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Thank you.

I grew up in a safe, inner city, culturally diversified, blue collar neighborhood in Chicago. Detroit was a place we didn't go, maybe because it's the home of the Detroit Lions and/or a place that had more crime than my neighborhood. What I did was bring attention to the rising rate of crime in Fargo by comparing it to an area that has a lot of crime. I could easily have said Chicago given the number of murders there have been in the recent past or I could have said any one of the 25 most dangerous cities in the US.but I didn't. What I didn't do was attach a group/race/culture/religion to the title.

You're head has been bowed this entire thread. See ya.

I do but do you, really?

Tell you what, you stop with the stereotyping and I'll think about it.

Because you don't.

I posted the definition of racist, his comment fits. I don't see mention of a country of origin in the title of this thread. Why would I think differently if he he is talking about crime? You're assuming I believe only minorities or immigrants are responsible for rising crime rates in Fargo.

There were three distinctly different countries of origin in my Chicago neighborhood. We were 'hyphenated' as far back as I remember and that's more than 20 years ago.

Yeah, ok....you know what you meant and I know what I read.

Thank you!!!

Frazier Glenn Miller is that you?

So, I'm not the submissive, 'Yessa, massa', you expect from a minority woman. Enjoy the jokes.

A friend of mine, born and raised in another country, who has traveled extensively all over the world, told me that only in American do people say 'I am other country-American'. Regardless of their origin people in many parts of the world only identify with the country where they live. He told me I wasn't Mexican-American, I'm American. That gave me a hmmmm moment.

Some are but the descendants are more tied to Mexico than to Spain. But, like everyone else, who we are is not where we originated.

Thank you. You are certainly welcome to express your opinion. I'm certainly not known for keeping my opinions to myself.. See ya there.

What?? is that suppose to make statements about how one group has better values than another ok?? And, I don't like people making generalizations about other people. This thread Fargo becoming the new Detroit is suppose to be about the rising crime rate in Fargo/ND. I won't accept comments about one 'race' being better than another quietly. Deal...

Kettle...

Right on cue...

And, you're right on schedule, .

Are Fargo's (North Dakota's) rising criminal rates due to the number of immigrants or, IMO, a wide variety of new comers to our state who don't share the values of the majority of ND (rgardless of race, religion, sex); a strong work ethic, a respect for our neighbor, etc.

'....a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another.' 'I have noticed some HUGE differences between the way whites & non-whites think; regardless of how long they have lived here. Whisttes are ingrained with & accustomed to order, formal procedures, respect of personal property & other distinct European traits.' 'I didn't intend to ruffle any feathers here,' 'Try not to get your panties in a bunch.'

Just my opinion.... rac·ist ˈrāsəst/noun 1. a person who believes that a particular race is superior to another. synonyms: racial bigot, racialist, xenophobe, chauvinist, supremacist More adjective 1. having or showing the belief that a particular race is superior to another. "we are investigating complaints about racist abuse at the clu

Holy crap!!! For real, 'I have noticed some HUGE differences between the way whites & non-whites think; regardless of how long they have lived here. Whisttes are ingrained with & accustomed to order, formal procedures, respect of personal property & other distinct European traits.' I'm of Mexican descent and am deeply insulted by your broad generalization. I'm not going to 'defend' my culture against this bull shat, just know this is bull shat.

I didn't leave Chicago because it wasn't safe. I left to go to school. I grew up in an area in the inner city that was a safe, family oriented area of the hardest working blue collar workers anywhere in the country. It too changed for the worse but Detroit, for me, has always been 'the bad place'.

Growth certainly has something to do with it but I believe the boom is also responsible. It's bringing in people who are looking to make an easy, fast buck. There's a lot of money to be made in the oil fields but it's hard work. A certain faction is coming into the state to get their hands on some of that money without having to do honest work for it. Just my opinion....