America's most dangerous cities (2012 list)

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We got hick counties here in Kentucky that the state police are afraid to go to :heh:

Louisville has some scary hoods too, we're on like 6 episodes of first 48. I would see gang fights on the way to school.

Just goes to show you that there are bad places everywhere.
 

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When were you here? Within the last 5 years the nightlife has improved immensely. 5 star restaurants, world renown breweries, night clubs galore. I'm actually surprised at how fast things have picked up.

June 9-12. Stayed downtown at the Embassy. Real nice room. Went to the Rock and Roll HOF and that science place next door. Kinda underwhelmed with both. I frequent the Science and Industry Museum in Chicago (which is dope as hell), so I expected a little more. Kinda hung out with the locals mostly, relaxed and chilled. Went to some little hood bar, about 15 min away from downtown, but I dont know what hood or what bar. We had a good time, never felt threatened.

I was lookin for Ray Cash. nikka is elusive. :lolbron:
 

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He's right tho. He truly is. I know that and I'm not even into that sort of thing.

Just this past Saturday night, me and my homie got trolled by a tranny at the liquor store on the northside. We saw a female figure and were like "yo!" Turned around smiled and said "I'm a man." :gag:
 

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June 9-12. Stayed downtown at the Embassy. Real nice room. Went to the Rock and Roll HOF and that science place next door. Kinda underwhelmed with both. I frequent the Science and Industry Museum in Chicago (which is dope as hell), so I expected a little more. Kinda hung out with the locals mostly, relaxed and chilled. Went to some little hood bar, about 15 min away from downtown, but I dont know what hood or what bar. We had a good time, never felt threatened.

I was lookin for Ray Cash. nikka is elusive. :lolbron:

Ray cash is broke, riding around the suburbs in a mini van:dead:

If you stayed at the embassy, I'm surprised you said there was nothing to do. Maybe you were with the wrong people. Rock n roll hof has always been underwhelming to me, the science center is for kids. You woulda did better at the art museum. The next street over from the embassy, west 9th, has all the new nightclubs and bars, y'all shoulda gone over there.
 

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Just this past Saturday night, me and my homie got trolled by a tranny at the liquor store on the northside. We saw a female figure and were like "yo!" Turned around smiled and said "I'm a man." :gag:

:scusthov: what's really gross is that, there must be a market for that sh1t.
 

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Ray cash is broke, riding around the suburbs in a mini van:dead:

If you stayed at the embassy, I'm surprised you said there was nothing to do. Maybe you were with the wrong people. Rock n roll hof has always been underwhelming to me, the science center is for kids. You woulda did better at the art museum. The next street over from the embassy, west 9th, has all the new nightclubs and bars, y'all shoulda gone over there.

Im not really a big drinker. I wanted to find more stuff associated with the music. I definitely should have hit the Art museum. I didnt look for it. I said we were there 3 days, it was really 2 days in Cleveland. We were on a road trip. Went to Cedar Point and Canton too.
 

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those poorest/most dangerous cities lists are misleading. For one they don't take in to account, the cost of living. 40k in Cleveland is like 60-70k in new york.

second as you mentioned above they report the cities differently. All large urban cities have a large population of poor people. some cities like Chicago add in surrounding areas when coming up with these numbers. other cities like Detroit and Cleveland leave the surrounding areas out. In the actual city of Cleveland outside of downtown, most of it is the hood. But cuyahoga county or what they call The Greater Cleveland Area is not bad at all, in fact one of Cleveland's suburbs, Solon, is consistently voted as one of the best cities in America.

and beyond any of that, you said the city is decaying, which couldn't be further from the truth.

:rudy: Bruh, I know you trying to rep your city and I understand and respect that, but stop.

Cleveland has been the poorest city in the U.S. and it ranks in the top 3 poorest cities every year. The poverty threshold used averages everywhere from NY down to Nowhere, ND and based on that. Cleveland has a 34% poverty rate.

2nd poorest city in the U. S. in 2010. Census shows Cleveland is the second-poorest city in the United States | cleveland.com

I know it was THE poorest city one of these years...probably more.

When I said the city is decaying, to be more specific, I meant it's suffering from urban decay Urban decay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and it has for a while now just like many other post-industrial cities, particularly in the midwest like Detroit, Chicago, Gary, Flint, Memphis, Cincinnati, etc.

I don't doubt that there is growth in some parts of the city and in the greater metro area though.
 

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Ray cash is broke, riding around the suburbs in a mini van:dead:

If you stayed at the embassy, I'm surprised you said there was nothing to do. Maybe you were with the wrong people. Rock n roll hof has always been underwhelming to me, the science center is for kids. You woulda did better at the art museum. The next street over from the embassy, west 9th, has all the new nightclubs and bars, y'all shoulda gone over there.


you city is the wackest city on the list ( really Birmingham and Oakland are). Plus you guys are losing billions of dollars worth of business to Detroit. Museum and Art districts is all u guys have going for u.
You can do business here for cheaper and we have wealthier nicer looking Metro Areas, plus museums and art districts. so most of the other wack cities like Buffalo and the rest on the list will have to watch Detroit grow over the next ten years as they fall. Cleveland and Buffalo both have things to do, but will basically be the same in 10 years.

It should happen this way though, the middle class was formed here. Michigan is America.
 

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:rudy: Bruh, I know you trying to rep your city and I understand and respect that, but stop.

Cleveland has been the poorest city in the U.S. and it ranks in the top 3 poorest cities every year. The poverty threshold used averages everywhere from NY down to Nowhere, ND and based on that. Cleveland has a 34% poverty rate.

2nd poorest city in the U. S. in 2010. Census shows Cleveland is the second-poorest city in the United States | cleveland.com

I know it was THE poorest city one of these years...probably more.

When I said the city is decaying, to be more specific, I meant it's suffering from urban decay Urban decay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and it has for a while now just like many other post-industrial cities, particularly in the midwest like Detroit, Chicago, Gary, Flint, Memphis, Cincinnati, etc.

I don't doubt that there is growth in some parts of the city and in the greater metro area though.

The decay has already happened, the city is now on an upswing. You can live and work in a place like this Best Places to Live 2011 - Top 100: Town details: Solon, OH - from MONEY Magazine and you can enjoy the growing art/food/social scene. Like I said the actual city of Cleveland is on that list, but if you search cuyahoga county, we are actually doing ok.
 
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