Comments on: Central District, Seattle http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/11/13442/central-district-seattle/ A daily newsmagazine of campus and culture for Northwestern University. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:58:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Starla http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2008/11/13442/central-district-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-156111 Starla Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:30:56 +0000 http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/?p=13442#comment-156111 yeah, at least people are still getting shot. whew! thank goodness. i live on the edge of the CD now, after growing up in Brooklyn, NY and Oakland, CA, two places that have always been rife with gangs and violence. I think it's incredibly naive, ignorant, and foolish to think that these things make a neighborhood better. Showing nostalgia for assault and drug-crime shows that you've never been the victim of either of these things. Gentrification isn't always a positive thing, but any day, I'll take safety on the streets over urban blight, violence, and living in constant fear. yeah, at least people are still getting shot. whew! thank goodness. i live on the edge of the CD now, after growing up in Brooklyn, NY and Oakland, CA, two places that have always been rife with gangs and violence. I think it’s incredibly naive, ignorant, and foolish to think that these things make a neighborhood better. Showing nostalgia for assault and drug-crime shows that you’ve never been the victim of either of these things. Gentrification isn’t always a positive thing, but any day, I’ll take safety on the streets over urban blight, violence, and living in constant fear.

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