[Westlander]

Best thing that happened to me was move out of Detroit. I was the the minority on my block. (the only caucasian) Wife & I went back a few years ago, her parents house was torched, my parents house had no roof, both our grandparents houses were vacant lots, and our house was in the process of being raided by the DEA. Our deceased family members are doing somersaults in their graves.

[Beagle8U]

I wont even drive through there if I can avoid it. I sure as heck would never stop for anything.

[Myrddin]

The neighborhood where I grew up is now a hispanic barrio. Graffiti all over the place. Drug deals on the streets. Gunshots heard through the night. It was a white, middle class neighborhood when I was a young kid in the early 60's. Houses were nicely maintained, crime was non-existent. What a change.

The house where I raised my kids in Mira Mesa (northern San Diego) was in transformation to a hispanic barrio by the time I left in 2000. The Circle K built in 1985 had more ads in Spanish than English by 2000. One of the two movie theaters had been demolished, the other converted to Vietnamese market. Some of the kids from the old neighborhood have been killed in drive by shootings. Leaving that place was a good idea.