Gangs run the streets of Chattanooga: Beware!!
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3/12/2013
I moved to Chattanooga in 2002. Back then, Chattanooga had a gang problem but it has escalated dramatically in 11 years. Much of it has been attributed to hurricane Katrina, when a large number of those individuals moved here, many of them gang members. We saw an immediate rise in crime in our downtown area. We now have shootings every week, sometimes several times a week, sometimes several days in a row. We have drive-by shootings in which young children playing in their yards or even in their homes are shot. Or innocent people sitting on their porches are shot. We have had three police officers shot, two fatally. Forget about parking your car on the street. It won't last overnight. Not one night without getting broken into in the downtown area. I know. I live downtown. We have home invasions. I had to resort to getting a permit to carry a gun. Finally I decided enough. It's time to leave. My house just sold this week and I got a job out west. This is a beautiful part of the country and Chattanooga was a progressive town with many great features, but because the elected officials let the gangsters take control of the city many of its residents are fleeing. I fear Chattanooga will become what it was back in the 70's and 80's...a ghost town that rolled up the sidewalks at night because the crime then was terrible too. Only now it is worse. So beware to all of you who are considering coming here. The press covers up the truth about the level of crime here in Chattanooga. They fear tourists will stop coming if the truth gets out. But I am here to tell you the truth. If you have to come here for a job and you have no choice, get a house in Ooltewah, Hixson, or Collegedale. It's a commute in, but you and your family will be safe. Don't take any chance on living anywhere near this crime infested mess.
Kay | Chattanooga, TN