Will there ever be a suburb like COMPTON?

[tijlover]

It was prophesized years ago that our suburbs are our future slums. But slums can be gentrified as well.

The Bronx in NY was one of the first truly desirable suburbs in NYC, with mostly middle class Jews living there. It went way downhill and from what I've heard The Bronx is headed upwards again.

Harlem is another example. Heavily gentrified. I stayed in a luxury Hostel there in 2009 and where were all the minorities? Where did they go to?

3 years ago I set off on an adventure trip, to South Central, only using city buses to see it for myself. Where did they all go to? San Bernardino, Hesperia, Victorville, Palmdale, Lancaster, Las Vegas.

I recently rode the Gold Line to East L.A., Where did they all go to?

I got off the Blue Line, not too long ago, at the Compton stop. The feel of danger, where art thou?

[RationalExpectations]

Originally Posted by DAX_

... Compton, which went from a nice middle class community to almost 100 murders a year for a population of 95,000.?

Compton was never a nice community.

[goofy328]

Originally Posted by DAX_

With gentrification in full force in many of American cities, alot of the poor and lower working class residents are being priced out to suburbs while, simultaneously, people with money are moving into the "hood", which is being rebuilt.

With that said, alot of people feel that in the last 10-20 years or so, suburbs that were once nice areas have gone down hill. My question is, with this new trend, will any suburb ever become as bad as Los Angeles suburb of Compton, which went from a nice middle class community to almost 100 murders a year for a population of 95,000.?

Isn't Ferguson that bad. What about East Cleveland.

[Chint]

Originally Posted by gladhands

A) Compton isn’t a suburb. It’s a satellite city.

B) Compton is gentrifying

C) Compton has never had 100 murders in any year. They’ve only gone over 40 homicides once, in the last 15 years

D) There are lots of poor, dangerous edge cities around the country.

You forgot E):


E) alot isn't a word. Neither is alittle, adog, abig.

[j7r6s]

I'd guess you could find a 10 sq mile section outside or within any major city that would mirror it, though it might not be a fully incorporated town.

East St. Louis Illinois is currently ranked the most dangerous city in the country, with a murder rate of over 100 per 100k. In the middle of last century it was a thriving area and was the 4th largest city in Illinois.