Review of Edgewater, Colorado


Let me get it striaght with everyone...
Star Rating - 1/27/2010
Edgewater is no east st. louis, harlem, south central, detroit, or flint, etc. But the neighborhood does have its issues/problems, etc. First of all, edgewater is not the mayberry of colorad or whatever the other reviewer had said. i'd have to disagree with that statement. and you may be able to get by leaving your door unlocked for a few nights, but sooner or later it will come back to haunt you. and do not leave your car door unlocked man. i agree with "joey velca?" or whatever about the crime in edgewater. i have heard of edgewood also which is in edgewater but does not get counted on the stats for this neighborhood. With respect tot he gang activity..... theres not a gang "problem", but there are active gangs. its not such a huge problem, but it is within in the schools. i sent my kid to jefferson high school from 2002-2006, and he would tell me frequent stories about gangs in the school, which are located in the neighborhood. such as, GKI, WSB, RTS, OKW, etc. now these gangs are not just located in edgewaters neighborhood but they extend into denver. to say that denver has gang activity and that edgewater (which sits right on the denver county border) has none is just flat out ignorant, no offense "anthony". i agree the neighborhood is about 60% hispanic, and maybe 30-40% white. this neighborhood has changed a great deal since i was in high school at denver west in the 80's. and i agree that edgewater has its fair share of crime. i definitely agree with joey that you should go and look at the edgewater police department page and it will show up to 30 days of how much crime has happened in edgewater. theres been a homicide, 5 robberies, 10 assaults, 4 deadly weapon assualts, 30 something property crimes, like 10 vehice thefts, and thefts from a vehice, so yes crime does happen here. and at higher rate , since the neighborhood itself is only 5,000 people. and the cost of living here is not high. the average income is like $39,000 or something. and most all the poeple in the hood are renters. trust me people, edgewater is not some nice white suburban looking place which people cant afford. most all people can afford to live here. its low income, has gangs, schools are like 80-85% latino, neighborhood is like 60-65% latino counting illegals. trust me i know what im saying people
Louis | Lakewood, CO
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Edgewater is an "urban city"?....... What?.... Edgewater is a small little bedroom community that no one has ever heard of because its a only a few blocks and confused with Wheatridge. I don't what you consider crime, but there isn't any real crime in Edgewater, except for maybe the occasional domestic between a husband and wife who forgot to water their garden. ...... Frequent gunshots?, I cant remember that last time there's been a shooting in Edgewater, I would say gunshots are unheard of, rather than frequent. maybe your confusing firecrackers with gunshots. The sirens you hear are the ambulance from other cities traveling down Sheridan going to St Anthony's hospital or maybe you hear Denver police, fire or paramedics going down Sheridan, but it definitely isn't related to Edgewater. The occasional graffiti that pops up in Edgewater, looks like it came from a 10 year old trying to imitate what he saw on Gangland (or internet). If you think Edgewater has gang problem, your sadly mistaken, you need to travel. Casper Wyoming has a bigger gang problem than Edgewater' The only thing remotely related to a real gang is the 1 retired gang member who moved there from LA after he was chased out for being weak...... Low Income? The houses in Edgewater are so expensive, hardly anyone can afford to live there............. Nick puts it best, Edgewater is Mayberry. Stop trying build Edgewater's street credit on the Internet... it wont work.
Anthony | Denver, CO | Report Abuse
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