Ruining Our Neighborhoods

a video documentary about the negative effect that closing local schools are having on north Minneapolis

--Emily Smith, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2007

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• native
• american
• youth
• school
• closings
• minneapolis
• minnesota
• poverty

[ablasphemy11]

and please don't say I am "absolutley retarded" you discredited yourself enough the first time..

[ablasphemy11]

2009 was a great year as far as violent crime is concerned, but until then the murder rate hasn't dropped below 40 which is still lower than the national average.and I said it is something that we shold all strive to correct.....who is the bigger retard....one who blindly thinks that everything is okay, or one who anticipates the future and recognizes which problems need to be fixed.

[ablasphemy11]

heading back. I was raised in minneapolis in the late 80's early 90's. when it was at it's worst which is what I was referring to. maybe minnepolis is cheap if you have a trust fund, or you let daddy's money bring you through college, but as off now there are virtually no jobs out there so what do you think will happen. I don't live in north anymore. don't put words in my mouth. we started the year with a tripple homicide, and statistics show that we are heading back to where we were....

[ablasphemy11]

minneapolis is one of the most under rated cities in the country....I was born and raised here. I've been all over the place. I've been to nearly every major city in this country and there still is no place I'd rather be than the twin cities.

[ablasphemy11]

yeah, because everyone in the hood has a private jet to have global experiences in....even though minneapolis is tame now a days in comparison to a lot of other cities, when I was growing up on the northside it was a completely different story....in the early 90's mpls had the highest murder rate per capita in the country and it is hading back in that direction. this isn't a video that glorify's how hard the north is, it seems to me like it is a video to build awareness to better a community.

[scottksu]

Hey, I really liked that video. I was searching on youtube for some info about North Minneapolis and your video helped out so much. I live here in the twin cities. If you ever feel like letting me know more about the situation there please e-mail me at scottksu at yahoo dot com. Let me know some ways you think things should change. Awesome job on the video.