Huntington's South Side :Where the money is...
"Slick Willie" Sutton, an infamous thief in America during the 1930s, was asked why he robbed banks."Because that's where the money i," he replied.
I was reminded of that this morning when BREAKING NEWS on WSAZ reported that Julian's Market on Huntington's southside was apparently the victim of an armed robbery. Shots were fired.
My goodness! On Huntington's southside?
When I was a kid, the southside of Huntington was known as the "silk stocking district." There was no crime there because important people lived there. My mother, God rest her soul, didn't believe she was important enough to shop at the predecessor to Julian's market.
And now drug dealers dwell on the southside, living next to the remnants of Huntington's children of the silk stocking folk. Druggies in search of money to support their habit steal from southside folks. And sometimes they even attempt armed robberies in board daylight.
Used to be these crimes happened in other parts of town. As long as there was black-on-black crimes, the drug problem was largely ignored. Crime in the black neighborhood was "expected."
And now THE market in the heart of the former silk stocking district has been "hit."
Many rich folks have moved out of their Huntington homes to the suburbs. They don't care.
Well, I have news for them. The druggies have them targeted and, if they haven't already, they'll soon be targets to.
No one is safe from this affliction.
No one, especially the affluent, because that's where the money is.
posted by Dave Peyton @ 10:44 AM
3 Comments:
Amen!
Despite the prejudice shown by some to the poorer sections in town, if any of the criminals are habitating in that area they're not going to target their own home turf for crime. They're going to take it elsewhere, especially to where the money is. Moving out of town doesn't make one immune.
Crime is not a respector of persons but does gravitate to the money.
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