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Post by McGruff on Jan 8, 2007 21:37:14 GMT -5
I am thinking of buying a condo uptown. Does anyone think crime will get so bad in uptown Charlotte that it may reverse the trend in increase in property values.......should I wait....do you think the prices may actually reverse and come down.....from crime or over saturation............   |
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Post by bluelinebill on Jan 8, 2007 22:52:25 GMT -5
Most (not all) crime in uptown is around the 500 to 900 block range of N Tryon and around the 10th and Graham St area and the transit mall, everywhere else its crackheads and addicts wondering around breaking into cars and pan handling shoplifting from the uptown grocery stores and the CVS. I guess its what you are willing to put up with. This summer the weekend cruisers were a bit of a problem, and estimates now say that the numbers of homeless is up. There are large camps of homeless dotted around the edges of uptown.
The closer you are to (any place) that sells 40 ounce beers is going to have lots of traffic from street people. Homeless are fed by church groups on Phiffer St two or three times a week and three times a day on the weekends. Thats extra and not connected to the soup kitchen on College St that feeds daily.
I guess its like I said its what you want to put up with and what chances you are willing to take. Access control to a building and underground parking is the way to go in the uptown area. Otherwise move to Mint Hill. But thats just me
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