Grosse Pointe going ghetto?

[Jimaz]

... I think everyone here is aware there is no such thing as a community with no crimes whatsoever....

I would have thought that too but just for kicks I went over to Non-Detroit Issues and searched MizMotown's FBI Crime Statistics Michigan Cities 2013. I found three Michigan cities with zero reported crimes: Edmore [[pop. 1,195), Kinde [[pop. 438) and Michiana [[pop. 182). Trivia, yes, but kind of surprising to me that there actually are such low-crime places.

Thanks, MizMotown!

[MikeM]

This week, fifty years ago:

Shotgun Wielding Bandit Holds Up Mack Ave Bar

Burglar Ransacks, Loots Homes in Shores, Woods

Wallet Stolen

Thief Takes Statuette

Burglar Steals Television Set

4 Teens Nabbed As Car Thieves

Concrete Theft

Thief Takes Radio

Speeder Nabbed Following Chase

Tells of Vandalism

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There you go DetroitBoy. While you were swinging at the playground, thinking life was great, crime was happening all around you. Just because you weren't aware of it doesn't mean it wasn't happening. And don't fall for the media hype today.

[EL Jimbo]

Are we allowed to use the word "Ghetto" on this forum ?

Many felt offended when I used the word in my Forum Thread Title
Does Detroit Suffer From Ghetto-Itis

Let's see, I was accused of
- white cultural chauvinism
- intrusive busybody
- post is complete gibberish
- post IS thoroughly offensive....
- You are an amazing asshole
- A nonstop barrage of chest-beating suburban ex-Detroit triumphalism
- Holy cow this thread is something else
- those who are calling it are seeing it mistakenly
- quite a bit of condescension towards people in the city
- this thread unusually misguided

Now the word Ghetto - is okay - depending on who posted it ?
Double Standard, Forked Tongues, Etc.

Actually, Ghetto is one of the most misused terms around. A Ghetto is an neighborhood or area that is made up entirely or predominantly of a group of people that can be ethnically or religiously grouped together. In fact the first use of Ghetto was to describe Jewish neighborhoods in European cities. It had nothing to do with socioeconomic status as a ghetto could house poor peddlers living within close proximity to wealthy professionals of the same ethnic or religious background.

Slum is the term for concentrated areas of crime, low socioeconomic status, and disrepair.

These terms are NOT supposed to be interchangeable. So Ghettos can also be Slums or have part of the Ghetto be a Slum. However, there have also been Ghettos that weren't Slums and Slums that exist outside of Ghettos.

Over time, the term Ghetto was misused as a synonym for a Slum.

[Bham1982]

There you go DetroitBoy. While you were swinging at the playground, thinking life was great, crime was happening all around you. Just because you weren't aware of it doesn't mean it wasn't happening. And don't fall for the media hype today.

For the millionth time, we know that no place is crime-free. That isn't at issue. Yes, Copenhagen and Detroit both have crime; thanks for the notice.

[bailey]

For the millionth time, we know that no place is crime-free. That isn't at issue. Yes, Copenhagen and Detroit both have crime; thanks for the notice.

Well, that clearly wasn't the OPs admission in the first post on this disaster of a thread....

Yesterday, 07:24 PM

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DetroitBoy

Join DateAug 2010Posts12

Grosse Pointe Going Ghetto?



What is with the recent rash of home invasions in the Pointes? I am sad to hear the news where these are becoming daily occurrences in what is [[or was) one of the finest areas in SE Mich. Are the Pointes going ghetto like the bordering Detroit and Harper Woods areas have become?

50 years ago, the police blotter read much the same.

[DetroitBoy]

MikeM,
This kind of crime was not happening in those days:

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/in...t_calls_d.html

How many children do you have? I doubt the mother of these young girls would agree with you on your comments.

[dtowncitylover]

Maybe the Bob Bashara case represents that the Pointes are becoming a sex crazed Sodom and Gomorrah?

[MikeM]

Sure DetroitBoy, it wasn't happening anywhere back then. I mean, at least I've never heard of violent crimes happening to children in the "good ole days." I do remember my friend being robbed at gunpoint over thirty years ago. GP cops caught them after a high speed chase and crash. And a couple of family members being mugged on the street forty years ago. And my neighbor waking to a burglar in her bedroom in the early seventies. But go ahead and deny it if that helps.

[MikeM]

Ran into a classmate this afternoon who reminded me of a school mate who, back in the late seventies, killed an elderly woman in the Farms, then raped her or sodomized her or whatever you do to a dead body. Then shortly thereafter, another fellow student was shot and killed after busting into a home in the Woods in the middle of the night, although rumors of a failed homosexual relationship circulated, so maybe that wasn't a crime.

[Cliffy]

Sometimes I wonder that I bother to post at all. Detroit Boy and Cliffi sound like a mated couple already. Veiled racism is just simply unacceptable. Dictionaries still exist on paper and on line. Try looking up words you use to just stir the pot. Personally, I have decided to no longer be PC, age and grumpiness compromised that. Values and concern for fellow enlightened citizens will never cease. Hard to pick between the two of you which is a bigger ass hole

Why are you involving me in this thread and calling me racist

[DetroitBoy]

What is the point of this comment?

[Vic01]

What is the point of this comment?

I'd ask - What's the point of this entire thread?!

[ismoakrack]

BOO YA!!! Take THAT, DYES!!!

[Richard]

most of my GP neighbors don't think they're any better than anyone. A lot of them are liberals and some would invite a thief in for tea. We are just regular people who work hard for what we have.

This is thread has gone the way I thought it would. What exactly is the point of posting about the fact that GP has crime too? The admin even chimes in - without moving this to "non detroit" where it belongs. Smh

I understand what his point was and the gist of a lot of posts seems to lean towards it is Detroit city proper thugs expanding out.Forget about this is happening increasingly across the country,but would it not seem feasible to have a joint task force combined of an officer from every city?

As it is one could home invade in every city and most likely would not get caught because every place seems to be an island on it self trying to build higher walls.Crime is a regional escalating problem to where maybe it should be attacked regionally.

[DetroitBoy]

If there is a question about what the latest crime stats for Detroit and GP activity has brought, check out the 350+ homes for sale in the Pointes. Sad that so many beautiful homes are being price reduced just to get them sold. I remember the days when GP was so desirable that prices were bid UP over asking price. When you see the map of what's on the block these days, it really tells the story:

[Gpwrangler]

If there is a question about what the latest crime stats for Detroit and GP activity has brought, check out the 350+ homes for sale in the Pointes. Sad that so many beautiful homes are being price reduced just to get them sold. I remember the days when GP was so desirable that prices were bid UP over asking price. When you see the map of what's on the block these days, it really tells the story:

Sure does. They are selling, in many cases, before the sign goes up. Not sure wtf the point of this thread is.

Light up the prices on the other side of Mack for comparison.

[DetroitBoy]

We already know the other side of Mack is fire sale pricing. Why do you think there are so many homes for sale on the GP side? Are you living in denial or just stupid?

[Gpwrangler]

We already know the other side of Mack is fire sale pricing. Why do you think there are so many homes for sale on the GP side? Are you living in denial or just stupid?

Stupid for participating in this train wreck thread. Smart, I guess, for buying in GP. Are you helping your neighbors in Detroit or just jealous of GP? Don't answer. I know the answer.

[DetroitBoy]

Apparently you know everything. BTW my family was smart enough to sell in GP before the crash so we aren't stuck there like you with half the neighborhood for sale.

[sumas]

Funny stuff. I lived in GPP and found it like most communities. Peopled by mostly charming citizens. I guess according to you, adjacency to Detroit makes it undesirable now.

What a fun moniker "Detroit Boy" not even close. Our eldest bought in GPP and sold for double to move to Midtown. Seems prices are holding. Just where do you live now? Must be butt fuck nowhere so you can pro pone from afar about real people, living real lives and dealing with real issues.

[Goose]

1. Detroit tolerates crime more than the GP's..... snitches get stiches...
2. The League Shop and Starbucks in the Village/Hill are installing bulletproof glass and those little turnstiles that you put your money in and spin around, true sign of ghetto.
3. Look at the real estate listings along Lake Shore and other prominent GP streets, the rich have seen the writing on the wall and are getting out while they can.
4. The Wealth Management businesses in GP have converted to check cashing and payday loan centers.

Ghetto.

[Gpwrangler]

Apparently you know everything. BTW my family was smart enough to sell in GP before the crash so we aren't stuck there like you with half the neighborhood for sale.

lol except I bought low, not high and could sell for twice what I paid, tomorrow.

[Gpwrangler]

Apparently you know everything. BTW my family was smart enough to sell in GP before the crash so we aren't stuck there like you with half the neighborhood for sale.

Half the neighborhood? Do you even live in this state? You don't know what the fuck you are talking about. Lmao

[Gpwrangler]

Ran into a classmate this afternoon who reminded me of a school mate who, back in the late seventies, killed an elderly woman in the Farms, then raped her or sodomized her or whatever you do to a dead body. Then shortly thereafter, another fellow student was shot and killed after busting into a home in the Woods in the middle of the night, although rumors of a failed homosexual relationship circulated, so maybe that wasn't a crime.

what a coincidence, you just happened to run into this person while this thread was going on. I knew a guy who knew a guy...

I ran into a bunch of neighbors as I parked my car; they were walking with kids and dogs. None of them had anything bad happen yesterday.

[Gpwrangler]

[QUOTE=Goose;459016]1. Detroit tolerates crime more than the GP's..... snitches get stiches...
2. The League Shop and Starbucks in the Village/Hill are installing bulletproof glass and those little turnstiles that you put your money in and spin around, true sign of ghetto.
[quote]
Pictures or it's bullshit. I was there yesterday and saw none of this. I'll stop in this afternoon and take a look. Which "suburb" are you in?