Quote Originally Posted by Mississippi Steve
Let me guess, your very young and live in the big city. You are probably still living with mommy and daddy. Am I close??

When was the last time you went cruisin the projects in the city and actually paid attention to your surroundings?? When was the last time you went cruisin through middle class and upper class neighborhoods and paid attention to your surroundings?? did you notice a difference?? Did you notice a difference in the people??
Did you notice a difference in cultures?? did you notice any difference in which homes occupants were obviously living beyong their means?? Have you ever *SEEN* any of this first hand?? Keep in mind that I am speaking from first hand experience.

In the projects, its not unusual to see deals go down in the street, its not unusual to see a new or late model $50,000 SUV parked in front of a 6 room shack because its owner lives there. Its not unusual to go into a home that has a 70 inch plasma TV but all the lights are off to save electricity so they can afford to pay the bill. When I get called to fix their broken furnace or air conditioner, they scramble through the neighborhood to collect cash to pay the bill. The exception here is find a home that is spotless clean and neat as a pin.

In the middle and upper class neighborhoods, you see much more moderate vehicles, you don't see deals going down in the streets the stuff in folks homes is much more moderate. OTOH, the exception here is that there is always the white trash too...

If you still want to argue, maybe you should come down here and ride in my service truck with me for a couple of days so you can *SEE* for yourself. Time to put up or shut up there sport.
I'm young, own my own transportation and my own apartment, and I am attending college. No I dont live with mommy or daddy.
I go crusing through the projects daily, not a big deal. I go through middle and upper class daily also just going to and from and other various places. Obviously there is a difference in the two very different areas because they are two very different types of people living there and the two different types of people have totally different incomes. The projects is known to be filled with gang and illegal drug activity. If this plagues the area then it has no choice but to look of lower quality and of the streets because street transactions are occurring on every corner, walls are being tagged with grafitti, and crime is occurring throughout. So when I go through the projects and low end areas I notice the homes dont look well kept, and the streets are filled with trash but the people are living...I see expensive SUV's in front of a town house that is most likely leased, I see rims on every car that are most likely rented, you see big screens and plasma screens in homes that are most likely rented, or purchased off lay a way...these people just want nicer things but cant afford them...but everything you see daily is whats KNOWN to go down and happen in the projects on a daily basis, that is the lower end area where you see crack heads walking the streets and people getting served illegal substances, that is what happens because of where you are at, in those areas the kids grow up knowing that is the shit they just do around there, I've see it all and been through all the different level areas, from low end to half a million dollar homes, of course the environments look different but the people arent giving a choice really when they dont make the same type of money, the people in the projects are struggling to move on and move and get away from threre, the upperclass neighborhoods who's children are pretty much set and taken care of as long as they dont get caught up in any major crimes...they have cds, stocks and bonds, and trust funds invested in their names....the things you name about those project houses are for that home, you dont know about Martin St Homes, Oakwood Homes, Washington Terrace, Walton Terrace, St James homes, those areas where residents are poorer than average but take pride in their homes, i've seen homes and know places there that are always spotless and well kept....

You see moderate vehicles as well as Lexus's, BMW's, Mercadez, and many other expensive makes and models...it depends on the particular persons taste if you like flashy things you will buy them, if you are moderate you wont, but you cant say the white people in the upper class neighborhoods with money dont buy Mercadez at all or they dont buy large projection screen tv's for their home, if they can afford it and like it they will...You may not see deals going down in the streets or on the corners in the upper class areas, but best believe the kids have cars and there are just as many transactions going down in their cars and inside their homes, and bedrooms...i've been there with many different cultures of people, black, white, indian, iranian, all different walks of people, the same shit goes down everywhere just in a different fashion, I see a lot of weed deals going down in the projects, and in Preston Forest I see rich high school kids spending large amounts of money on weed, coke, X many hardcore drugs they can afford it...so dont be so naive to think that because the neighborhood is well lit, well off and well managed, that drugs are floating throughout because they are....im done talking because just by reading your last response you have some ignorant statements so you can take what I said for what it is....and thats all I have to say on it...