Touring the city of Minneapolis.

[Cruz Azul Guy]

Originally Posted by Simple Living

The way I see it, all major cities are ghettos. This is where the concentration of violent crimes and murders happen. This is where most of the gang activity is collected. Major cities are ghettos.

And you contribute on the city-data forum because...? If that's how you feel than I don't think your opinions/insight are going to help anybody. Maybe you should look for a farming or nature reserve data forum.

[Simple Living]

Originally Posted by Slig

And you contribute on the city-data forum because...? If that's how you feel than I don't think your opinions/insight are going to help anybody. Maybe you should look for a farming or nature reserve data forum.

If you'll notice, I said "The way I see it..." I did not state conclusively. And, if you look at my previous posts, you'll see I've been quite kind and helpful to people, keeping my personal opinions out of things. I relayed helpful and encouraging information specific to what they were searching for.

So, not being a negative person (or attacking anyone's opinions, which are just as valid as yours), I believe my opinion in this thread was perfectly appropriate. It's not as if I barged into someone's thread who was looking for help about a place they were keen on and I rained on their parade.

If you didn't like my opinion, the kind thing to do would have been to just move on and ignore it. Now, I think you should be very careful about voicing any negative words in any of YOUR posts because now the tables could be turned just as easily on you. Unless you think your posts are perfect?

[Cruz Azul Guy]

Here are a few good non-city places to voice your helpful and encouraging information:

The Newfarm Forums :: Index (http://www.newfarm.org/forums/index.php?c=2 - broken link)
Forums | Active Farming .org
Country Talk Discussion Board
Self Reliance, Country Living, and Homesteading Readers' Forum

[Simple Living]

Originally Posted by Slig

Here are a few good non-city places to voice your helpful and encouraging information:

The Newfarm Forums :: Index (http://www.newfarm.org/forums/index.php?c=2 - broken link)
Forums | Active Farming .org
Country Talk Discussion Board
Self Reliance, Country Living, and Homesteading Readers' Forum

Thanks for the links, but you don't have the luxury of getting rid of me. I made one comment and stated that it was my opinion, and you want to banish me? Nice. What's even more odd is that it had nothing to do with you. It was a general comment. Shall we search your past posts for a negative comment so we can send you on your way, too?

[Cruz Azul Guy]

Dude, you just called every major city a "ghetto." Let's define ghetto, shall we? This was taken from dictionary.com:

ghet·to –noun, plural -tos, -toes.
1. a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.
2. any mode of living, working, etc., that results from stereotyping or biased treatment: job ghettos for women; ghettos for the elderly.

A few posts ago you labeled every major city in this manner. Half of the U.S. population calls these places their home. Their livelihood rests in these locations. So now tell me how shouldn't I be offended by your disrespectful and disdainful comment?

[Camden Northsider]

Originally Posted by Slig

Dude, you just called every major city a "ghetto." Let's define ghetto, shall we? This was taken from dictionary.com:

ghet·to –noun, plural -tos, -toes.
1. a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.
2. any mode of living, working, etc., that results from stereotyping or biased treatment: job ghettos for women; ghettos for the elderly.

A few posts ago you labeled every major city in this manner. Half of the U.S. population calls these places their home. Their livelihood rests in these locations. So now tell me how shouldn't I be offended by your disrespectful and disdainful comment?

Isn't it sad that the definition you found defines it as "inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group" - almost as if this was naturally occurring phenomenon, or an assumption that diverse neighborhoods = ghetto? I've seen minority neighborhoods that are some of the richest in America, and some pretty harsh white slums...

[nick is rulz]

Ghetto was originally coined to describe predominantly Jewish areas at one time. Its kind of always served as a definition of an area that has a specific demographic.

the word "ghetto" is probably the most over used word in the dictionary and 98% of the time its used incorrectly. Kids from Edina will describe a neighborhood as being "ghetto" because 2 or 3 of the houses havent been painted in a few years.

Now, if there is some phantom Minneapolis ghetto lurking someone please point me in the direction of it as I must have missed it in the past dozen or so years. Is it Phillips? Do I have to look beyond the pack of leftist hippie kids having a potluck on their front porch? Is it behind all Franklin Street Bakery and all the restaurants? Is it North? Do I have to ignore the blocks of well manicured houses and vigilant neighborhood watches that will call the police if you do anything suspicious? Is it Powderhorn? Should I just ignore the large beautiful park and lake dead center of the neighborhood?