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"I'm sure there are people in Detroit who say the same shit."

Yes, yes there are. I know one of them and you'd think Detroit had the same crime rate as Cary the way she talks about it. And she doesn't even live in Detroit, she lives in Ann Arbor and sometimes ventures into Detroit to watch the Red Wings play

12/13/2012 8:28:19 AM

If anyone feels up to it (and likes paint), where are the high crime areas? Also, does the Lucky Strike Tower rule similarly apply to Duke Chapel? I'll be going to Duke (ECE PhD) starting Spring 2013 and would like to go in with as much information as possible.



[Edited on December 13, 2012 at 9:03 PM. Reason : ]

12/13/2012 9:02:19 PM

everything inside of the dotted line is a high crime area.

12/13/2012 9:09:32 PM

this thread is so full of ignorance i don't know what to do

12/13/2012 10:04:32 PM

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"^^^^ How was Toro? We almost went there a couple weeks ago but it was packed. We opted for Mateo. One of the best places in town imho. Tapas ftw."

Toro was great. I would compare it to Bella Mia over at the Arboretum at Weston in Cary. Really good pizza with inventive toppings. Toro has a good selection of white pizzas. We were planning on doing Whiskey and then Mateo, but Whiskey was closed...so we switched plans and stuck w/ Toro for drinks and food.

12/13/2012 11:45:49 PM

bttt

1/23/2013 12:10:52 PM

Seriously, guys. Don't go to Durham. It's dangerous.

1/23/2013 12:48:49 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/06/21/2979643/police-man-found-slain-in-durham.html

6/21/2013 7:54:28 PM

6/21/2013 9:56:34 PM

http://www.wral.com/three-arrested-in-shooting-near-durham-southpoint-mall/12087159/

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6/22/2013 9:13:18 AM

Dude, don't go to Greenville. It's dangerous.

6/22/2013 12:45:19 PM

Southpoint isn't Durham.

6/22/2013 12:46:50 PM

How do you figure that? It has a Durham address. Would you call it chapel hill? Or rtp?

6/22/2013 12:58:00 PM

It's in the middle of goddamn nowhere on the interstate. It has a Durham address because it has to have an address, but it's not in Durham.

A large chunk of Buck Jones Road is in Cary, but it's all Raleigh addresses because it simplifies postal routes.

6/22/2013 1:02:46 PM

^^^guess you haven't seen the crowd that hangs out there

6/22/2013 1:20:37 PM

If only someone had told PJ Hairston that Giggity

6/22/2013 1:26:24 PM

I'd figure if they are all in one area they would take care of themselves but they keep procreating so fast

6/22/2013 1:32:41 PM

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"Best place to get stabbed? Golden East Mall Rocky Mount, NC"

Y'all gotta tell me this stuff sooner. I've been going there without knowing to be scared.

6/22/2013 1:34:42 PM

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"Southpoint isn't Durham."

http://www.durham-nc.com/resources/images/maps/Durham_City_Limits_Map.pdf

6/22/2013 4:56:13 PM

The southern Durham city limit is nearly as far from Durham proper as Chapel Hill is. I guess Chapel Hill is Durham, too.

6/22/2013 5:05:12 PM

Fun fact: Durham has only 1 incorporated municipality - The City of Durham
Wake County has 12.
Chapel Hill has 3 (I think)
Nash County has 10


If its in Durham County, its Durham.

6/22/2013 5:11:49 PM

Just because its in Durham doesn't mean it's in Durham.

6/22/2013 5:18:15 PM

^^^

ok, you can be right in your world of imaginary boundaries.

[Edited on June 22, 2013 at 5:19 PM. Reason : .]

6/22/2013 5:18:36 PM

Durham city limits run within a couple miles of Southpoint, its definitely Durham.

6/22/2013 6:20:17 PM

Even if they did not perpetrate the act in "Durham", they were attempting to flee back into "Durham" when they crashed their vehicle.

6/22/2013 7:11:23 PM

southpoint is definitely in the city and county of durham.

6/22/2013 7:30:48 PM

http://www.wral.com/durham-police-respond-to-shooting/12582851/

6/22/2013 7:54:48 PM

a classic by one of my former students...

http://www.wral.com/durham-teen-17-accused-of-shooting-68-year-old-man/11674035/

6/22/2013 8:00:18 PM

coward-ass fuckhole should've been charged with attempted murder.

6/22/2013 8:07:02 PM

But did it happen in Durham or simply within the city limits of Durham?

6/22/2013 8:08:32 PM

quit hatin' on derm

6/22/2013 8:40:05 PM

My sister and brother in law went to Duke, and I've spent quite a bit of time in the triangle. My favourite memory of Durham was my sister and I driving around, trying to get walk-in appts to get our hair cut. After about our 6th time getting turned down because "we don't cut white people hair" we cut our losses and went and got those huge fuggin burritos at that place upstairs.

6/22/2013 9:50:46 PM

you should have tried a different street

6/22/2013 10:04:03 PM

This was before smartphones, but I do remember driving around quite a bit

6/22/2013 10:10:07 PM

slappy1 is white?!

6/22/2013 10:16:07 PM

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" huge fuggin burritos at that place upstairs"

Cosmic?

Because the Durham Cosmic Cantina >>>>>> Chapel Hill Cosmic Cantina

I walked around Durham at all kinds of night and never got mugged or raped or otherwise creeped out in high school

6/22/2013 10:25:25 PM

^^only from the waist up

6/22/2013 10:32:35 PM

hey slappy can we exchange emails

6/22/2013 11:18:40 PM

Don't go there

6/22/2013 11:41:30 PM

^^yes please

6/23/2013 12:36:14 AM

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"Supplanter: Y'all gotta tell me this stuff sooner. I've been going there without knowing to be scared."

LOL

6/23/2013 1:05:08 AM

I lived less than a mile from Southpoint (near the corner of 54 and Fayetteville) for 3 years. The entire time, I told people that I lived "in Durham" because I lived in the city limits, had a Durham address, Durham utilities, and paid vehicle tax in Durham county.

Little did I know I was wrong the ENTIRE TIME.

So in that case, where does Durham start? Not at Woodcroft/Woodlake. Those are nice neighborhoods. Farther up Fayettville Street? How far? MLK? You know the Chris Rock bit about streets named MLK, though it doesn't really apply right there either.

And for God's sake someone tell me where I lived...Maybe I don't actually live in Richmond right now either? I live within 3 miles of the state capitol, but my neighborhood doesn't feel dangerous at all!

6/23/2013 2:07:28 PM

6/23/2013 2:46:46 PM

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"You know the Chris Rock bit about streets named MLK, though it doesn't really apply right there either."

Most realtors in the area will respond with a knowing nod if you say you're looking for a place "South of MLK." It most certainly does apply there.

The Kroger on MLK is actually on the border of Hope Valley, at the dead end of Roxboro. It is their 'neighborhood' Kroger. But you will be hard-pressed to find any Hope Valley people in that Kroger. They go south the the one on 54.

The only reason anyone in that area travels North is to get to downtown. Some will take the long way around, and others will simply hope they catch every green light on Fayetteville, and not because of time.

6/24/2013 8:41:41 AM

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" Not at Woodcroft/Woodlake. Those are nice neighborhoods."

My brother lives in that area. It may have been nice 15-20 years ago, but those are not nice neighborhoods now.

6/24/2013 9:16:07 AM

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"Most realtors in the area will respond with a knowing nod if you say you're looking for a place "South of MLK." It most certainly does apply there. ... The only reason anyone in that area travels North is to get to downtown. Some will take the long way around, and others will simply hope they catch every green light on Fayetteville, and not because of time. "

It's not like it instantly turns into the ghetto, that's all I'm saying. I'm familiar with the area. I'm familiar with Fayetteville street. That was the only route I ever took to go downtown because taking 147 was a stupidly long detour. It's not that scary. Would I want to live there, not really, but you're not taking your life in your hands or anything. I think people who "hope they catch every green light" are basically scared of black people.

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"It may have been nice 15-20 years ago, but those are not nice neighborhoods now"

I can't speak to Woodcroft directly, but I had a friend who lived in Woodlake. Was sometimes there multiple times a week. Often ran on the track around the lake. And while it wasn't "nice" as in upscale fancy, it was a well-kept neighborhood with some amenities that seemed pleasant and solid. The kind of place I'd feel safe living.

6/24/2013 3:58:26 PM

there's nothing ghetto about woodcroft. It's an older planned community that doesn't look as polished as a Cary subdivision. I spent a lot of time there over the last 8 years as a large portion of med students and residents live there for the affordability and proximity to UNC/Duke. It's not ghetto in the least, although you may disagree because there are OMG black people living there.

[Edited on June 24, 2013 at 4:42 PM. Reason : 'you' in the general sense of those claiming otherwise, not a particular person]

6/24/2013 4:41:47 PM

I have no idea what color the people are, I just now that most of the houses need to be painted and the lawns mowed. It all looks old and tired.

[Edited on June 24, 2013 at 6:49 PM. Reason : now = know, whatever]

6/24/2013 6:48:38 PM

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"I think people who "hope they catch every green light" are basically scared of black people."

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"I think people who "hope they catch every green light" are basically scared of black people."

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"I think people who "hope they catch every green light" are basically scared of black people."

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"I think people who "hope they catch every green light" are basically scared of black people."

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"I think people who "hope they catch every green light" are basically scared of black people."

6/24/2013 6:50:44 PM