Are all of the zoos in the ghetto? (living, metropolitan, Los Angeles)
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Absolutely not. (No, not all zoos are "in the ghetto).
However, as many of the countries major city zoos have been around for close to a hundred years or so, in many cases, some neighborhoods have taken a turn for the worse, if that is what you mean.
Even still, even those zoos generally have very good security so there really isn't much to worry about.
I've been to the Cincinnati zoo, an awesome zoo, and had a great time, even though its kind of in the heart of Avondale, one of the more rough neighborhoods in that city.
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Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is located in one of the toniest, most affluent parts of town. Chicagoland's other major zoo, Brookfield, is located in the suburbs.
The Columbus Zoo is right smack in between both those zoo's and you passed it up?? It's regarded as one of the best zoo's in the United States by most people with interest in the topic and is certainly not in the ghetto or really near one at all.
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Nor in DC. The National Zoo is in NW near some of the most exclusive areas of the City.
True. I was about to mention DC. San Francisco zoo is not in the ghetto either.
A better argument is that most pro sports stadiums in major cities are located smack right in the middle of the ghetto. FedEx Field, the home of the Washington Redskins, is in Landover, Maryland, which is known to be a rough town in PG County filled with thugs who are former Southeast DC residents as well as accounting for much of the county's relatively high homicide rate and drug commerce. RFK stadium is in Southeast DC, which was the epicenter of everything bad when DC was the murder capital as well as boasting the nation's highest unemployment rate. Candlestick Park in San Francisco is in Hunter's Point near the infamous Double Rock Housing projects. Hunter's Point SF is located on the most toxic waste dump on the West Coast, has the highest infant mortality rate in the entire state of California and sometimes accounts for half of SF's total annual homicides despite only being 5% of The City. Keep in my mind San Francisco is not a ghetto city as a whole. AT&T Park where the Giants play is located at the northern most end of the notorious Third Street in SF which is the main-strip in crime ridden Hunter's Point. The Oakland Coliseum where the A's play is wedged between some of the worst neighborhoods in America like Seminary and Sobrante Park in the O-Town. U.S. Cellular Field where the White Sox play in Chicago is located in the infamous Southside where it may be very unsafe to explore the neighborhoods surrounding the stadium. Camden Yards and M&T Bank stadium in Baltimore are located off a street called "Martin Luther King Blvd."; most streets in big cities named MLK Blvd in America are not nice places , nuff said. Also, did I mention both of these stadiums are in Baltimore? That qualifies for ghetto just by definition because you can walk a couple blocks in any direction in most places in Baltimore and be in the hood. Citizens Bank Park where the Phillies play is located in grimey Southwest Philly right across the bridge from the statistically most dangerous city in America, Camden, New Jersey. Yankee stadium is in the heart of the South Bronx. The list goes on and on.
Last edited by goldenchild08; 10-25-2011 at 12:53 PM..
True. I was about to mention DC. San Francisco zoo is not in the ghetto either.
A better argument is that most pro sports stadiums in major cities are located smack right in the middle of the ghetto. FedEx Field, the home of the Washington Redskins, is in Landover, Maryland, which is known to be a rough town in PG County filled with thugs who are former Southeast DC residents as well as accounting for much of the county's relatively high homicide rate and drug commerce. RFK stadium is in Southeast DC, which was the epicenter of everything bad when DC was the murder capital as well as boasting the nation's highest unemployment rate. Candlestick Park in San Francisco is in Hunter's Point near the infamous Double Rock Housing projects. Hunter's Point SF is located on the most toxic waste dump on the West Coast, has the highest infant mortality rate in the entire state of California and sometimes accounts for half of SF's total annual homicides despite only being 5% of The City. Keep in my mind San Francisco is not a ghetto city as a whole. AT&T Park where the Giants play is located at the northern most end of the notorious Third Street in SF which is the main-strip in crime ridden Hunter's Point. The Oakland Coliseum where the A's play is wedged between some of the worst neighborhoods in America like Seminary and Sobrante Park in the O-Town. U.S. Cellular Field where the White Sox play in Chicago is located in the infamous Southside where it may be very unsafe to explore the neighborhoods surrounding the stadium. Camden Yards and M&T Bank stadium in Baltimore are located off a street called "Martin Luther King Blvd."; most streets in big cities named MLK Blvd in America are not nice places , nuff said. Also, did I mention both of these stadiums are in Baltimore? That qualifies for ghetto just by definition because you can walk a couple blocks in any direction in most places in Baltimore and be in the hood. Citizens Bank Park where the Phillies play is located in grimey Southwest Philly right across the bridge from the statistically most dangerous city in America, Camden, New Jersey. Yankee stadium is in the heart of the South Bronx. The list goes on and on.
never thought of this before. Cleveland stadium is actually downtown though. same with Detroit. you can actually see the housing projects behind the old Yankee Stadium.
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, nuff said. Also, did I mention both of these stadiums are in Baltimore? That qualifies for ghetto just by definition because you can walk a couple blocks in any direction in most places in Baltimore and be in the hood. Citizens Bank Park where the Phillies play is located in grimey Southwest Philly right across the bridge from the statistically most dangerous city in America, Camden, New Jersey. Yankee stadium is in the heart of the South Bronx. The list goes on and on.
