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Where is the ghetto? I'm genuinely curious to see what's "really bad". I love looking at ghettos online to get a frame of reference. I tried zooming north but it just looks like a typical Upstate town.
Edit: I keep zooming in on as much as I can see, Oneida actually doesn't look that bad.
If so that's the dead center of the city. Hard to see much through the ever present gloom but that eyesore has been empty the 17 years I been here. Right at the cornor of two state highways welcome to Oneida everybody!!
Edit. Nope. Same link. Walk South til the sun turns to gloom. Turn to the left.
You could also look at a website like Walk Score to help you get an idea about the walkability of a community or for a home in relation to amenities within a community. It isn't necessarily perfect, but it could definitely give some ideas about a community. here is some information using some of the homes posted: 12 Grove Street, Homer NY - Walk Score
That's about right. Oneida has the smallest DT for a city it's size I have ever seen. Stotas is bigger. Equally empty but bigger. I heard there were a lot of "fires" back in the 80's.
The ghetto is actually on both sides of the link. After five that area is just empty. North of that area it gets real bad. If you know what your looking at you can see it in that view. Head shops and tattoo palors basically.
I have seen worse (Newburgh for instance). For anyone interested here's a link to some pictures of downtown Oneida I took back in 2009:
Some empty storefronts and a bit rough around the edges, but it's got decent bones.
Your last pic, the giant green house?? It was a mansion years ago. No it's all Section 8 apartments. I had a chance to do some work when it was being converted. That house in its day must have been amazing. Woodwork in that house was beyound your wildest dreams all painted over now. The light fixtures are both gas and electric. Gas has been disconnected if coarse. Knob and tube is a given.
The whole area of you pics is sad but if you live here not scary. Almost all those building are completely empty. All the business's in the pictures are gone. It's a dead zone. At least 10 meth labs were raided in that area during the clean out.
Your last pic, the giant green house?? It was a mansion years ago. No it's all Section 8 apartments. I had a chance to do some work when it was being converted. That house in its day must have been amazing. Woodwork in that house was beyound your wildest dreams all painted over now. The light fixtures are both gas and electric. Gas has been disconnected if coarse. Knob and tube is a given.
The whole area of you pics is sad but if you live here not scary. Almost all those building are completely empty. All the business's in the pictures are gone. It's a dead zone. At least 10 meth labs were raided in that area during the clean out.
Is this true?
Anyway, I think the OP will officially take Oneida off the list.
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