22TopShelf22 t1_jdtmgq3 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 2:23 AM

Downtown is on the decline. It sounds like you didn't go there, and aside of downtown, I think crime isn't too bad

[deleted] t1_jdtndz5 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 2:31 AM

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the_honeyman t1_jdtnpoo wrote on March 27, 2023 at 2:34 AM

They're completely and totally wrong, btw. Downtown has been picking back up again after covid, and now it's starting to kick again. Plus, the city is dumping money into revitalizing it.

Complete-Soup-6001 t1_jdtotqq wrote on March 27, 2023 at 2:43 AM

I live a few blocks from downtown. Walk down there whenever I go to the smoke shop. It feels the same as it did years ago lol. Slight change is just very noticeable to some of these small town folk

the_honeyman t1_jdtq1kx wrote on March 27, 2023 at 2:54 AM

Venues are opening back up, established venues are spending money and expanding, crowds are staring to become more reliable again...

Honestly just getting back to where it was immediately pre-covid has been a miracle, but it's more than just "slight change."

Complete-Soup-6001 t1_jdtqhja wrote on March 27, 2023 at 2:58 AM

Well if we’re ignoring the pandemic that turned pretty much everywhere into a ghost town. I’d say practically nothing has changed about downtown.

22TopShelf22 t1_jdyxwa3 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 5:19 AM

Glad you got to see my post before some of the panhandlers & beggars on this sub saw it. There's a ton of violence, shootings, stabbings, muggings etc. downtown. It's a simple fact that a lot of crime is concentrated there. I just wouldn't ever get caught late there. Like I said, there's a lot of bias on this sub and a seemingly large number of homeless people(I didn't realize this was such a popular place for them until recently) and non homeless people that have their own opinions. To each their own!