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re: Wealthy Atlanta suburb seeking to create "separate" police force to stop soaring crime
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:16 am to Jack Carter
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:16 am to Jack Carter
Boohoo. Wealthy suburban moms thought they'd take their white privilege class and life would return to normal with trips to Starbucks in their range rovers. frick them. Absolutely no sense of self preservation.
They better stock up on their anxiety/depression meds and wine. fricking idiots.
They better stock up on their anxiety/depression meds and wine. fricking idiots.
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Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:25 am to wackatimesthree
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I will say that Buckhead has undergone a transformation in the past 20 years, though
You are so right about that!
I remember growing up in Atlanta and going to Lenox for a shopping day with my mom and sisters, having lunch at the tea room in Neiman Marcus then crossing the street to go Sax at Phipps Plaza. It was so safe and we never worried about our safety.
Now I wouldn't dare go to either mall! There are shooting and car hijacking every other weekend down there.
I know Andrew Worrell, he goes to our church and I am very good friends with his brother. They are strong Bama supporters and devout Catholics. I have never discussed politics with them, but I would guess the family is Republican by a 60/40 margin.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:31 am to SavageOrangeJug
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...and the victim.
An oppressor can’t be a victim. Check your privilege whitey…
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:34 am to wackatimesthree
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You're right; none.
I will say that Buckhead has undergone a transformation in the past 20 years, though.
It used to be old white people who lived and shopped there and young white yuppie people who worked and partied there.
Then around the turn of the century things began to change somewhat. Old white people still lived and shopped there and young white people still worked and partied there.
But the nightlife scene started attracting more and more minority element. With money, of course. Lots of Cadillac Escalades, baggy dark black jeans, and tiparillos among the previously exclusively khaki slacks, martinis, and Lexuses. Nothing wrong with law abiding minority citizens mixing in the neighborhood.
But then that crowd began to attract minorities without so much money. They couldn't afford to go to the expensive clubs on Saturday night, so instead they would hang out at Lennox Square and Phipps Plaza for free.
Then shootings started to happen at the malls. Gangs started roaming around Buckhead.
This happened over a long period of time, of course. Not overnight.
But it's become quite a strange place. You're right. There's not a ghetto within quite a distance of Buckhead, but for some reason it attracts a criminal element that doesn't mind the commute.
All of this. Atlanta is one big attractive nuisance where profiling doesn't really exist because there are black people with real money. So thugs from Chattanooga and Montgomery and down the road in Douglasville or Riverdale come to Buckhead and just...
Loiter. Seriously they just walk around the mall doing absolutely nothing or sit out front or hang out on Pharr Road (arguably the closest thing to a Buckhead ghetto).
West Midtown/West Buckhead, which is literally on the border of the biggest slums in Atlanta, manages to sustain less bleedover crime. Because the restaurants and bars in those areas are weird, low-key, hipster, etc.
You open a luxurious lounge in Atlanta and don't price it through the roof? You're asking for trouble. Even the St. Regis attracts a shitty crowd sometimes, and it's arguably the most upscale bar in the city.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:37 am to Pettifogger
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But then that crowd began to attract minorities without so much money. They couldn't afford to go to the expensive clubs on Saturday night, so instead they would hang out at Lennox Square and Phipps Plaza for free.
This happened to the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover Alabama. Once a very nice mall and now not so much. The same exact scenario has occurred in Hoover over the last 20 years.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:38 am to Jack Carter
Elections have consequences.
Cheating or not, everyone suffers when you have shitty leaders.
Cheating or not, everyone suffers when you have shitty leaders.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:42 am to loogaroo
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Wealthy Atlanta suburb seeking to create "separate" police force to stop soaring crime
You are on step 2, Atlanta
Posted on 6/10/21 at 8:55 am to Pettifogger
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Loiter. Seriously they just walk around the mall doing absolutely nothing or sit out front or hang out on Pharr Road
Where on Pharr Road? Is there subsidized apartments?
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West Midtown/West Buckhead, which is literally on the border of the biggest slums in Atlanta, manages to sustain less bleedover crime. Because the restaurants and bars in those areas are weird, low-key, hipster, etc.
West Midtown is "hipster" territory? I don't think all those new high end restaurants off Howell Mill and West Marietta are catering to hipsters...maybe a younger clientele but I wouldn't say hipsters.
BTW,are you referring to the old "Bluff" area when referring to the "worst slums?" You do know that area is being torn down and gentrified as well,correct? And I'm not sure which slums you're referring to the boarder on "West Buckhead"
Sounds like oversimplification but when the Lenox Road exit was opened off 400 in the mid 90's it gave easy access to Buckhead and was far more detrimental than the Lennox Marta station.
You don't see the same issues with Virginia Highland partially due to the fact that there isn't easy access to the area off any interstates.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:04 am to RD Dawg
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Where on Pharr Road? Is there subsidized apartments?
There are subsidized apartments on Pharr Road. There are also shitty generic lounges and other hangouts.
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West Midtown is "hipster" territory? I don't think all those new high end restaurants off Howell Mill and West Marietta are catering to hipsters...maybe a younger clientele but I wouldn't say hipsters.
It's not hipster anymore but my point is it's trendy/low key, etc. It's not plush/luxurious/etc. in a way that attracts rappers and the like.
As for Vine City and English Avenue and Bankhead, I think "torn down and gentrified" is pretty generous. It's very much still the hood, WFA and Chick-fil-A and whatnot aside.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:08 am to Jake88
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Buckhead is a suburb or a neighborhood?
Buckhead is an in town neighborhood. It is not a suburb.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:18 am to RD Dawg
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West Midtown is "hipster" territory? I don't think all those new high end restaurants off Howell Mill and West Marietta are catering to hipsters...maybe a younger clientele but I wouldn't say hipsters.
Up until last week I lived there for 12 years.
It’s hipster nation.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 9:44 am to TigerAxeOK
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Watch Tulsa now, unfortunately
Had family that were born and raised in Tulsa. Dad moved out but an Uncle stayed. Used to spend summers there and thought it was a beautiful city. Easy to get around, clean, relatively peaceful.
Then I noticed a few years back that First 48 had Tulsa as a regular feature and saw the foolish thuggery resulting in murder. It made me sad.
This post was edited on 6/10/21 at 9:45 am
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:06 am to ibldprplgld
Leftists never take human motivation into account when they make policy.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:07 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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Those frickers gave us biden.
Wanna buy a bridge?
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:12 am to Pettifogger
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There are subsidized apartments on Pharr Road.
Hell, the middle half of The Twelve in Atlantic Station is Section 8.
Hotel on the first 12 floors, Section 8 in the middle, and $600k condos right on top of that.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:34 am to LuckyTiger
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Up until last week I lived there for 12 years.
And I lived there for 15+ years.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:39 am to Jack Carter
If they were carrying and defended themselves the DA would have come after them. Admiral Akbar is screaming at you. You should listen.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:44 am to VoxDawg
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Hell, the middle half of The Twelve in Atlantic Station is Section 8.
That wasn’t Twelve, that was the Atlantic across the street (which wasn’t Section 8 either, but had a ton of rentals until a few years ago)
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:54 am to Jack Carter
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it's getting worse and worse and worse
It's just getting started.
Posted on 6/10/21 at 11:56 am to Wally Sparks
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That wasn’t Twelve, that was the Atlantic across the street
I might be misremembering, but I could've sworn it was The Twelve, due to the hotel wrinkle. I did the sprinkler inspection for all of the units there, in my previous capacity.
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