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I can give a couple examples where the South side is better:
Jacksonville, FL (Northside is the WORST, East is actually best, but South is good too)
Tampa, FL (South Tampa is the best, East and NorthEast is the Worst, NorthWest is good too)
St. Louis is also a reverse in this concept. Though is there a rule involving the worst part of a metro also being an area across a river in another state?
My SO lived in the north STL ghetto.. but would never set foot in East St. Louis.
In California coastal communities, the tendency is for the east side to be worse. San Jose, Oakland, Los Angeles, and parts of San Francisco all fit.
Lexington's South Side is the most affluent and fastest growing part of town by far, even though it is the side of town away from the interstate (I-75 doesn't go through downtown, it skirts to the east and north). There is just about nothing good on the North Side here, they have one Wal Mart and like 2 grocery stores (all with a heavy security presence).
My theory on why the SS here is better than the NS is because most Lexingtonians moved from Southern Kentucky and wanted quick access to visit "home". Lexington is where everyone in the SouthEast 1/4 of Kentucky come to shop, go to the hospital, and move for jobs. The NS got less in migration because it faces rural areas that are near Cincinnati and Louisville.
No, Lexington has to do with zoning. They've preserved the areas in the north and west for horse farms and don't allow development up there. The nicest part of Lexington in the 60s was the north. The southside was rundown except for the new development in Tates Creek. But since then, the new development that has been allowed was on the southside.
...Well, the South Side of New York is Staten Island, those expensive coastal neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, and Lower Manhattan. You could do worse than those areas. lol
Guilford and Roland Park are in the northern part of the city. Brooklyn and Curtis Bay are the southernmost part of Baltimore.
South Baltimore isn't known as "Billytown" for no reason.
What are the areas along North Avenue considered? Central Baltimore.
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...Well, the South Side of New York is Staten Island, those expensive coastal neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, and Lower Manhattan. You could do worse than those areas. lol
Granted, Staten Island does have some pretty rough parts....on the northern side.
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