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7/27/2008 9:16:16 PM

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"that is where like literally everyone under 18 must go to hang out. there are always just people "hanging" there."

No. That is crabtree.

I worked at Triangle Town Center for 4 months, ending in march. It is not a ghetto mall. They don't even give out free samples at the food court, like crabtree does. The only areas that could possibly be called ghetto, around capital blvd are south of millbrook, west of capital blvd, concentrating along new hope from brentwood on up. And that isn't even really much of shit of compared to the immediate new bern ave area, inside 440. This was the result of a group of white honda race punks talking racist shit in high school, a group of blacks see them at the mall, cell phones start ringing.

And what the hell is with the numbers. First I hear it was 100 people, then that became 200, and now it is 300?

--Capital blvd is a ghetto? http://imaps.co.wake.nc.us/imaps/main.htm?mservice=ralcrime&msize=425

[Edited on July 27, 2008 at 9:25 PM. Reason : link.]

7/27/2008 9:20:40 PM

capital is a piece of shit.

new bern is worse. i was happily riding my motorcycle around downtown the other day and ended up on that street heading west. it went from holy pretty raleigh batman to holy shit some nig is gonna pop a cap in my ass.

7/27/2008 9:21:45 PM

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"WHERE ALL DA WHITE WOMEN AT"

[Edited on July 27, 2008 at 9:31 PM. Reason : PIC]

7/27/2008 9:30:05 PM

parts of capital blvd are ghetto, but triangle town center is not one of them.

crabtree is pretty ghetto though.

7/27/2008 9:31:41 PM

I havent been to a mall in a year. Not to cary town center, southpoint, TTC or crabtree. Not missing anything.

7/27/2008 9:34:15 PM

Just another reason not to vote for Obama.




j/k

7/27/2008 10:08:15 PM

It was just on the Greensboro news again. 300 people? that's what I call a fight

7/27/2008 10:09:49 PM

7/27/2008 10:12:14 PM

wait crabtree is ghetto? since when? i must not know the definition of ghetto.

7/27/2008 10:14:37 PM

black people

7/27/2008 10:16:00 PM

whatev, triangle always has mobs of people walking around in it not buying anything just like "hanging."

and mexicans that bring their kids IN SWIMSUITS to play in the fountain/squirty water thing outside the food court. maybe it isn't ghetto but that isn't high class. but south point is like that too. freaking kids everywhere just wandering around/hanging. i don't know how someone who works in a mall could miss this. this is like, why i do not frequent malls.

and capital is a piece of shit. if you consider a big mall, a bojangles, some shitty ass strip malls, a mexican super market and a lexus dealership classy then ok...its classy.

7/27/2008 10:21:19 PM

Wake up white people!

7/27/2008 10:22:14 PM

Perhaps the fight broke out as an expression of justified outrage at the consumerist culture they found themselves surrounded by...

The last time I went into a mall, I was on the verge of knifing people too.

7/27/2008 10:23:14 PM

this is why you go to malls at like 10am. get in, get out. all you have to deal with are the old people that come to do their lap walking.

7/27/2008 10:25:02 PM

the sad part is this actually justifies the seperate but equal mentality in some way (no I don't fucking support it)

7/27/2008 11:16:52 PM

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"i know it's not popular, but i wish we could put 'em all to death. "

???????????????

7/27/2008 11:30:14 PM

hyperbole, darlin.

7/27/2008 11:33:17 PM

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"crabtree is pretty ghetto though."

what the fuck are you smoking? crabtree is pretty much the classiest of all the malls in the area. (as much as a mall can by classy)

7/27/2008 11:37:59 PM

Crabtree is not ghetto.

7/27/2008 11:41:11 PM

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"freaking kids everywhere just wandering around/hanging. i don't know how someone who works in a mall could miss this."

Since it's a mall, and a social spot, yes there are some kids walking from one store to another, talking to each other by the lounge chairs the mall has. You know those chairs are out there for people to sit in. During my four months I certainly didn't ever see a mob of people just standing for long periods of time, unless they were in the food court, while eating food.

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"and capital is a piece of shit. if you consider a big mall, a bojangles, some shitty ass strip malls, a mexican super market and a lexus dealership classy then ok...its classy."

Maybe you should drive down capital blvd sometime. Believe it or not, there are also a couple mcdonald's, and a ford dealership (which is quite large), and yes, there are some mexican stores, because there are mexican people in nc...

Sure, this is not a six forks or north hills, but that is most likely because not everyone likes to pay $texas for nothing.

[Edited on July 27, 2008 at 11:43 PM. Reason : Let's not forget crabtree is a major transfer point for the public transportation here]

[Edited on July 27, 2008 at 11:44 PM. Reason : And we all know who rides public transportation.. ]

7/27/2008 11:42:47 PM

Wow, people really love throwing the term "ghetto" around. Crabtree and TTC are FAR from "ghetto." I know what you're trying to say, but you're coming across pretty damn ignorant.

7/28/2008 1:33:32 AM

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"$20 says it was a bunch of bored, allegedly "bad-ass", bored high school kids on summer break"

i win?

7/28/2008 1:46:14 AM

I am so glad I do not live up there anymore.

7/28/2008 2:03:08 AM

^^^Me? I was never saying crabtree was actually 'ghetto', just that the people who thought ttc was ghetto, they should check out crabtree. you bastard.

7/28/2008 3:50:54 AM

7/28/2008 4:34:45 AM

^^ My point was that NEITHER of those places are "ghetto." Your justification is like saying, "If you think that grain of sand is huge, you should check out this grain of salt." The adjective is incorrect. Period. Bastard.

And that wasn't only to you, but to everyone in this thread incorrectly throwing around the word "ghetto" as an adjective. I mean if the word "ghetto," to you, means that there are black people present, then you are ignorant. Thus, my comment above.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 4:39 AM. Reason : addendum]

7/28/2008 4:37:07 AM

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"Your justification is like saying, "If you think that grain of sand is huge, you should check out this grain of salt.""

I was talking about the 2 malls. Two of the same thing. Not a mall and a grocery store. Where do you see sand/salt..

Slang. btw. And http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ghetto. So yes, black people could be present when something is referred to as a ghetto.

7/28/2008 5:16:44 AM

from your own link,

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"a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions"

That doesn't have anything to do with either mall or their surrounding areas. Try again. Or did you mean the 1st definition given? That anywhere that a large number of Jewish people are is a ghetto?

And the sand/salt example was to point out that you were comparing two things using an incorrect adjective. Fine... "That grain of sand isn't huge, this one is." Better?

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 5:23 AM. Reason : sand]

7/28/2008 5:22:13 AM

Double post to say whatever, dude.

Bottom line is... the word gets thrown around incorrectly way too much, IMO. You obviously don't think so. What's the point of me arguing my point to you? None. On top of the whole "arguing-Internet-retard" thing, it's a no-win. So whatever, dude. Get your ghetto on.

7/28/2008 5:27:39 AM

"a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions"

an area in raleigh where lots of a minority group hang out. could be a mall.

"using an incorrect adjective"

not everything has to be formal on the interwebs. you should know that by now. slang.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 5:28 AM. Reason : "Get your ghetto on." No.]

7/28/2008 5:27:56 AM

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"could be a mall"

But not either of the malls in question. Argh... you pulled me in again.

Maybe I should have included a preface noting that the use of "ghetto" to describe anyplace (even one as nice as TTC) just because there are young black people there is offensive to me. Therefore, I defended my stance on it.

But you're right. Formal definitely isn't necessary. I guess I wouldn't have been offended if this wasn't occuring on a board notorius for blatant racism.

It's all good, man. I don't know you at all and you haven't offended me directly. No worries.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 5:34 AM. Reason : errors]

7/28/2008 5:33:45 AM

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"A bunch of high schoolers were probably all like 'IT'S GOING DOWN TONIGHT AT TTC!'"

bottombaby

True.

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"Another reason why I stay away from Capital Blvd....I never feel totally safe anywhere around that road."

joepeshi

I feel the same way--I don't go out that way unless I'm strapped.

This kind of shit is why we take more and more of our business to Cary.

7/28/2008 5:44:13 AM

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"But not either of the malls in question."

Yes. I agree with that. I just sucked really bad at making clear my view on the subject, I guess. Maybe too much xanax/rum.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 5:46 AM. Reason : If you are afraid of Capital Blvd, you might as well stay out of Raleigh.]

7/28/2008 5:44:35 AM

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"well that erases the shred of doubt I had that these weren't black people"

7/28/2008 5:56:39 AM

^^ Are you addressing me?

7/28/2008 6:02:47 AM

Are people seriously intimidated about driving on Capital Blvd? How is this possible? From 540 to Peace St., it's probably 85% shopping centers and at it's most narrow it's a 4-lane major roadway.

I mean, Tower shopping center can be a little shady, but other than that... wtf are you afraid of?

7/28/2008 6:09:40 AM

I'm afraid of wasting 30 minutes of my life to go 2 miles down capital

7/28/2008 6:13:20 AM

^^ I can't speak for anyone else, but. . .

Prepared =/= Intimidated or Afraid

There is, however, legitimate reason to be concerned:

http://imaps.co.wake.nc.us/imaps/main.htm?mservice=ralcrime&msize=425

^ LOL--traffic and lights. Yep.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 6:17 AM. Reason : .]

7/28/2008 6:16:25 AM

^^ LOL.. I can agree with that! But I've never (since moving here in 2000) have I ever felt unsafe anywhere on Capital. Especially if I'm just driving through.

7/28/2008 6:20:10 AM

Feb. 28, 2008

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"After the gas station robbery, police issued an all-points bulletin for the suspects. A detective in Raleigh heard the call and alerted Wake Forest police that the descriptions of Phelps and the Manning brothers matched those of suspects he was seeking for a Feb. 17 [2008] carjacking on Capital Boulevard."

http://www.theherald-nc.com/front/story/7346.html

Bank robbers suspected in 8 heists
July 03, 2008

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"The two 'Interstate Bandits,' as the FBI referred to them in a news release, vaulted the the counter and grabbed money from the cash drawers of the bank at 4801 Capital Blvd."

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1129474.html

Police trying to find suspect in holdup
July 23, 2008

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"WAKE FOREST - Police are requesting the public's help in capturing a man responsible for robbing the Wake Forest Pizza Hut on Capital Boulevard at gunpoint Friday night."

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1150785.html

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 6:35 AM. Reason : .]

7/28/2008 6:23:20 AM

OK. I said I have never felt unsafe. (Hopefully I haven't just jinxed myself ) You should be fine driving elsewhere though, since Capital Blvd. is the only place carjacking occurs.

Not to be an ass, just saying they can happen anywhere. So if you are going to be strapped, you might as well be, no matter where you go.

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 6:32 AM. Reason : smiley]

7/28/2008 6:31:58 AM

Sorry but Capital Blvd is not ghetto, you just need a better frame of reference. Drive around South Dallas or Jamaica Ave in NYC, that's what I call ghetto.

Method Rd behind Food Lion is semi-ghetto but it's not that bad, or try Chavis Heights.

7/28/2008 6:58:57 AM

hooksaw gets funnier everyday... you can't drive on Capital Boulevard unless you're strapped? that's the stupidest fucking thing i've ever heard

7/28/2008 8:05:47 AM

^ Um. . .it's "every day," asshole. And do you get humor?

Shut. . .the fuck. . .up.

7/28/2008 8:12:26 AM

While we're on on the subject of weird things, why do you ^ have spaces between those .s?

[Edited on July 28, 2008 at 8:42 AM. Reason : i'll never understand]

7/28/2008 8:41:45 AM

^ Since you don't know what they're called, do you mean ellipsis points? There are supposed to be spaces between them.

7/28/2008 8:46:26 AM

THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS

7/28/2008 8:47:54 AM

Also, anyone who tries to argue Capital isn't ghetto but Crabtree is obviously has no idea what the definition of ghetto is.

Last I checked, any street that has a giant bingo hall automatically fails the classy test.

7/28/2008 8:51:28 AM

Actually, anything below Spring Forest Rd on Capital Blvd until you get downtown is pretty unsafe at night.

7/28/2008 8:52:57 AM