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I hope most of these houses are owner occupied by poor people. They are not poor anymore if they choose to sell and move somewhere more affordable. If the gentrification continues these shacks could go up to seven figures.
People living outside of these bubble cities cannot be expected to see this as normal. I am happy for people who may want to leave and can do it because of the appreciation, but of course it also removes another area from middle and lower income people looking to buy.
For 2016 of all U.S. cities with over 25K Compton is 71st most dangerous.
It's a pretty bad neighborhood, but "war zone" is the example of pearl-clutching hysterics applied by people who've never ventured outside East Tumbleweed, Nebraska. 71st? Safer than Memphis, Birmingham, Daytona Beach, Atlantic City - meh.
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That's a good link, thanks. Looks like the Mid-west and the South have their share of "war zones" - they just don't have a media industry selling them as such.
In Compton the remanents of most Americans would just be their shoes at a stoplight
Their car would be stripped in minutes
Their bloddied body laying in an alley by a dumpster..Either dead..Or dazed at the ferocity of the attack
A number of housing projects had fences put around them...Not to protect the citizens within..But drivers..From the brick thru the window and stop and rob that became commonplace
There are many Americans held within the poverty of these areas that are good people.. the criminal ten percent need to be erased from existence
If you know Los Angeles you understand why communities of Riverside and Santa Clarita have become ghettoized as Rudy poos moved beyond the borders of South central
It's a plague
At least California ghettos have the beach and robbery victims in affluent areas close by targets of opportunity
Thank drugs for this..Specifically initially cocaine in the eighties.... for the rise of gangsters. If one usesdrugs today. They is some small part are responsible
I think there's a point missing here. You can make a hell of a lot more in metro LA than in Omaha. So any house that gives your a relatively quick commute to the commercial centers in LA is going to be valuable, even if it's in a crappy area.
Now I've heard good things about Omaha, but it doesn't have nearly the job base LA does. The real estate is priced accordingly.
Actually Omaha is a very rich town with a great job market.
It's a pretty bad neighborhood, but "war zone" is the example of pearl-clutching hysterics applied by people who've never ventured outside East Tumbleweed, Nebraska. 71st? Safer than Memphis, Birmingham, Daytona Beach, Atlantic City - meh.
That's a good link, thanks. Looks like the Mid-west and the South have their share of "war zones" - they just don't have a media industry selling them as such.
Of course the Midwest and South have their share of war zones (I'm from a Midwest hell hole now living in L.A.).
L.A. is a great town. Safe overall and definitely much safer than the first time I visited it (coincided with the 1992 riots).
I know Compton is much better off than it was but if a place is still over 3X the national average in violent crime it isn't a very good place to live.
They hear the name Compton and think that everyone there is a murderer, thief, gangbanger, armed robber, on welfare, etc...
They can't imagine that Compton is full of very prosperous black and Hispanic Americans that live quite well.
The average CD poster has never left their cocoon, and knows NOTHING about life anywhere else but where they live. The only thing they know about Compton is what they've heard on tv.
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Dear Lord, the drama.
Exactly, I'm in Compton between one and three times a week, and nothing has happened to me. Maybe it's because I'm in a semi-tractor, but that didn't stop Football Williams from pulling Reginald Denny out of his truck
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