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> So if you really want that "dive bar but might get stabbed" vibe you can move there? As somebody who's lived there my whole life, :( I know we were just ran
by barsonme 9y ago
> So if you really want that "dive bar but might get stabbed" vibe you can move there?
As somebody who's lived there my whole life, :(
I know we were just ranked the most violent city in Washington (or something) but tbh it's never _felt_ that way.
- jschwartzi 9y agoHow's Hilltop? I remember it being pretty dicey when I was young.
- barsonme 9y agoMuch better than it was. They had some big gang busts around 2009 if I remember correctly. No huge shootouts since '89 ;)
- jorblumesea 9y agoIt's a joke :) Tacoma is a pretty awesome place and I love it. Yeah it's violent but in general it's not too bad, just certain places (Hilltop) can get really bad. Compared to Seattle it's crime is much higher; the stats don't lie. But much of that is concentrated in specific parts.
- sjak299 9y agoTo put in perspective Ferndale, MI, an affordable but awesome neighborhood of Detroit, is about 4x safer. 800 to 200 violent crime per 100k per year
- supernumerary 9y agoStop fronting. Ferndale is north of 8 mile.
- smelterdemon 9y agoFerndale is an inner ring suburb not a neighborhood
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoPretty sure that honor goes to Wenatchee. Heck, people forget the huge slide Spokane has taken since its heyday.
- barsonme 9y agoPeople on the west side forget about the east side in general lol.
- saosebastiao 9y agoBecause it’s not. Comparatively within Washington, sure...but nowhere near Oakland, South Chicago, Baltimore, Compton. I grew up in Stockton CA and while I live in Seattle now, Tacoma still feels like a pretty nice blue collar town to me.
- sizzle 9y agoWhat about Renton?