Live in a ghetto-ish neighborhood to be closer to work? (no kids)

[brianmanahan]

just allow ignorance to be bliss dude.

i take it the bums on the subway in downtown dont qualify for mortgages of any amount? :hmm:

slackers

 

[mikeford]

when a white person says ghetto, it's usually not even that bad of an area. If they say ghetto'ish it's often times a pretty damn nice area. Where I use to hang out in Pomona is pretty normal

Pomona has a wide variety of neighborhood, but I recall an area called the islands, plus the fringe of the industrial area to the west, were not "good" areas. One of the last true hobo camps was on the west end.

Ghetto has level;

Dangerous for anybody
Dangerous for strangers
Theft and vandalism more than violence.

Plenty of people who are poor have zero money skills, not just low income, so when money does come their way, it poofs.

 

[brianmanahan]

Plenty of people who are poor have zero money skills, not just low income, so when money does come their way, it poofs.

i hear a lot of people talking in the city with zero money skills, and it boggles my mind

they sound like they never plan to save anything. every dollar they get is a dollar they can spend. and they plan to spend it as soon as they get it.

 

[GregGreen]

With garage, maybe.

 

[rednas]

i never understood why people stay in the ghetto at all

shoot, you can buy decent houses that need some work out in the country for 30$k-50$k.

meh, I live in a ghetto of a large city and work in one of the most affluent suburbs in the state and even though I could easily afford to live near where I work I have no desire to live there and rather save the money.

 

[Fox5]

Nope. Never live in a ghetto, and never live near major sources of public transit or next to shopping malls.

Is it the length of your commute that you dislike, or is it the traffic? Unless you're going to a major city, you can probably find a commute of equal distance that avoids the traffic, although it may require moving. If you are going into a city, then learn to take the train.

 

[Insomniator]

Nope. My old job was in Trenton and we somewhat regularly heard news stories of people getting shot/stabbed on the corner down the street. Peoples' cars would be broken into, wheels stolen. From our building you could watch swat teams take battering rams to doors of run down/abandonded apartments across the street.

That said, if we walked in the right directions (towards the statebulding/downtown) it was fine, and I was never really bothered by anyone going to lunch (besides crazy homeless people)... but no I would not live there even for free. Its not worth the risk, the fear, the annoyance of just how pathetic/stupid/sad/dangerous the people that live there already are.

Of course... if YOU want to... do it... we need the gentrification

 

[KeithTalent]

Must have been well on it's way to gentrification then cause my new place in a very nice neighborhood literally gained more in value in SIX MONTHS than my last house that was in the ghetto did in 11 years. It's Zillow estimate is the exact same as when we sold it too. Then again it was/is pretty ghetto, sounds like your place was not really at all that bad.

Well part of it was also that there was not a lot of other decent property available. More is on the way in that neighbourhood, but that, coupled with the specific location which was very central and had many new shops and restaurants right outside the front door, really aided in the sale.

when a white person says ghetto, it's usually not even that bad of an area. If they say ghetto'ish it's often times a pretty damn nice area. Where I use to hang out in Pomona is pretty normal, but my sisters friends were like "ZOMG!!! I wouldn't even drive thru that area at full speed!" Weird some peoples perspective of what's good and what's bad. Where I live I have friends who refuse to come visit me, I try to explain I can be outside at 2AM without even worrying, but they tell me how ghetto it is. As to the person who said can you leave your house unlocked in the ghetto. Most people don't have shit worth stealing. No lie about 2/3rds of the people on my block have CRT TV's. Not saying homes don't get broken into, but it's definitely not an area high on burglars lists. I guess if you want a 85lb not even flat screen CRT and a Packard Bell computer you'd be in heaven in my 'hood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpufzJNrZ2Y

When I moved into my neighbourhood I was in the lowest income postal code in all of Canada. It may not be comparable to parts of the United States of America, but the DTES (DownTown East Side) is pretty bad for up here. We just have a lot fewer guns and stuff up here so it's not like you are hearing gunshots and whatnot every night.

KT