80s Detroit

[Darren Avey]

Tell me how bad was it really , was it really some lawless place no one ventured where you could easily be murdered if you went out at night? I ve heard it was the worlds most dangerous city in about 84?
Dam, id have needed all my MMA skills to live in that environment.

[Thong Maniac]

Downtown Cincinnati from 2000 to 2003. That was the closest ive seen to a true life ghetto warzone. Vine st was the road, never seen anything like it.

[NarcissisticDeity]

Tell me how bad was it really , was it really some lawless place no one ventured where you could easily be murdered if you went out at night? I ve heard it was the worlds most dangerous city in about 84?
Dam, id have needed all my MMA skills to live in that environment.

Shit NYC was that bad back in the 80s , hell Chiraq has em all beat now.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Tell me how bad was it really , was it really some lawless place no one ventured where you could easily be murdered if you went out at night? I ve heard it was the worlds most dangerous city in about 84?
Dam, id have needed all my MMA skills to live in that environment.

This is Detroit today.  hasn't changed.

[Mike]

Shit NYC was that bad back in the 80s , hell Chiraq has em all beat now.

Yea the south and west side of chicago are rough places.

My wife used to be a public school teacher on the west side and those kids dont stand a chance

[Dave D]

In the late 80s early 90s I lived in the D as a kid (actual city not the outskirts). We did normal stuff like went for bike rides to 711, dawn donuts, farmer jacks, friend's homes, and walked to/from school. Obviously the ghetto was bad, but there were areas that weren't  complete hellholes.


I think it's worse today.
Thinking about it I'm amazed my parents let us run so free.

[BB]

There isn't much on the documentary front, but this has bit on Detroit at the time -

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These are good to get a feel for New York -

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Two of the Gold standards -

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A good one if you understand German -

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Good old PBS one from the 70's -

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Then you've got Places like East St. Louis, etc.... that are rough too.

[BB]

For Chicago, this series was a good, but depressing watch -

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[falco]

I thought the Hill Street Blues TV series were rough...

[SF1900]

Back in the 80s and 90's, Los Angeles may have been worse than Detroit. NYC was also bad.

The top 10 most dangerous cities in 2014 were:

10)Birmingham, Alabama
9) Milwaukee
8 ) Rockford, Illinois
7) Baltimore
6) Little Rock, Arkansas
5) Cleveland
4) St Lous, Missouri
3) Memphis, Tenn
2) Oakland, California
1) Detroit

[falco]

I thought life in America was great like in Moonlighting.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Back in the 80s and 90's, Los Angeles may have been worse than Detroit. NYC was also bad.

The top 10 most dangerous cities in 2014 were:

10)Birmingham, Alabama
9) Milwaukee
8 ) Rockford, Illinois
7) Baltimore
6) Little Rock, Arkansas
5) Cleveland
4) St Lous, Missouri
3) Memphis, Tenn
2) Oakland, California
1) Detroit

The irony here is that the populations in these areas are predominately black

[calfzilla]

The irony here is that the populations in these areas are predominately black

Was just about to aks what these cities have in common. 

[Archer77]

Detroit is withering away.  People continue to flee.  The thing about cities like Detroit is that they are bad for so long no one bothers to cover the crime as much.

[BB]

Another good Detroit documentary is "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" which is about a famous murder there that happened during the 80's. It touches on the decline of the auto industry a bit in it. It's hard to find, but someone posted it here -

https://vid.me/SzO/who-killed-vincent-chin-1987 .

[Archer77]

Another good Detroit documentary is "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" which is about a famous murder there that happened during the 80's. It touches on the decline of the auto industry a bit in it. It's hard to find, but someone posted it here -

https://vid.me/SzO/who-killed-vincent-chin-1987 .

Ive seen it.  It's a good documentary

[Pray_4_War]

The irony here is that the populations in these areas are predominately black

It's no coincidence.

Around blacks......don't relax.

[tommywishbone]

Late 80's and The early 90's North Las Vegas was even worse. 

[dr.chimps]

If only we initiate some new kind of robotic police force to patrol Detroit. 

[polychronopolous]

If only we initiate some new kind of robotic police force to patrol Detroit. 

I'd buy that for a dollar.

[Kwon_2]

Downtown Cincinnati from 2000 to 2003. That was the closest ive seen to a true life ghetto warzone. Vine st was the road, never seen anything like it.

How was it exactly?

Italians shooting at Greek storeowners?

[tommywishbone]

I'd buy that for a dollar.

I like it!

[Kwon_2]

Back in the 80s and 90's, Los Angeles may have been worse than Detroit. NYC was also bad.

The top 10 most dangerous cities in 2014 were:

10)Birmingham, Alabama
9) Milwaukee
8 ) Rockford, Illinois
7) Baltimore
6) Little Rock, Arkansas
5) Cleveland
4) St Lous, Missouri
3) Memphis, Tenn
2) Oakland, California
1) Detroit

Living in Gated Communities is a good way of avoiding thugs and criminals.

[Darren Avey]

If only we initiate some new kind of robotic police force to patrol Detroit. 

Yes that would be like something out of the movies.

[Teutonic Knight]

If only we initiate some new kind of robotic police force to patrol Detroit. 

There was no crime in Her Adolf Germany