Brockton

a city south of boston, bordering on abington. brockton is a ghetto. if you travel there, you will most likely be stabbed, or have your car stolen. it is a very metropolitan area, resembling detroit, with a crime rate to match. their slogan is the city of champions.
“i’m going to brockton today.”
“bring your bulletproof vest”.
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a city in m-ssachusetts known for poverty and violence. most observers criticize these street-level phenomena, but inst-tutional corruption dwarfs both, whether police/fire/school departments, public works, or the mayor and city council. while a thin crust of decent people keep the city from collapsing in on itself, brockton has rightfully been used as a punch line in a playboy cartoon (in the 70’s, when they were very popular), movies (coneheads, the departed), and by dozens of authors (most notably the august lewis lapham).
example? don’t dispute me, ever. i grew up in brockton and could tell you things you simply wouldn’t believe could happen in a city ten times the size. if you live there, get out as fast as possible. your quality of life will increase dramatically.
brockton is a nice city south of boston with a suburban look. it is not ghetto and its crime rate is slightly higher than the national average but not even close to other m-ssachusetts cities such as springfield or holyoke. its poverty rate is slightly above the m-ssachusetts average but its not run down and boarded up like other communities. brockton does not have an urbanish look like other cities its size in m-ssachusetts (ex lowell, chelsea) and is the twenty-seventh most densely populated . few sketchy neighborhoods but most are nice family oriented. the last post tries to compare brockton to detroit. detroit has 418 murders to 8 in brockton. detroit has 8000 robberies to 200 in brockton.
brockton was named one of the 100 best communities for young people in the united states in 2005, 2008 and 2010.