Springfield Wars.

[Omarvelous09]

It's all love. Hell...in 10 years all you newbies will have the same issues. lol 
I'm glad this got people's attention, keeps me occupied at work.

[hanjin1]

EAST SIDE!

[Ocklawaha]

Well just so long as it NEVER becomes North vs South, then I'd be forced to roll in the heavy artillery!

OCKLAWAHA
Deo Vindice Y'all

[nvrenuf]

but what about hip indie trannie bums?

what about yuppie trannies ??

In my own little opinion - any form of tranny is welcome as long as they aren't selling mouth, hand or ass on our streets.

But a word to the bland and uninteresting.....don't use living in Springfield as some lame attempt at cultivating some form of self-eccentricity.

As Hoop-Lady said, most of us came pre-loaded with our own eccentricities may they be big or small. One of the Hamsterdam residents steals from Rudolph and says that Springfield is the Land of Misfit Toys. Or as local historian Chris Farley says - we're all here because we aren't all there.

We love Springfield. You know how you can say whatever you want about your own family but as soon as someone else does they have a fight coming? Same with Springfield. We can joke about the issues that are still here, but its OUR 'hood and if someone else talks down about our home they have a fight coming.

[nvrenuf]

Oh forgot to say   WESTSIIIIIIDE !!!!

[Omarvelous09]

but what about hip indie trannie bums?

what about yuppie trannies ??

In my own little opinion - any form of tranny is welcome as long as they aren't selling mouth, hand or ass on our streets.

But a word to the bland and uninteresting.....don't use living in Springfield as some lame attempt at cultivating some form of self-eccentricity.

As Hoop-Lady said, most of us came pre-loaded with our own eccentricities may they be big or small. One of the Hamsterdam residents steals from Rudolph and says that Springfield is the Land of Misfit Toys. Or as local historian Chris Farley says - we're all here because we aren't all there.

We love Springfield. You know how you can say whatever you want about your own family but as soon as someone else does they have a fight coming? Same with Springfield. We can joke about the issues that are still here, but its OUR 'hood and if someone else talks down about our home they have a fight coming.

No doubt, because behind all the bs...we all still are neighbors. 
**WEST SIDE!!

[Omarvelous09]

I am probably one of the people who started popularizing the term "Hamsterdam". I think part of it is a matter of expectations. I can see how for someone who lived here for a long time, things are great. But to me, having someone sell/buy drugs/hos across from my house isn't acceptable even if they don't try to burn down my house anymore. Getting my sh*t stolen, car windows smashed, robbed at gunpoint isn't exactly what I am looking for in a neighborhood. Now you could say: Why did you move here? Well... I was dumb enough. Why am I staying? Why should I run... I am not the type.

Feel free to stop by. I am usually sitting on my porch in the evenings if I am home.

Wow...has all of that happened to you? Guess everybody i know has been lucky. I will say that some people make themselves targets. The first thing some people do is move in, get big dogs, and put up a fence...if someones that scared and paranoid about the "crime" in the neighborhood then why move? I don't like that springfields crime is so "in your face", but in a way i prefer it over the hidden, & much more violent crimes in others. It sucks that youre having (had) those kind of problems. 

[Omarvelous09]

I got little dogs and the fence came after 3 bikes left. My neighbors have big dogs, but they had them all along. Which is one problem of the old-timers and new-timers... we don't talk, we assume. You assumed that we got the dogs as defense? Well, the dogs showed up on our porch one day and I couldn't help it but take them in. I do in some ways agree with your statement that the open crime is better then the hidden one. Some of my neighbors take the "not on my block" approach. As long as they don't see it first hand, they don't care (and they avoid looking). That's not my approach.

You're totally right, and yes not everybody puts up there defenses..but it is discourging to the rest of us who have made the neighborhood what it is today. Springfield isnt anymore more crime-filled that any other neighborhood in town, but like any other neighborhood it just depends on where you live.

[samiam]

There have been many changes In the last 10 years. On the east side 6th and market and 3rd and market use to be crime Central but no longer. it seems as time passes there are less and less crime hotspots.

[Springfielder]

I've seen the neighborhood change drastically. When I first moved to Springfield, it was on the west side and had my share of things stolen from the yard and driveway. When I moved to the east side, I still had things stolen, but my first concern was getting rid of the hookers that were selling themselves along the block I lived. I was fortunate, that after months of constant calls to the police and chasing off their customers, that they left.

I'm well aware of the problems the west siders have with the drugs and hos. Much of that is contributed to the pockets of trashy people....and of course, the closeness to the public housing across from the park. I feel for my friends and neighbors that have had to deal with all of those bottom dwellers, and hope that as our neighborhood continues to flourish, that these scum bags will move on.

As with any neighborhood, there's good and bad...no area is without crime...but overall, we're much better off than they are. It's an ongoing battle, and much of that is the lousy perception of those who don't live here, or haven't in years. Yeah, it used to be really bad...but that's years ago. People thought I was crazy for moving here when I did, now most of them envy where I live.

Oh.....and go Eastside! 

[samiam]

Even with the down turn in the economy there is still a massive amount of renovation going on here in Springfield. It actually amazes me. It seem the momentum is going so strong that it is unstoppable now. From what I can see is that most of the out of state investors that came down here and purchased 5 or more houses have gone into forcloser and those houses are coming back on the market and are being purchased by individuals willing to restore them. 

[fatcat]

Do not pay attention to the people who tells you they know more about your hood than you do. IMHO, only the people who lack confidence in their own hood/life love to spend time and energy talking about how bad other hoods/lives are.

I arrived at such opinion from my personal experience. All my rental properties are in the relatively low income price range scattered around different hoods. I had the following funny conversation with prospective tenants many times:
prospective: "do you have other properties available?"
me: "I have one at X-street by Y-street"
Prospective: "Oh, I am not going there. That is bad area/ ghetto / unsafe"

The truth is the entire Jacksonville is an unsafe area. We need a new Mayor......But this is for an other thread.

[Deuce]

these scum bags will move on.

I'll pack the scum bags' scum bags.

[Coolyfett]

So I've lived in Springfield most of my life, after my father passed i inherited my home. The house is located on Boulevard between 5Th and 6Th. Now I've always considered Springfield to be a nice neighborhood. Never had a break in or felt threatened, but that could be for a number of reason....but that's another thread  .

SO to get to the point of this...i attended the opening of Walkers Wine bar in R'side and engaged in convo with a woman who lived in California but was renovating a bungalow in springfield. So she asked me where i lived in springfield, then she replied "Oh, you don't even need cable over there! You can just look out your window." i didn't get it at first..then she said "well my house is on Ionia".

What happen to the days of us Springfielders sticking together (even if your house was really on the east side!). I moved out of riverside for the same reason, i didn't like the Avondale vs. Riverside bull. I expect more out my neighbors, so leave the yuppie attitudes at the door when you come into Springfield.

sorry...needed to vent. lol

HA HA, that is funny man. I am not laughing at you, but I am laughing at the comment she made about cable ROFL!! When I stayed in Riverside I used to get the "are you gay?" question asked to me. I guess people stereotype neighborhoods...

I do have on pet peeve in your post bruh and that is...EASTSIDE is not a side of town lol. You can live IN Eastside but not ON Eastside...the Real Eastside of Jax is Jax/Atlantic/Neptune Beaches...I use to hate those kids that would call Easy E on 92.7 and say "yea we from the Eastside" and Im like "No you on the Northside!" ha ha ha all good though champion. I never remember Springfield being a real bad area. I always felt safe out there. plus I heard it is getting better because of how good Main Street is looking.

[Coolyfett]

Springfield!!! I didn't know about this eastside, westside thing...its comical is this like a Main Street thing? I am not exactly sure what are the actual borders of Springfield, I know it is 12th Street to the North and State/Union to the south, but what are the west and east borders? Davis Street? Pearl? Walnut Street? Florida Ave? Can someone explain where Springfield starts to the east and west.

Also man you guys need a Springfield Skyway station, but when people mention expansion Springfield is ALWAYS mentioned behind San Marco, Riverside & Sport Complex...Whats up with that Springfield? Maybe the east & west should unite for the cause lol.