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Old 02-26-2012, 11:15 PM
 
Location: Cincinnati
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As a writer, you should read the detective novals by Earl Emerson and his Seattle slouth, Thomas Black. As a Seattle fireman and writer, he knows first hand where all the worst hangouts and places in Seattle are as detective Black crawls all through them seeking clues to the worst diabolical crimes.:ee k:
I will look for his work. Thanks.
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Old 02-26-2012, 11:24 PM
 
Location: Cincinnati
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Thanks for all the great info. Can someone give me some detail about White Center? How urban is it? What are the streets and homes like? Are there lots of trees, buildings piled on top of each other or are they well spaced? How would you describe the area?
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Old 02-28-2012, 05:01 AM
 
Location: NYC
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Thanks for all the great info. Can someone give me some detail about White Center? How urban is it? What are the streets and homes like? Are there lots of trees, buildings piled on top of each other or are they well spaced? How would you describe the area?
Let me google that for you

It isn't really a very dense area.
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Old 02-28-2012, 02:07 PM
 
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"Downtown" White center is several blocks. 1950's buildings. 16th Southwest is the main drag. There's trees all over, but on the main drags. What's startling is it's ethnic diversity. Mexican tacquerias next to Cambodian soup places next to African American BBQ joints. As far as density of it's population, a little less dense than the city of Seattle as a whole. There is gang activity in White Center, and some people feel uncomfortable there at night, but the main drag is pretty vibrant. White Center is getting gentrified, with a gourmet pizza place, a pie bakery, an espresso cafe or two, a home made ice cream joint. But it is unincorporated King County, between Seattle and Burien, and people think they can get away with a little more in the unincorporated areas. They are patrolled by the King County sheriff's office, and they're pretty stretched thin. Compared to bad areas in places like NYC or NJ or Detroit or DC or Philly, it's almost laughable that people consider White Center really bad. But crime is a little higher, and people are poorer.
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Old 02-28-2012, 11:12 PM
 
Location: US Empire, Pac NW
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There's been a higher than average whack rate this year downtown, mostly around the clubs.

A blogger who I follow has listed the things that she's seen outside her bus window on her morning commute at third and Pine. First was an open air drug deal. Second was projectile vomit. Third was a guy peeing in an entryway to a building.

Yeah. Downtown itself has some seedy segments, on the whole though it is pretty normal in a high density way normal (more people = more crime).
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Old 03-02-2012, 12:35 AM
 
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I don't know if anyone has said this one yet but Bremerton is kind of the armpit of the Seattle area. You have to take a ferry to get there but it's 14 or so miles from the emerald city. The houses are falling apart and most of the people are disabled and overweight. Living off the government. Lots of tweakers too.
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Old 03-10-2012, 01:40 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh PA
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The area around the Westlake Transit Center is currently one of the worst in Seattle for crime. Just walk through there any afternoon as I do daily (don't hang around there at night). Pine street between 1st and 4th, either side of the street.

Is this post for real? Only somebody from Seattle would make a statement like this...people here are known for being terrified by a corner with two homeless people on it.

I work down here, and wait for a bus and/or take the train between 11 am and 1 am five days per week, and haven't seen anything that would make me afraid of this area in the least bit. Not once. Nothing. No prostitutes, no (visible) drug issues, no violence. The only I have seen in this area are panhandlers.

Also, I would love to see any articles and/or numbers that support your idea of "the area around Westlake Transit Center" currently being the worst in Seattle for crime. The idea is laughable, to say the least.
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Old 03-10-2012, 01:46 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh PA
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Of these 4, only 1 article is from within the last year...
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Old 03-12-2012, 05:24 AM
 
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I work night downtown, and yes there are some areas you want to avoid. But overall it's pretty safe. Most of the danger involves groups of drunk guys leaving the bars. I try to avoid walking by myself. It's not gang infested or anything like that, it just has the normal dangers of a big city, like I imagine NYC would have in some areas.
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