Originally Posted By: OakAsFan
Originally Posted By: MrWilliams
Quick question,

If NYC was able to get its 1,000+ murder rates in the 70's and 80's under control to about 200 at most today. Why can't Chicago?


Didn't crime in Jersey, Camden, Baltimore, etc get worse as NY got better? That could be one clue. Even Jay Z and Biggie rapped about moving from Brooklyn down to B'more, VA, etc to sling dope. Chicago just hasn't gone though that heavy gentrification like NY yet. This is probably why violence in Chicago is making so much news. Real estate vultures probably lining up in the south side to buy low and sell high.


you are correct, the police in Richmond,Newport News Baltimore,the Carolinas and Atlanta will tell you they arrested a bunch of new york folks wose parents moved back down south. the new yorkers got a rude welcome in baltimore though.you cannot go to baltimore and go in those neighborhoods and run folks off corners they been standing on their whole lives, they got killed big time