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03-18-2004 08:22 PM |
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Originally posted by LatinaAlumna
Shows how much you pay attention. I also never said anything about people from big cities knowing more, but you and GeekyPenguin over here seem to harp on that. I told ktsnake that since he is from such a small city, I can see why his view might be different. Pay attention.
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Yes, trivial things like FBI crime statistics have no bearing on the safety of a city or the type of people found there whatsoever, right?
If you use the same search I did and look up Oklahoma City -- which is where I went to high school, worked for 8 years and still do about 90% of my shopping, you'll see it leads Compton in just about every measured area of crime (except for murders, Compton still nearly doubles OKC). While I wouldn't call OKC a "big" city, I would say it has its areas. My HS was an old Catholic HS located in a pretty crappy area of town, we to be locked down several times because some local thugs had decided they were going to try and do a drive by or something.
Because I live in a Suburb and went to college in one doesn't mean that I'm some country bumpkin with no clue what a big city is like. There are good parts and bad parts. As for OKC, I'd still rather not live there although I may be living there in a few months if I get into law school up there.
This thread has been hijacked all to hell. If you don't live in Compton, why do you continue to defend it as such a wonderful place? Why have you chosen not to move there? You "work with" families there and know of professionals, etc.. that live there.. That's nice. Lots of professionals in OKC as well, but a few folks with advanced degrees doesn't make a nice place to raise a family -- well maybe if you have gates, high walls and armed security.
I have yet to see you make a cogent argument as to what exactly makes Compton such a nice place. You may be holding something back... we don't know. So please, either enligthen us.
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