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We were on our relocation trip this weekend and I am seriously concerned. Downtown was a madhouse for unruly teenagers saying very inappropriate things to anyone. I did not feel this to be a safe environment for my children. We were almost hit crossing the street. The sign cleared us to walk but the driver came speeding around the corner and flipped us all off. Greenville is my husbands hometown and he is excited about the move. I on the other hand see no positives to this move. I am deeply concerned for my children.
We were on our relocation trip this weekend and I am seriously concerned. Downtown was a madhouse for unruly teenagers saying very inappropriate things to anyone. I did not feel this to be a safe environment for my children. We were almost hit crossing the street. The sign cleared us to walk but the driver came speeding around the corner and flipped us all off. Greenville is my husbands hometown and he is excited about the move. I on the other hand see no positives to this move. I am deeply concerned for my children.
I see that this is your first post. Welcome to city-data.
A word of caution to you, as a new member. There are a few trolls who seem to be posting here lately, and I would urge you not to listen to them as they obviously have an agenda against Greenville. Look for a low post count, negative comments, and a vague background as to their experience with the city.
We believe that some of these accounts are the same person creating multiple identities in an attempt to scare potential visitors and residents away from Greenville. Pretty childish, huh? Clearly you are not one of these people, but I wanted to warn you about them in case you ran across them.
The mall in our area has an ordinance that no one under 18 is allowed without a parent/guardian after 7pm. It seems to be effective, maybe the downtown should back up on the time? 10pm seems pretty late for teens to be out unattended.
And, no, I am not a grumpy old person. I'm barely in my 30s but feel that I should be able to enjoy the downtown area with my family.
We were on our relocation trip this weekend and I am seriously concerned. Downtown was a madhouse for unruly teenagers saying very inappropriate things to anyone. I did not feel this to be a safe environment for my children. We were almost hit crossing the street. The sign cleared us to walk but the driver came speeding around the corner and flipped us all off. Greenville is my husbands hometown and he is excited about the move. I on the other hand see no positives to this move. I am deeply concerned for my children.
I have been downtown during the day, night, weekday, weekends, etc, at least 75-100 times and can honestly say I've never seen anything like this happen, at all, or anything even close to it.
Sounds like a really unlucky experience with a bad driver who was already really pissed off. Things like this could happen in any city anywhere in the world. I can say though that from what I've seen, it happens a LOT less here than most areas.
We were on our relocation trip this weekend and I am seriously concerned. Downtown was a madhouse for unruly teenagers saying very inappropriate things to anyone. I did not feel this to be a safe environment for my children. We were almost hit crossing the street. The sign cleared us to walk but the driver came speeding around the corner and flipped us all off. Greenville is my husbands hometown and he is excited about the move. I on the other hand see no positives to this move. I am deeply concerned for my children.
I'm so sorry your firsts impression was so bad!
Although I haven't personally witnessed this kind of thing, there have been incidents like this reported on the news, and this was the reasoning for the curfew. If things don't get better, maybe backing the curfew up is a good idea. Sad that it has to be this way, but the things that bring people to this city need to be protected
Darn kids need to get off my lawn. Back in my day, we didn't have benches to sit on downtown. We walked 5 miles to the post office to mail a letter and we liked it!
We didn't have time to run down the street and holler at the hos and the bros, we had to feed the pigs and cows until sundown and then we spent all night knitting our clothes!
Darn kids need to get off my lawn. Back in my day, we didn't have benches to sit on downtown. We walked 5 miles to the post office to mail a letter and we liked it!
We didn't have time to run down the street and holler at the hos and the bros, we had to feed the pigs and cows until sundown and then we spent all night knitting our clothes!
That's nice.... Do you have anything constructive to offer??
Regardless of the time of day or night, minors ("children") should not be out anywhere in public without responsible adult supervision. It is not wise and should not be tolerated by the mature residents in our community.
Sorry you had a bad experience. Whenever a place gets as popular as downtown is becoming, then it attracts everyone. It even attracts some who have no regard for others, but that's apart of growth. I think the solution is to enforce the curfew. Even make it earlier if you have to. When you catch a violator then hit their parents in the pockets with a nice stiff fine! Parents have forgotten their duties.
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I'm barely in my 30s but feel that I should be able to enjoy the downtown area with my family.
