Guest guest Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Years ago, the weather was of course bad, but the economy was good. The Binghamton area was thought of as a good place to raise a family...maybe boring, but safe and secure. Now, the weather is still bad, maybe even worse, and the economy is in the tank. Is this still a great place to raise a family? Do you feel safe in your community? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepGuy Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 To answer the OP, "Yes I do". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Years ago, the weather was of course bad, but the economy was good. The Binghamton area was thought of as a good place to raise a family...maybe boring, but safe and secure. Now, the weather is still bad, maybe even worse, and the economy is in the tank. Is this still a great place to raise a family? Do you feel safe in your community? After last night no. And I bet there are plenty more shootings on the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmower71 Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Im not in binghamton but feel safe where i am ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Not after dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Price Chopper is Safe Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Years ago, the weather was of course bad, but the economy was good. The Binghamton area was thought of as a good place to raise a family...maybe boring, but safe and secure. Now, the weather is still bad, maybe even worse, and the economy is in the tank. Is this still a great place to raise a family? Do you feel safe in your community? Yes especially near Price Chopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 If we could put a fence between us and NYC like the one on the Mexican border, we would be alot better off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 You can be attacked at any time in Binghamton and the police can/will do nothing about it. I personally know of three such cases in the last few years. Of course than may be no worse than any similar place in America. If safe means that you don't have to be on the look out to protect yourself, you are never safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BUDD Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Drugs in Binghamton...solution? Binghamton is becoming a thriving metropolis for drug activity. We are loosing our neighborhoods and it seems like no one is doing anything about it. Should we just put everyone in jail and in order to get out make them prove that they are not nor have ever been involved with illegal drugs? Would too many of us loose our freedom? Is the current system effective? Is it fair? The problem is far more complicated than that however. The incredible "economy" that is created by drug activity is unbelievable and very difficult to compensate for. At the very top we are talking about very brilliant, well-funded "business" people who run a sophisticated organization that is difficult to penetrate. Even when law enforcement is successful the rewards are so overwhelming that is only a matter of time before two, three, even five new large organizations appear. Some could argue that law enforcement "busts" actually cause expansion in the drug trade. Next in line we have dealers. There are all different levels and some of these people are too very smart. They are smart enough to want a piece of the American dream and they are not willing to work for minimum wage and be a martyr to the system, swept up in "survival" and never having anything to show for their hard labors. Let's be very honest here; there is absolutely no such things as a drug "PUSHER". We have been and probably always will be a nation of drug addicts. From prescriptions drugs, alcohol, tobacco, cocaine in the early 20th century, opium in the 19th century, and so on... we are a nation of drug feigns! People want drugs and will seek them out at any cost and this creates a huge economy. The simple solution is to legalize drugs. Just admit defeat, like we did with prohibition, and give the people who "own" this country what they want and stop putting them in jail for it. But... that's too simple. The legalization of drugs would eliminate the "organized" crime economy but it would wipe out and even bigger economic system. It's really all by design. It is a self perpetuating economic cycle: the government doesn't want to eliminate illegal drugs in this country. They impact on the attorneys (8 out of 10 of all criminal offenses are drug related), law enforcement personnel, private jails, jail construction, all the federally funded "drug" programs, half of the coast guards budget and the list goes on and on. If you don't want drugs in your community then take your country back and let your elected officials know that you want drugs legalized and economic stimulus packages for economically disenfranchised people who are too intelligent to work for minimum wage. Chances are they didn't have the same opportunities that you and I did early in life. Like a very famous poet once concluded, "...instead of a war on drugs, let's have a war on poverty"! Let's get out of the Middle East, let's get out of sticking our noise in every war on the planet, let’s stop spending so much on bombs, and let's use all of those resources on fighting poverty. I'll bet two generations from know, if we eliminate poverty in this country, most people won't know what a lawyer is and nobody will want drugs no matter how legal and available. That's my two cents! What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Not as long as Tom "Cashmoney" Libous is in charge!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nope Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 If we could put a fence between us and NYC like the one on the Mexican border, we would be alot better off. especially nice if we could make it an economic fence as well. NYC should just succeed from NY state all of upstate would be better off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Secede, NOT succeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Piper Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 NYC would never be able to survive on its own. Not only is it going down, but its taking the rest of the sate with it. Save in Binghamton. I like another poster do not live in Binghamton. My driveway is a little over 1/4 mile off the road and you can not see our home from the main road. So do I feel safe where I am? Yep, but still have a ADT Alarm System complete with video just as a added measure for our kids sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Warrior Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 You can be attacked at any time in Binghamton and the police can/will do nothing about it. I personally know of three such cases in the last few years. Of course than may be no worse than any similar place in America. If safe means that you don't have to be on the look out to protect yourself, you are never safe. SHOOT 1ST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 NYC would never be able to survive on its own. Not only is it going down, but its taking the rest of the sate with it. You've posted a common truism which is also a completely untrue statement. It's actually downstate money which keeps upstate relatively solvent. Even if one factors in 'those bad downstate people' messing up your otherwise pristine inner city cores far more money flows upstate than downstate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.S. Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Its not safe in Binghamton. Not like it once was. I remember growing up on the south side and my parents always dueing the summer left there screen doors open with sceens in open windows. I sare wouldnt do that today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Safe in Binghamton? somewhat i guess but deffinately not after dark! Thank you very much Nick Boochy/Matt Ryan/Tom Libous/Barb Fiala/And the rest of your cohorts! Must be nice to get rich off our backs and give a care less about the QUALITY OF LIFE in which you are suppose to be making better for those who put you in office. I just love it when they get their pockets full and dont run again how they vaish into thin air! Libous wasent rich when he was a councilman, Fiala wasent rich when she was a clerk Booch surely didnt have any money before he was mayor nor did Matt Ryan now they life the high life and shit on the people. The best job you can have anymore is being elected a leader in office! Then your worrys are over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Safe in Binghamton? somewhat i guess but deffinately not after dark! Thank you very much Nick Boochy/Matt Ryan/Tom Libous/Barb Fiala/And the rest of your cohorts! Must be nice to get rich off our backs and give a care less about the QUALITY OF LIFE in which you are suppose to be making better for those who put you in office. I just love it when they get their pockets full and dont run again how they vaish into thin air! Libous wasent rich when he was a councilman, Fiala wasent rich when she was a clerk Booch surely didnt have any money before he was mayor nor did Matt Ryan now they life the high life and shit on the people. The best job you can have anymore is being elected a leader in office! Then your worrys are over! How does someone become wealthy on the Mayor's salary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 How does someone become wealthy on the Mayor's salary? It's not the salary, it's the "back room" perks! Ever wonder why a politician would spend $1mil to get a $75K a year job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 It's not the salary, it's the "back room" perks! Ever wonder why a politician would spend $1mil to get a $75K a year job? No I haven't wondered that. With a lot of politicians, it's about the contacts they make and the sweet jobs etc. they get AFTER they serve their term in office. Most people don't spend their own money to get elected. Ross Perot and Romney being a few of the exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pelo Honey Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Its not safe in Binghamton. Not like it once was. I remember growing up on the south side and my parents always dueing the summer left there screen doors open with sceens in open windows. I sare wouldnt do that today. I don't think anyone anywhere should do that now, and we never locked our doors while I was growing up either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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