What Is Martin Luther King Drive In Your City Like? (violent crime, buying)

[Jonesvillian]

Originally Posted by blakmayle

In indianapolis, the martin luther king jr st. As its called of course has a portion of it that is located in a bad part of town, however at least some of the street is located in downtown indianapolis in a decent area. The thing that gets me though is that the entire street isnt named for mlk, the same street also is called michigan rd in some areas. I have noticed that with mlk streets and other streets named for black people, in most cases they have located these streets in poor black areas and many times the streets themselves are in poor shape. Surprisingly though many cities still dont have a street named for him...louisville, kentucky now has renamed i65 for him but prior to that the only street that beared his name wasnt even a street really it was one block downtown that lied in front of a federal building. However in winston salem, nc, martin l king blvd is a very clean and nicely put together street and also is the location of winston salem state university.

i agree with you on that part that most MLK boulivards are poorly taken care of

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[Dom13]

Martin Luther King Dr. in Indianapolis is horrible! I don't know why they put it in the hood.

[Jonesvillian]

i think more cities should have a Rosa Parks Boulivard like Detroit, because she deserves some more respect aswell

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[lammius]

MLK Drive in Jersey City isn't in one of the more desirable neighborhoods. In fact it's in one of the scariest.

You can take a look through Google Streetview. This is the MLK Drive Light Rail Station.
402 martin luther king dr, jersey city, nj - Google Maps

[case44]

Originally Posted by Spade

MLK in both Houston and Washington DC are pretty bad. There's an old saying that if you want to find the ghetto of a major city, look for MLK drive.

You can say the same thing about Dallas, too, Spade. It's really sad, and certainly not what Dr. King had in mind when he "had a dream".

[Miami305Kid]

Originally Posted by Georgia

Atlanta is not to bad. The Capitol Building is located here.
Then again, are there ANY good areas in the city of Atlanta.

Buckhead, Virginia Highland, Little Five points, North Atlanta, Sandy Springs etc.

[TheSwede]

Originally Posted by Spade

MLK in both Houston and Washington DC are pretty bad. There's an old saying that if you want to find the ghetto of a major city, look for MLK drive.

Thats a Chris Rock Saying and its true. Anywhere I lived MLS St, dr, Ave has been baad

[uglyblackjohn]

Riverside California has the best "Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd." in the country. It seperates (roughly) the University Heights area (mostly working to middle class) from the Canyon Crest area (mostly middle to upper-class). The best example of the city's perspective of MLK can be seen on this site in a photo of Riverside's MLK High School. Notice the surrounding homes? Not ghetto by a long shot.

[lammius]

Originally Posted by TheSwede

Thats a Chris Rock Saying and its true. Anywhere I lived MLS St, dr, Ave has been baad

Yeah no kidding. It's where all the realtors live!!!

[blkgiraffe]

MLK Drive in Waco basically divides the Downtown from East Waco (Black Side). One side is beautiful, the other is ugly.