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Damn.. Petersburg is that bad? I was there 12 years ago and it does seem like a decent run of the mill American type of town... its like Compton, you cant even tell whats good or bad.
Petersburg is a pretty rough looking city, I'm not sure where you guys got these impressions. It's not a Gary or East St. Louis, but it's certainly not a Compton. Just stuck around downtown?
You can't tell me you drove down streets like this, or like this, or down a street like this and said to yourself "yeah, pretty run of the mill. Would never guess it'd be a bad town". It has some good bones, but it's obviously a derelict city and in need of proper investment. It's improving a little and they torn down a lot of dilapidated buildings and problematic corner/liquor stores, but still lots of work to do and was in worse shape 12 years ago when you went there.
Petersburg is a pretty rough looking city, I'm not sure where you guys got these impressions. It's not a Gary or East St. Louis, but it's certainly not a Compton. Just stuck around downtown?
You can't tell me you drove down streets like this, or like this, or down a street like this and said to yourself "yeah, pretty run of the mill. Would never guess it'd be a bad town". It has some good bones, but it's obviously a derelict city and in need of proper investment. It's improving a little and they torn down a lot of dilapidated buildings and problematic corner/liquor stores, but still lots of work to do and was in worse shape 12 years ago when you went there.
Didn't drive but did ride around and there was a mall I remember there too, also been to Richmond.. those pics look like regular density areas that are a bit poorer, it never really stuck out as an 'active' type of place.. granted it's obv not a maybarry kind of town. Idk, the distinguishly bad areas usually have a certain element to the population and some of the small population towns like East St louis never jumped out as "bad" to me, just very bombed out homes, but I never saw a soul in east st louis. Petersburg remind me of like a Palmdale, Ca, where its more rundown but not really as "hood active" as say Compton... thats why these murder rates are perplexing. But also I don't live there so idk if Petersburg is one of those places with 40 dudes outside acting crazy and the murder rate is saying it do, so that's just a view from a visitor on the surface.
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