Moving to Savannah. Should I Buy a Gun?

[Grvlguy]

Agreed, the burbs are the only way to go in Savannah. I lived downtown for 18 months, restored 6 homes, had a daughter graduate SCAD. Fell in love with the city. Then, moved their. Worst mistake of my life. I had to place exterior video cameras with a recording system on each property I owned. Then they would walk on the other side of the street as they know what those are! I would not allow my daughter, or anyone to live there without the camara as a bare minimum. Having lunch with my banker one day he summed it up. Somewhere the goverment of Savannah decided, when they needed to add additional public housing, let's put one on the East side or the Historic District and one on the West side. Then, they will have to walk through the Historic district to visit the others, on the way they can rob, shoot, throw trash everywhere and steal any tool you have laying in sight outside. If you review the data you will now see you have three generations in that public housing that was supposed to be used to get people started on a new life. I got so used to the gunfire downtown I didn't even notice it any longer. Yet when I had subs from out of the city doing work they were ducking! The mayor was worthless and you do not have the demographics to elect a board of change. Funny, a few weeks ago many of us were together that used to live in downtown Savannah. The first thing we all noticed was, you had to leave there, to look back and realize how bad it was. Most described it, now, as a hell hole. Not one person, and this was a varied age group with many professions, including a minister, would EVER go back. Sorry, "The Book" did not even begin to tell the story of Savannah, the beautiful historic city that is a prisoner of it's own people.

[Kingfysh]

I had the same experience as grvlguy. My wife and I rented a house near Daffin Park and regretted it almost instantly. The neighborhood we were in was beautiful with good neighbors, but every day when I came home there would be people wandering around the streets with no where to go and going nowhere. It sucked, I have always owned a gun, but I never felt the need to keep it loaded and near the bed until we moved to Savannah. The culmination of the whole experience was when a man tried to force his way into the house when my wife was home. I thank God that I kept the shotgun out and that she knew how to use it. He saw her with a gun and took off......After our experience in wonderful Savannah we moved to Rincon. Honestly Savannah kind of sucks and I second the advice of others on here, break the lease or arm yourself. I would never live in Savannah proper again.

[PiperFlys]

Start going to the gym, get some muscles and learn to run fast..Buy a gun and good luck!

[johnnyboy2008]

i realize this is an old thread, but to those that read it....don't think violent criminals are scared of a golf club or a knife. They have no problems trying to wrestle a cop and take his gun. If they are not scared of a cop who is trained and authorized to shoot them, do you think they will be scared of a female with a golf club. Please.

[KimmaAnn]

I'm not familar enough with Savannah to comment on the part of town you are moving to. But, I will tell you this. I have always hear how very dangerous Savannah was and pretty worried the first time I visitied, however, I was really surprised at how safe i personally found it to be. Now I was only visiting in the historic area, but me and a few gal friends walked around at wee hours of the morning and never once felt uncomfortable. Maybe it was just that area but we didn't have any problems. Beautiful , amazing place to visit by the way. Can't say enough good things about it. If you haven't been there......GO!

[jenniferfarr]

I want to relocate from chicago, but i dont know where. My daughter is blind and she needs a real good school. We need 2 live in a place that wants us, I feel very unwanted in here in Chiago. Seeking advice.

[Huckleberry3911948]

nope, mossburg 500A 12 gauge short barrel w ATI folding stock.
such a deal.
btw dont assume bek you move to an upper level you can leave the windows open, a terrible thing happened to a friend of mine making that assumption in a rough part of town. balconeys are easy to scale and jump.

[Padgett2]

Originally Posted by jenniferfarr

I want to relocate from chicago, but i dont know where. My daughter is blind and she needs a real good school. We need 2 live in a place that wants us, I feel very unwanted in here in Chiago. Seeking advice.

You really need to start a new post for this information. Only a few people will read this old one. I don't know about the classes for the blind in Savannah. A call to our Board of Education would be a worthwhile thing for you to do. It might help you make your decision.