Jacksonville: The Next Detroit?

[rgold]

Individuals that I work with.Some come from Gainesville, Callahan etc. Also when I talked to the Sheriff Rutherford.

[raheem942]

well i can still sleep at night and im black so big whop white people chill out.......brig jobs to the area and the crime rate would drop .

[JeffreyS]

well i can still sleep at night and im black so big whop white people chill out.......brig jobs to the area and the crime rate would drop .

Jobs and better schools.  The jobs look like the port may be perking that up but though the years we have had low unemployment here people need good schools for neighborhoods to flourish over time.

[MajorCordite]

Michael Bloomberg in town to help reduce illegal guns?   LMAO!   So, how is he going to do that?   He truly wants to get rid of all the guns and then only the crooks would have guns.   Mr. Bloomberg and his money is the last person I would consult with.   (this post is over a year old maybe somebody will pick the thread backup again.)

Pour more and more money into government projects and you will just multiply the problem.   The price of stamps keep going up and the USPS service is still declining. Fedx and UPS are 20 times more efficient.   30 years with Amtrack--how are they doing? 

[Sportmotor]

So eventually

I can say I am from Jacksonville and I will have "street cred"?

[buckethead]

Problem: High crime.

Solution: Carry firearms at all times; shoot to kill.

[Sportmotor]

Problem: High crime.

Solution: Carry firearms at all times; shoot to kill.

Well...if everyone had a firearm on them, or you treat people like they do... You are going to be less likely to want to rob someone or act like a jackass or pick a fight.

or

just start to initiate sterilization on all the stupid people and hope that their bloodline stops with them

[heights unknown]

Jacksonville:  The Next Detroit?

How appalling to even think of such a thing.  Y'all need to be shot.

"HU"

[Ernest Street]

Does that mean we will start having our own "Devils night"?

[thelakelander]

and.....

our own new light rail system...


a new commuter rail line


or increasingly vibrant downtown core




If we stop hiding behind the mask of consolidation, we'll find that our urban core is just like Detroit's, except we're still wishing for the extra bells & whistles mentioned above.