Stay clear of I-30 and Cooper

[Big Dad]

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/tarrant-county/watch-live-18-wheeler-on-fire-eb-i-30-shut-down-in-arlington/447422185

[Trip McNeely]

Is it just me or has Arlington gone waaay downhill in the past 10 years? I don't remember it being that bad when I lived there back in the 90s. I read the local news there frequently and it just seems like there's always some major crime or police chase there.

[Big Dad]

Some areas near there always were sketchy as fuck I thought ,can't really blame Arlington for this one however

[Trip McNeely]

Some areas near there always were sketchy as fuck I thought ,can't really blame Arlington for this one however

Yeah The eastern corridor that rode 360 was always sketchy, true. I see this started in Ft. Worth but it always seems like if theres a police chase on 20 or 30 it ends in Arlington. lol

[SS Junk]

Is it just me or has Arlington gone waaay downhill in the past 10 years?

Grand Prairie pretty much started throwing up on Arlington some 20 years ago.

[GrayStangGT]

Is it just me or has Arlington gone waaay downhill in the past 10 years? I don't remember it being that bad when I lived there back in the 90s. I read the local news there frequently and it just seems like there's always some major crime or police chase there.

90's was 20 years ago, I lived in Arlington 10 years ago 05-08 and it was sketchy back then.

[Baron Von Crowder]

There's 100k more people in arlington than there were in 1990.

[Chili]

There's 100k more people in arlington than there were in 1990.

Blame Hurricane Katrina!

[Trip McNeely]

90's was 20 years ago, I lived in Arlington 10 years ago 05-08 and it was sketchy back then.

I was just saying I've been up here almost 10 years and have been seeing the city in the news a lot for violent crime. Haven't lived in Arlington in 20 years.

[line-em-up]

I wonder how many of the steady stream of 18 wheeler accidents lately have "foreign" drivers.

[Big Dad]

I wonder how many of the steady stream of 18 wheeler accidents lately have "foreign" drivers.

dry vans .. most

[DON SVO]

Blame Hurricane Katrina!

Actually yes, and that came from a corporal in the APD.

[lincolnboy]

I was just saying I've been up here almost 10 years and have been seeing the city in the news a lot for violent crime. Haven't lived in Arlington in 20 years.

In other news

An Arlington man received a life sentence in prison for methamphetamine trafficking on Friday.

[Baba Ganoush]

^^^ a distraction for moving a big shipment...?


The whole metro is getting more like... scattered shit, not sure how to describe the scuzziness. Growing pains and lax police presence I guess. Reminds me of Chicago.

[Nate]

Alot of good ol day syndrome seems to be in here right now.