have a ton of money.
Attacked? How so? Didn't I just post that I live in a not so desirable neighborhood in my city? Yes, I believe I did. Am I attacking myself?
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Damn am i glad i'm white. 
