there are multi-million (yes....multi) dollar homes within a mile the field (in Bpt). the neighborhood from the back of the field to the shore is an extremely nice family area that you obviously know little about. while fairfield ave has a couple of massage parlors (2 if i\'m not mistaken) and a couple of liquor stores (also 2 if i\'m not mistaken) and i don\'t believe there is a pawn shop over there. sure it gets sketchy down near the highway due to the pt barnum housing project but if you think black rock is a "ghetto" you\'ve led a very sheltered life or you\'ve never really been there. there are many people with the means to get out, but they choose to live there and love it. i\'m not saying bpt is a great city or a nice place to live in general but please stop trying to justify your statement. it simply isn\'t true. using this logic, you would have to say that 90% of manhatten is a ghetto. i don\'t think that every person who actually lives there feels that way. once again.....IMHO.
"On average a person is murdered every other week (\'06 numbers... somehow with the current state of the economy, i doubt those numbers are shrinking) in Bridgeport. They have the highest murder and violent crime rates in the state."
all true. it also has the largest population in the state and likely the largest impovershed population as well. there are bad places and really bad places. i can show you those as well. notice though....since the housing market skyrocketed in fairfield county, new haven and waterbury have been receiving a steady stream of section 8 type housing people from bridgeport due to rising property values. those cities are getting worse while Bpt isn\'t near the wild west show that it used to be. not even close. the "ghetto" in new haven is growing daily and the panhandling is far worse than in Bpt. the place sucks....that\'s for sure, but to arbitrarily bash it with ludicrous(IMHO) statements is false. it also cain\'t help with promoting the show. just sayin.......
