The_Crosby_Show;676820 wrote:I'll go to the Hilton on friday nights every now and then for their all you can eat Sushi.

2kool4skool;676812 wrote: Probably because most people who regularly visit Easton have no concept of what a "ghetto" is.

Just to be clear, I by no means think you're racist. I just think you're off in thinking Easton is anywhere near "ghetto" status. I regularly walk back to my car from Easton at night, and have never felt the least bit in danger. Are there lower class people hanging around there? Sure. But that doesn't make it "a ghetto."

I suppose it's just semantics, but I'd reserve a term like "ghetto" for somewhere other than a nice shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio.

2kool4skool;676911 wrote:There's really no point in arguing about this. We clearly have different ideas about what a "ghetto" constitutes. I've been in areas where I was legitimately concerned for my safety being there, and an upscale shopping mall in Columbus doesn't quite fit that bill. There's a difference between some kids stealing the GPS from your car and "a ghetto."

justincredible;676915 wrote:Cincinnati LOLs at Easton being a ghetto.

gport_tennis;676927 wrote:How bout regular arrests and people getting shot, little bit different than neighbourhood shenanigans. Easton during the day is very nice, it is not nearly as nice at night. There are some bad people that loiter around Easton area at night

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Cat Food Flambe';676973 wrote:I wouldn't call Easton itself "ghetto" any more than I would call Bexley "ghetto".

However, as LJ very accurately points out, the ghetto isn't very far away - and it's getting closer every year. As the area around downtown Columbus gentrifies, the lowest-income inhabitants in the area are being pushed north along SR 3 toward Westerville. As Easton is the only shopping center within easy reach of the area, the residents are naturally going to be drawn there.

If only for financial considerations, I would not buy (as a long-term residence) a house inside the area circled by I-71 on the west, I-270 on the north and east, and I-670 on the south.

Ironman92;677038 wrote:Isn't every city in America more dangerous or more ghetto late at night?

As for the Columbus Malls seem to last about 20 years statement......good observation.....Easton has how many years left? It's still pretty popular.

Ironman92;677038 wrote:Isn't every city in America more dangerous or more ghetto late at night?

ts1227;677053 wrote:It seems more extreme up around Easton. Most places that are shitty at night aren't all too desirable in the day either, and Easton really doesn't fit that bill (yet).

LJ;677044 wrote:Yes. But you don't expect 50 person brawls and such at 10pm at a place like Easton


I think the recession slowed things down. The funny thing is in the late 80's the Northland Chamber of Commerce laughed at the thought of Northland mall EVER dying. Time changes everything, but we will need to see another economic boom before the malls move again.

Cat Food Flambe';677068 wrote:
Then again, I can't see The Bottoms and Franklinton EVER becoming trendy..

Big_Mirg_ZHS;676384 wrote:Soon the new mall will be built in Sunbury or somewhere even further north. I believe me and LJ have already discussed this before

power i;677850 wrote:The problem with Easton is that Cota runs there. Go to Polaris where there's no buses running and you don't have those problems. I was shopping at Easton before Christmas and left the hubby at Adobe Gilas because if he sees the little bastards running around acting all tough like they do, he'd make some inappropriate smart ass comments to them and we'd probably get shanked on our way to the car.

Tobias Fünke;677957 wrote:Dublin.



No the problem is that Easton, like all contemporary American shopping centers, is just a glorified strip mall. Easton is a destination, not a community and thus the decay happens 1000x as fast when the next thing pops up.

Dublin has unveiled a 50-year plan to create a mixed-use center where people can live too. I know Easton has its townhouses, but it's just like Levis Commons in Toledo and I'm sure elsewhere. It would succeed unless you get upper-middle class people to live in a walkable mixed-use community.

It would help to close the stores these ghetto thugnasties want to be at by like 6:00 if the problem is truly bad.

Tobias Fünke;677981 wrote:Well loitering is illegal. Fine their asses. Toledo has a similar problem with their Franklin Park.

It's private property, make some freakin' rules.

imex99;678036 wrote:nbc4i.com:

CPD charges Andrew Kelley, 16, with felonious assault in the shooting of his brother, Andrake Kelley at Easton Saturday night.

By ElkandElk.com

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