My Ignorant Neighbors

KCK · Post by **KCK** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:33 pm

I live in an area full of people who I have no better word for than ignorant. They constantly are up at all times of night yelling and cussing up and down the street. Throwing beer bottles where I park my cars, smoking weed in their front yards, just acting generally ignorant. There have been murders in this neighborhood in the past, and petty crimes happen a lot too. So it was no surprise when I saw this shit. Apparently some stupid mother fucker shot some dude right in front of my house. I was at work because i work overnights, but had I been home, I would have heard gunshots outside my window, or even worse, I might have been a victim. I might not have even known it was a gunshot since the kids still shoot off fireworks even though the 4th was a month ago.

http://www.kmci.com/kshb/home/article/0 ... 21,00.html

Neighborhood Gathering Turns Violent

July 30, 2004

Kansas City Kansas Police say a group of people were outside at the Greymoor Townhomes near 71st and Armstrong, when an argument erupted between two men.
Police say just after midnight, one of them shot the other in the leg.
The victim has serious injuries.
The suspect is in custody.
There is no word on the motive.

nota · Post by **nota** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:29 pm

Be careful. It could be you.

tat2kc · Post by **tat2kc** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:21 pm

that truly sucks. What the hell has happened in KCK these last few months? Things were really turning around the last few years, but this summer, people seem to have gone bonkers.

QueSi2Opie · Post by **QueSi2Opie** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 10:54 pm

DMW, I had a friend that lived in those townhomes. You know Tony McDonald?

KCK · Post by **KCK** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:33 pm

I don't know him QueSi, but let me add that aside from a head nod, or a "Hows it Going", I have no contact with any of my neighbors. Very few of them that I see on the street are the kind of people you want to talk to, which is evidenced by the shooting. There are some nice people, but they keep quiet like me, and want nothing to do with the trash hanging out on the street.

KCK · Post by **KCK** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 9:19 am

I got home from work this morning to find that someone had slammed into my other car denting the front end, and scraping up the side badly while I was at work last night. I am so sick of this shit.

My father always had a saying usually after someone broke into our house, or stole his car.

"You can't ever have anything nice because the ignorant people will always fuck it up."

Needless to say I want a garage and a driveway, fuck this on street parking. I don't wonder for one second why people hate KCK.

ComandanteCero · Post by **ComandanteCero** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 4:05 pm

you know you can always try buying one of those townhomes over in strawberry hill

. There are some pretty good mortgages if you look for them. Atleast that way instead of paying rent you'll be paying the mortgage to a nice townhome in a nice neighborhood

GRID · Post by **GRID** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 5:05 pm

Sorry DMW, if you want a true urban envirnonment you will have to cross state line.

Even KCMO's east side is not as "ignorant" as KCK because it interacts with the rest of the metro on a daily basis. KCK is isolated, there are very few reasons for anybody to be there unless they live there or up to no good.

KCK is a cross between urban ghetto and rural ignorance and the "urban hoods" they do have are not even on the same level as Waldo.

I really wish KCK was a cool town, it would really bring up the entire metro, but it's not, it's a mess.

Sorry man, just saying.

Tosspot · Post by **Tosspot** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 5:26 pm

I live off of Steele Road in KCK, near Harmon High School, which I think may be considered Argentine.

I'm in the Berkshire Village townhomes, and this area is actually pretty decent. Other than some isolated incidents of jerkoff neighbors and such, this place is alright. In terms of feel, the surrounding stand-alone houses are very similar to the older parts of Johnson County.

But, I shall return to my dear KCMO one of these days...

KCK · Post by **KCK** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 8:18 am

GRID wrote:Sorry DMW, if you want a true urban envirnonment you will have to cross state line.

Even KCMO's east side is not as "ignorant" as KCK because it interacts with the rest of the metro on a daily basis. KCK is isolated, there are very few reasons for anybody to be there unless they live there or up to no good.

KCK is a cross between urban ghetto and rural ignorance and the "urban hoods" they do have are not even on the same level as Waldo.

I really wish KCK was a cool town, it would really bring up the entire metro, but it's not, it's a mess.

Sorry man, just saying.

Who said I wanted a true urban environment?

KCK · Post by **KCK** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 9:48 am

Is trouble gravitating toward me??? Look what happened about 2 blocks from my house:

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascit ... 767876.htm

Three Lansing escapees caught in KCK

Tip from citizen leads to arrests

By JULIUS A. KARASH

The Kansas City Star

Three prisoners who escaped from the Lansing Correctional Facility's East Unit Saturday morning were captured late Saturday in Kansas City, Kan.

Prison spokesman Brett Peterson said the three minimum-security inmates were captured in the area around 73rd Street and State Avenue about 11:10 p.m.

Gary LeRoy Ross, Todd J. Lloyd and Jeremiah Joseph Harvey have been returned to the Lansing facility, where they face charges for escape.

Peterson said a citizen had notified Kansas City, Kan., police of the escapees' whereabouts.

Police then called officials at the prison, who sent officers to the scene.

Peterson said Lansing Correctional Facility officers also were assisted by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.

Peterson declined to discuss how the inmates escaped, whether any shots were fired or other details of the escape or the apprehensions. He said the matter was under investigation and more details would be released later.

Ross was serving a 48-month sentence from Stevens County for burglary. His release date was Dec. 17, 2006.

Lloyd was serving a 55-month sentence from Reno and Sedgwick counties for convictions of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, criminal use of a weapon, burglary, theft, contributing to the misconduct of a child, aggravated solicitation of a child and indecent solicitation of a child. His release date was Nov. 23, 2005.

Harvey was serving a 29-month sentence from Atchison County for convictions on burglary and theft charges. His release date was Feb. 25, 2006.

nota · Post by **nota** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 11:26 am

Do you like living in KCK? Why do you stay if you don't?

There is affordable living all over the metro.

KCK · Post by **KCK** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 1:33 pm

nota wrote:Do you like living in KCK? Why do you stay if you don't?

There is affordable living all over the metro.

Of course I like living in KCK. My point is that my neighbors where I live at now are ignorant, not that KCK sucks.

KCPowercat · Post by **KCPowercat** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 1:51 pm

what did the post about the inmates escaping have to do with your neighbors?