• Polar@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    No one wants to be downtown in any city. That’s where all of the trouble is, drug addicts, homeless, crime…

    I avoid downtown at all costs in all of the cities near me.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah but there’s white picket fences and at least two Lowe’s, so you can say “hey let’s go to the good Lowe’s today.”

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          This town has three Krogers. The downtown Kroger was the shitty Kroger. Then they renovated it and we all realized it was all three Krogers that were shitty and now that one isn’t.

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            1 year ago

            I’m still disappointed that they closed the Market Basket on Boston Road in Billerica. Now I have to go down to the Market Basket on Boston Road, or even all the way to the Market Basket on Boston Road!

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        1 year ago

        I mean, by density it seems like there just would be less unless you are claiming a much higher drugs and crime per capita in the boonies. And you can drive by at 55mph and avoid it much more IME.

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        Usually the drug use is kept on people’s properties.

        And the people, you know, actually own their property.

        As far as crime? Well, my car was never broken into until I moved in with my friends in the center of Houston.

        We’ve all had our cars broken into without the guy ever getting caught. Also had a stabbing murder right down the street, so that was nice.

        Ever since leaving the major city, I haven’t really experienced any crime personally. Not that it doesn’t happen, it’s just way more prevalent in major cities.

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        1 year ago

        Ya, because I totally get stabbed by used needles and homeless people in the boonies…

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        1 year ago

        Yeah but whenever they try to accost me on the side of the road I can just roll coal in their face and drive away

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      1 year ago

      I don’t know where it love but downtown is probably some of the most sought after property and desirable locations in Toronto. So you statement is most definitely not applicable to “any city”.