Talk to me about the Riviera Beach area? (Miami, Tampa: crime rate, loan)

[mcleanexec]

Riveria Beach = { Sound of Bass/Spanish Rap Music coming from lowryder } then { Sounds of Gunfire }

[Pimpy]

Originally Posted by FiveDime

Of course I meant everywhere in the country and not just Palm Beach County, I would have have hoped that would have been self-evident....and I have no desire to turn this into a "this place vs. that place" contest. I will, however, state a comparison between Huntsville and WPB is much more valid than any of the other towns you mentioned, due to both size and varied demographic/socio-economic makeup, although WPB still only has half the population of Huntsville. Fort Lauderdale is closer in population, but still lower. WPB far outstrips Huntsville in violent crimes per capita, and Ft. Lauderdale manages to outpace us for thefts of various sorts. Every place (nationwide, not just in SoFla) has is pluses and minuses. And like WPB, where 50% of the crime occurs in one area of the city (*cough*Tamarind*cough*), most of Huntsville's non-auto-theft-related crimes are likewise limited to an isolated area.

Singer Island's condos are, indeed, nice places to live if you want that lifestyle...and don't mind driving a ways to go grocery shopping (assuming Grator Gator can't fill all your needs). Until a hurricane is approaching, anyway LOL (and, yeah, we get tornadoes so it all evens out, right?).

WPB's population is half of Huntsville's when you count only those located within the city limits, which is very misleading. Using the same methodology, Nashville and Jacksonville are much bigger than Atlanta and Miami -- which we all know isn't the case.

When you make a more accurate comparison using metro populations, WPB is much larger than Huntsville.

I'm from Tennessee and I've spent plenty of time in Northern Alabama. Huntsville is no utopia. There are nowhere near as many nice areas there as there are in PBC, and the ghettos are just as bad. Remember Antoine Dodson???

[Rosemary67]

I wonder about West 4th Street in Riviera Beach. My son is thinking of buying a house there.

[nettoarbeit]

Lot of threads about Riviera lately.

Definitely a South Florida-type ghetto (though not an old "urban-styled" ghetto really--the architecture is newer; think 50s to 70s, smaller, suburban housing turned into a ghetto, with some recent attempts to put in new budget smaller houses and townhouses, etc. in areas that used to be fields and that would appeal to the crowd attracted to McMansions), but in my opinion, that doesn't mean that it's necessarily out of the question. It just depends with how uncomfortable you are in ghettos. Most people posting on sites like this aren't even comfortable to drive through them, as is made clear by quite a few folks above. I've lived in ghettos, however, and even when I didn't live in them I've had tons of friends and even a couple long-term girlfriends who lived in ghettos. So I'm not uncomfortable with it at all, and in fact, I'd much rather live in a ghetto than some yuppieville, a gated community, etc. But make no mistake that Riviera is a ghetto.

[polo89]

Originally Posted by mcleanexec

Riveria Beach = { Sound of Bass/Spanish Rap Music coming from lowryder } then { Sounds of Gunfire }

That's sounds more like parts of Lake Worth. Not alot of Hispanics in Rivera Beach.

[mcleanexec]

Originally Posted by nettoarbeit

Lot of threads about Riviera lately.

Definitely a South Florida-type ghetto (though not an old "urban-styled" ghetto really--the architecture is newer; think 50s to 70s, smaller, suburban housing turned into a ghetto, with some recent attempts to put in new budget smaller houses and townhouses, etc. in areas that used to be fields and that would appeal to the crowd attracted to McMansions), but in my opinion, that doesn't mean that it's necessarily out of the question. It just depends with how uncomfortable you are in ghettos. Most people posting on sites like this aren't even comfortable to drive through them, as is made clear by quite a few folks above. I've lived in ghettos, however, and even when I didn't live in them I've had tons of friends and even a couple long-term girlfriends who lived in ghettos. So I'm not uncomfortable with it at all, and in fact, I'd much rather live in a ghetto than some yuppieville, a gated community, etc. But make no mistake that Riviera is a ghetto.

"I'd much rather live in a ghetto than some yuppieville, a gated community, etc."


LMAO thanks for the laugh. Yes, everyone wants to live in a dangerous part of towon -section 8 apartment/broken down homes instead of in a gated community in a safe location, pools/tennis, newer house.

[Sako12]

What about Thousand Oaks or Villa Rosa? it is safe to live there?

[grahambrunk]

Originally Posted by Pimpy

WPB's population is half of Huntsville's when you count only those located within the city limits, which is very misleading. Using the same methodology, Nashville and Jacksonville are much bigger than Atlanta and Miami -- which we all know isn't the case.

When you make a more accurate comparison using metro populations, WPB is much larger than Huntsville.

I'm from Tennessee and I've spent plenty of time in Northern Alabama. Huntsville is no utopia. There are nowhere near as many nice areas there as there are in PBC, and the ghettos are just as bad. Remember Antoine Dodson???

You know, you're absolutely right! While the city of West Palm Beach proper may be 100k people, Palm Beach County is 1.3 Million people, making it the 3rd most populous in Florida after Dade and Broward respectively. Take Tallahassee for example, by city proper population one would think that that was a larger city than West Palm Beach, but it really isn't. It's nowhere near as dense, doesent have the infrastructure or stability West Palm's does, which is designed for a much larger population. Orlando (and Jacksonville) is another good example. While it's city proper is a large population, Orlando is very country like and nowhere near as dense as the West Palm Beach area, which is more similar to Miami or Fort Lauderdale.

The Bay area on the west coast of Florida is a very dense area like South Florida as well, but is divided by Pinellas and Hillsborough county, both of which are smaller than Palm Beach, Broward and Dade.

[willy25]

We live in Thousand Oaks, Riviera Beach and think it's great. Sure there are some not so great areas in Riviera Beach but I think most cities and towns have the same situation. Don't tar a large area with the same brush. With Florida's ridiculously low minimum wage working people have to live somewhere.

[midnightfapper]

Originally Posted by mcleanexec

"I'd much rather live in a ghetto than some yuppieville, a gated community, etc."


LMAO thanks for the laugh. Yes, everyone wants to live in a dangerous part of towon -section 8 apartment/broken down homes instead of in a gated community in a safe location, pools/tennis, newer house.

the latter sounds boring and pretentious.