Is Toledo REALLY that bad. (Columbus, Cleveland: fit in, insurance, living)

[BelieveInCleve]

Yes "ToledoBoi4Life", let it all out. Anger brings out your true self.

Funny that I never called your neighborhood, or Toledo, a "cake walk". Dont say "as u put it" because you are putting words in my mouth. I just have a problem with people lying and exaggerating online, so I reveal the truth when possible. The truth has been known to get people angry.

[ToledoBoi4Life]

no u dumb ***** u didnt say cake walk the person ahead of u did. and how the **** can u say im lying u kno wut dont talk shyt until u live where i live and deal with wut i have to deal with i honestly dont give a **** about the rest of toledo im talking about my neighborhood. i dont give a **** about stats because until u have lost friends to gang and drug violence u wont kno how angry u can get about people saying its not a bad area i dont kno anybody in a good area that has had chunks of there best friends brains blown into there mouths and all over there faces and watching a 16 year old ms-13 shot by a grown 30 year old man soo **** u. u dont kno me and u dont kno my life or my neighborhood u just like a woman never wrong

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Originally Posted by ToledoBoi4Life

u just like a woman never wrong

sexism is never sexy.

[BelieveInCleve]

I grew up in bad neighborhoods, I know very well what its like. I had to carry a gun for protection. I have lost many friends/family to gang violence, and drug violence. I have also had many friends and family overdose on drugs, and good friends along with family who will be in prison for a long time.

I never said Toledo was a great place, and Im sure your neighborhood is bad. I dont understand why you have to get so angry and cuss all the time for no reason really. Those stats that I showed are not made up. You live in a neighborhood in Toledo that is worse than the city average for crime, but Toledo as a city is not that bad compared to most of the other large cities in Ohio, and it also has a low murder rate. Thats all that Im saying.

The question of the thread is "Is Toledo REALLY that bad."?, and no its not really that bad. Noone is talking about your neighborhood, were talking about the city as a whole.

[ctownplayer]

Originally Posted by ToledoBoi4Life

HAHAHAHA how can u tell me i havent been there i have been too all of thos places i actually have family in most of them but to tell me its an exaggeration obviously u hav never been to my neighborhood i invite u over to my house i live at 1052 colburn come ova nd i bet u wont say that to anybody there just b.c. our murders are low doesnt mean our other crime isnt. it compares to all of thos citys maybe not the whole city or the part u obviously visit but my neighborhood does ha i even dare u to say bloods suck over here nd somethin really bad might happen to ur house. ive seen it soo dont come tell me ha

i've been to toledo, it aint that bad. I grew up on st.clair/e.99 street in eastside cleveland, so i know alot about living in the ghetto, esp. somewhere like eastside cleveland. i now live in one of the worst areas of hartford, ct. trying to save money to go back to college. compared to these places, Toledo IS a cakewalk.

[lastonestanding]

Originally Posted by ctownplayer

i've been to toledo, it aint that bad. I grew up on st.clair/e.99 street in eastside cleveland, so i know alot about living in the ghetto, esp. somewhere like eastside cleveland. i now live in one of the worst areas of hartford, ct. trying to save money to go back to college. compared to these places, Toledo IS a cakewalk.

This is from a Hartford thread
"The shootings and murders in Hartford are for the most part concentrated in a few bad areas of the city. Unless you go looking for this troube, the average person will never see this violence."

You can say the same about Toledo, so whats the difference???? Violence is violence no matter what city you live in.... And to say you've been somewhere versus living there is a whole different story.... If you lived in the worst part of Toledo you probably wouldnt say it is a cakewalk... The city of Toledo is more than just The University and everything west. Truthfully Toledo is not as bad as other cities like one person mentioned earlier but to say it is a cakewalk is a whole different story. And truthfully for the past two years here violence in the city calmed down a little, but now theres talks of 75 police officers getting laid off ontop of a having the second highest unemployment rate in the state at 14.3%.... Toledo is far from cakewalk....
And this is coming from someone who has lived in two of the worst neighborhoods on the southside and westside of Chicago... Englewood & Humboldt Park

[ctownplayer]

Originally Posted by lastonestanding

This is from a Hartford thread
"The shootings and murders in Hartford are for the most part concentrated in a few bad areas of the city. Unless you go looking for this troube, the average person will never see this violence."

You can say the same about Toledo, so whats the difference???? Violence is violence no matter what city you live in.... And to say you've been somewhere versus living there is a whole different story.... If you lived in the worst part of Toledo you probably wouldnt say it is a cakewalk... The city of Toledo is more than just The University and everything west. Truthfully Toledo is not as bad as other cities like one person mentioned earlier but to say it is a cakewalk is a whole different story. And truthfully for the past two years here violence in the city calmed down a little, but now theres talks of 75 police officers getting laid off ontop of a having the second highest unemployment rate in the state at 14.3%.... Toledo is far from cakewalk....
And this is coming from someone who has lived in two of the worst neighborhoods on the southside and westside of Chicago... Englewood & Humboldt Park

Yeah, but that dude i quoted made Toledo out to be some kind of a third world warzone. FYI, Hartford on average has a crime rate 2-3x the national average. Wiki northend hartford and look at the pictures, i live in that area right by bellvue. Point in case, i'd feel A LOT safer in the worst area of Toledo than i would in EC, St. clair eastside cleveland, Y-town or north end Hartford.

[lastonestanding]

Originally Posted by ctownplayer

i'd feel A LOT safer in the worst area of Toledo than i would in EC, St. clair eastside cleveland, Y-town or north end Hartford.

understood..... same goes 4 me wit South Chicago and Gary, IN..... Got fam in the Chi, Im good, but I know where Im at.... One thang though about Toledo, Its getting real depressing living here right now... I never in my life seen the unemployment rate that high along wit being in the hole 27 million dollars.....

[sailordave]

Question for Toledo. Is the fink mayor still mayor? Is he up for re-election or will he step aside for someone who doesn't hate the US military? If he does run, do you think he'll win again?

[canudigit]

He's still the mayor and there is currently ANOTHER petition drive to get him recalled, lol. He's still the same ole' Carty, always will be. You can put pearls on a pig...but anyway, it's not only Carty, but most of the other politicians in Toledo are also the same old, same old good old boys people that have been in office forever. Question: What do you call a Polish Democrat with labor union connections and name recognition? Answer: A lifelong incumbent politician in Toledo/Lucas County, Ohio.

Oh, and no, FWIW I don't think he could possibly get reelected this time around, especially since Michael Bell, the former fire chief, is supposed to be throwing his hat into the ring. BUT...Carty has gotten reelected before, so who can say? Someone, somewhere, must be voting for him, eh? LOL, a few days ago my uncle from Fulton County was visiting us (we are in a suburb) and I asked him if he needed to go to Toledo for anything. Know what he said? "Oh, geez, no! I'm afraid that if I go into Toledo Carty will tax me!" LOL.