Rough neighbourhoods near where you live

That seems to be a trend with small to medium sized cities in America. It's like they're only concerned with cleaning up the major cities (NYC was one of the lowest crime rates in America for fuck's sake). I guess if your city isn't a big draw for tourists, then crime prevention and law enforcement aren't high priorities for your local government. My city is prime example. In the last 5 years we have built a $140 million baseball stadium that will only get used 2 weeks a year, a $25 million dollar pedestrian bridge (wtf?) across the Missouri River that leads to nowhere, but have consistently seen an increase in homicides year after year.
 
To catch up on all the Metal in that town, LOL.

I did a Route 66 tour and drove from Chicago to Los Angeles. Went to Springfield in both Illinois and Missouri.

Prior to the tour I decided to visit nearby towns Toronto and Detroit, the tour ended in Las Vegas (a slight detour from R66) but... in for a penny, in for a pound, I wanted to get the full experience so drove it to the end - Santa Monica.

Pics start half way down this page:

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/lord-off-topic/509166-travel-thread-3.html

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nice. must have been fun