Santa's Enchanted Forest ... is it safe ??

[straight shooter]

Originally Posted by angelscorpio

don't confuse ghetto with low-income families. They could be poor be still decent..

I haven't confused the two. I know people that are poor and decent, and I know wealthy people that act and behave without any class or manners.

Originally Posted by Miserere

If you feel that you are not ghetto and the rest of the city is ghetto, you have two ways out:

1. Visit a shrink that will try to recondition you.
2. Move out.

I am not saying the entire city is ghetto but there are many people that act and look ghetto in Miami. In fact, they idolize it.

Originally Posted by perry335654

Define this or is this a cover up for being racist ?

There are ghetto people from all races. I am not singling out any particular race.


Sorry if I offended anyone. Like I said before, I haven't been to Santa's Enchanted Forrest in ages but I as well as other people experienced large groups of young adults acting ghetto and creating a ruckus. By ghetto I mean acting like a thug not necessarily living in the ghetto. By other peoples posts something tells me that things have changed, maybe they have extra security and police and have cracked down/have less tolerance on the misbehavior.

[perry335654]

Santa's Enchanted Forest | Holiday Theme Park | Miami, Florida

[tinytrump]

love it and like any city you will have all sorts of people come, some good some bad we tried to go early and avoid the teen n older crowd

[Momma_bear]

Originally Posted by sonnyinmiami

Hi everyone ... i've never been to Santa's Enchanted Forest ... thinking of going however, I've heard that it could be a gang -&- trouble-makers paradise ... should I be concerned ? ... I'm middle-aged -&- even though I don't have the appearance of being trained in Muay Thai, Aikido -&- some Kung Fu ..., I am -&- would rather avoid trouble ... have the MDPD cleaned it up ?? ... Thanks in advance for any helpful responses. ....

I went with my son last year. He was 14 at the time and he hung out with his friends and the parents hung out together. We went in the middle of the week. It was fine. I really didn't notice gangs or trouble makers. The kids had fun.

[tallrick]

You have a better chance of being hit by lightning than being a victim of crime at Tropical Park during that carnival. Two of my friends have taken their kids there recently and it was a good time, although a little more expensive than they liked. Nothing to worry about and you will like it.

[Cubanchic]

The youth fair would have more of any trouble makers, santa's forest is mostly family and for those that can afford it. So YES it is very safe but you will see Hispanic working and middle class folks, all good working folks, but wanting to have this experience for the young ones mostly.

You will also see some uppe middle class that want pictures for the very young ones. I haven't been in a long time but plan to this year for my first grand child, but that mean I have to pay for me and hubby. 60 bucks and son and SO another 60 plus grandchild, 20 bucks so all in total about about 150 to one sixty for tickets alone. Poor folks that you would think of as being in gangs could not afford.

[TooLoud]

Yeah, I've also read about South Beach being ghetto on here.

It seems everything is ghetto about Miami these days, even though it's not true. I always have to ask if people who say this lived in Miami in the 90s because back then even suburban kids joined gangs and even though they weren't as bad as the inner city kids, they dressed and talked like them, giving a ghetto atmosphere.

Even though I havent been there in a few years, it never was like that, I'd bet everything I own that it isnt all of a sudden like that now.