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i hear about crime there all the time down closer to the bridge. i heard it was unsafe to go to the grocery store near there but it is all relative of course.
It is hard to believe these posts still persist.
I'm happy to deal with the "dangers" of living in MtP.
I'm happy to deal with the "dangers" of living in MtP.
the point is most of n. charleston isn't anymore dangerous. i am not trying to talk you out of mt. pleasant, doesn't concern me at all where you choose to live or why or if you are happy there or not.
I'm happy to deal with the "dangers" of living in MtP.
[quote=MountainDew2013;30780233]i hear about crime there all the time down closer to the bridge. i heard it was unsafe to go to the grocery store near there but it is all relative of course.
i don't think the newer residential areas of N. Charleston and Goose Creek are dangerous. the only bad / dangerous part of N. Charleston is up closer to Charleston.
everybody wants their kid to go to the school with the best score even though that is just measuring the student body demographics and desirre to go to college vs just ge the diploma. all this does is drag down the school score of the schools they leave and boost the school score of the one they go to.
kids aren't learning rocket science in high school. A long as they have AP classses for the brighter kids, i'd have no problem sending my kids to any school no matter what the school score is.
You heard there was crime at the Harris teeter and trader joes by the bridge? That statement is so off base. There's never any crime there. Also wando high school, only hs in mt p was rated one of the top performing hs in the nation. There are reasons for that, it's not just statistical nonsense.
the point is most of n. charleston isn't anymore dangerous. don't personally care where you live or why
People don't care what parts of North Charleston are good or not because they don't go here or live here. That doesn't stop anyone from talking about it, of course. A lot of North Charleston sucks but that's mostly because it's old and crappy. Poor people live there so no one cares about it. And sad to say a lot of white people are scared of these areas because they think being white in them will earn a mugging. In reality it's not a big deal, nothing around here really is. There are bad neighborhoods in many of the subsections of the metro area.
i hear about crime there all the time down closer to the bridge. i heard it was unsafe to go to the grocery store near there but it is all relative of course.
i don't think the newer residential areas of N. Charleston and Goose Creek are dangerous. the only bad / dangerous part of N. Charleston is up closer to Charleston.
everybody wants their kid to go to the school with the best score even though that is just measuring the student body demographics and desirre to go to college vs just ge the diploma. all this does is drag down the school score of the schools they leave and boost the school score of the one they go to.
kids aren't learning rocket science in high school. A long as they have AP classses for the brighter kids, i'd have no problem sending my kids to any school no matter what the school score is.
You heard there was crime at the Harris teeter and trader joes by the bridge? That statement is so off base. There's never any crime there. Also wando high school, only hs in mt p was rated one of the top performing hs in the nation. There are reasons for that, it's not just statistical nonsense.
yeah the reason is rich people have kids who tend to do better in school because they are motivated to go to college and generally are more intelligent kids b/c their parents are. look at any area with rich people and the schools are good there. that is my point, school score reflects the nature of the student body, doesn't tell you much about the school. if they started busing kids from poorer areas of Charleston metro to that Wando school, do you think it is going to be top performing hs in the nation? LOL
and then affluent parents would take their bright little Johnny or little Suzy Q to a different "good" school up the road. it is a self fullfilling prophecy thing, really.
People don't care what parts of North Charleston are good or not because they don't go here or live here. That doesn't stop anyone from talking about it, of course. A lot of North Charleston sucks but that's mostly because it's old and crappy. Poor people live there so no one cares about it. And sad to say a lot of white people are scared of these areas because they think being white in them will earn a mugging. In reality it's not a big deal, nothing around here really is. There are bad neighborhoods in many of the subsections of the metro area.
well i think sometimes people exxaggerate what "white people" think about certain things. I'm not in a state of fear when I ride thru older black or low income areas. I might be a little more alert to things simply b/c those areas do have more crime than aflluent areas of town but I am not expecting something bad to happen.
well i think sometimes people exxaggerate what "white people" think about certain things. I'm not in a state of fear when I ride thru older black or low income areas. I might be a little more alert to things simply b/c those areas do have more crime than aflluent areas of town but I am not expecting something bad to happen.
I'm white and I don't worry about this stuff, but I know people who do. I know a guy who didn't want to take Dorchester Road down to the 26 exit because he'd have to go through "bad parts of town." My girlfriend works off Azalea, do I worry for her safety? Nope. In fact when she got a flat tire I told her to go to Gerald's right in the middle of those terrible neighborhoods on D Road. In high school I worked at the Sonic Drive-In on Rivers Avenue. We got robbed one time, and it was after everyone left except the manager, and the manager was in on it. Didn't worry about crime then. Don't worry about it now. Do I go to Chicora Arms apartments at night and hang out? No. Do I walk around the Park Circle area at night? I've done it before.
I'm white and I don't worry about this stuff, but I know people who do. I know a guy who didn't want to take Dorchester Road down to the 26 exit because he'd have to go through "bad parts of town." My girlfriend works off Azalea, do I worry for her safety? Nope. In fact when she got a flat tire I told her to go to Gerald's right in the middle of those terrible neighborhoods on D Road. In high school I worked at the Sonic Drive-In on Rivers Avenue. We got robbed one time, and it was after everyone left except the manager, and the manager was in on it. Didn't worry about crime then. Don't worry about it now. Do I go to Chicora Arms apartments at night and hang out? No. Do I walk around the Park Circle area at night? I've done it before.
lol, well i wouldn't have considered Dorchester road a bad part of town. i thought that was most industrial area anyway.
i talked to a good looking girl at that Sonic once.
I think it is people who grow up in aflluent areas like MP who have these paranoid perspectives about the less genteel areas.
yeah the reason is rich people have kids who tend to do better in school because they are motivated to go to college and generally are more intelligent kids b/c their parents are. look at any area with rich people and the schools are good there. that is my point, school score reflects the nature of the student body, doesn't tell you much about the school. if they started busing kids from poorer areas of Charleston metro to that Wando school, do you think it is going to be top performing hs in the nation? LOL
and then affluent parents would take their bright little Johnny or little Suzy Q to a different "good" school up the road. it is a self fullfilling prophecy thing, really.
It's about the real estate and education in mt p. that's why people move there, rich or not. It's also why it's a boom town. The schools will always out perform bc of the teachers wando hires.
and then affluent parents would take their bright little Johnny or little Suzy Q to a different "good" school up the road. it is a self fullfilling prophecy thing, really.
Welcome to the suburban cycle. A bunch of development pops up, then they finally get a school nearby and the old one starts to go downhill because it no longer pulls from the exurbs. Then people don't want their kids going to the old school because performance drops and a few 15 year big ticket items start to come due on their house (roof/ac/appliances/water heater) so they buy something new even farther out, and the cycle repeats itself.
Mt Pleasant... San Antonio... LA... Atlanta... it's the same everywhere.
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