Apparently this author does not believe Corpus to be as dangerous as some of the posters on this board

http://www.homesecurityshield.net/news/most-dangerous-cities-in-texas/

Laredo barely made the top 20. I guess the billboards are correct.

I'm surprised bcs isn't on there. Typically college towns are a target and considering half the bcs population is gone in the summer.

Glad to see corpus not on there

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Galveston, land of the killas and thugs, G's and money makers.

As usual, if it could be broken down into areas of town, or suburbs, it would get interesting.

Galveston has some really rough areas, but so does Corpus Christi.

I'd say that they two are about the same when it comes to crime despite the demographic differences.

Only having been to Galveston once (and likely won't go back), I'd say Corpus has many more "nice" areas. And much more to offer. But that's my opinion.

I went to CC the past weekend to pick up a truck. I was in the hood, right next to Moody Park

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Only having been to Galveston once (and likely won't go back), I'd say Corpus has many more "nice" areas. And much more to offer. But that's my opinion.

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Galveston does more with less. Corpus Christi ran Fertitta out of town because he wanted a Ferris wheel by the old coliseum. Galveston let him rebuild the Pleasure Pier. Instead, Corpus still voted down an improvement to the area. Now it will be blighted area for another ten years.

Galveston has the Tremont, the Galvez, and the San Louis Resort. Corpus Christi has The Omni, the Holiday Inn, and a Best Western. Galveston also has many more cool locally owned restaurants.

Galveston has the Strand. Corpus Christi has North Beach.

What Corpus has is a much nicer waterfront, better beach, and prettier water. All of which they do nothing with. And that's a shame.

^ that's the truth. Hoping to see a turn around soon. Out with the old and in with the new?

Good to see that the recent crime stats have Corpus looking better, or at least less bad. South of Everhart was always pretty okay.

Would be nice to see some development in the bay area along Ocean Drive. I think in the long run that will be the case.

Should be interesting on the Island once Schlitterbahn gets up and running. I think traffic there is going to be a mess in the summer time. Hopefully it won't be too bad though.

people in Corpus think they are in a serious crime epidemic because the lame local tv news stations don't have anybody with brains working for them and concentrate on car wrecks, crime stories and an occasional kitten in the top of the tree rescue.

There are about a third as many killings in the county now as when I was a prosecutor thirty years ago and I would guess the convenience store robbery stats are about the same.

THe killings are of a few contained types: gangsters doing hits on each other (sometimes they miss and kill the kids) and druggie family disputes.

If you are law abiding you may get burglarized but that is about it.

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Only having been to Galveston once (and likely won't go back), I'd say Corpus has many more "nice" areas. And much more to offer. But that's my opinion.

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Galveston does more with less. Corpus Christi ran Fertitta out of town because he wanted a Ferris wheel by the old coliseum. Galveston let him rebuild the Pleasure Pier. Instead, Corpus still voted down an improvement to the area. Now it will be blighted area for another ten years.

Galveston has the Tremont, the Galvez, and the San Louis Resort. Corpus Christi has The Omni, the Holiday Inn, and a Best Western. Galveston also has many more cool locally owned restaurants.

Galveston has the Strand. Corpus Christi has North Beach.

What Corpus has is a much nicer waterfront, better beach, and prettier water. All of which they do nothing with. And that's a shame.

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Only having been to Galveston once (and likely won't go back), I'd say Corpus has many more "nice" areas. And much more to offer. But that's my opinion.

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Galveston does more with less. Corpus Christi ran Fertitta out of town because he wanted a Ferris wheel by the old coliseum. Galveston let him rebuild the Pleasure Pier. Instead, Corpus still voted down an improvement to the area. Now it will be blighted area for another ten years.

Galveston has the Tremont, the Galvez, and the San Louis Resort. Corpus Christi has The Omni, the Holiday Inn, and a Best Western. Galveston also has many more cool locally owned restaurants.

Galveston has the Strand. Corpus Christi has North Beach.

What Corpus has is a much nicer waterfront, better beach, and prettier water. All of which they do nothing with. And that's a shame.

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The voters in Corpus no longer trust their City Council to take care of their toys. The old coliseum, the Columbus ships, the streets, the old courthouse (I know, not city council, but still indicitive of the attitude), the giant baseball park near Robstown, the American Bank Center...... the list goes on. Until the real estate interests stop running the city and we get some fiscally responsible people in there, it will be more of the same. There has to be trust re-developed.

B1: I think people like you are the problem with Corpus Christi. You are happy with it being a trash town and want it to stay that way. The rest of the state watched the Destination Bay front election go down and laughed. It would have passed everywhere else. And what is funny is that the same folks that voted No in that election under the premise that the streets should be fixed first will be the same people that vote No on the street improvements . So go ahead. Vote against your street bonds because you don't like your council and you think it only helps folks in real estate. It only further proves that CC is a dump, and people there seem to be happy with it that way. It is really sad.

I have news for you. Real Estate makes the world go around. Without Real Estate development, nothing anywhere would ever get done.

The street bond issue is classic. They mismanage the street maintenance for years, slap us with a "user fee" on our utility bills, then run not one, but TWO street repair bonds which would raise taxes even more of both are passed. Would you like to discuss their do nothing water policies now? You must be a realtor to get that defensive.

I agree with Chicken.

I moved here from Houston, where for such a large city, there isn't a whole lot of attractions yet people still visited. Here we have the beach, a new water park, USS Lexington, an up and coming Aquarium, fishing/hunting paradise, a college with 10,000+ students, and plenty of targeted events (Spring Break, Beach 2 Bay, Dia de los Muertos, etc). In my opinion, all it is really missing is a nice downtown to tie it all together. Destination Bayfront was that idea. Every City Council person running in this election who did not support DB, did not get my vote.

The folks, like B-1, are old. will not be here long and people with great positive ideas not influenced by events that happened over 30 years ago will turn this city. Good news is, it is already going in the right direction... took years, but Schlitterbahn is being built, downtown is erecting apartments and amenities. Soon you will realize the city can and will prosper from tourism $$$ that will fix your streets that B1 is so fixated on.

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I agree with Chicken.

I moved here from Houston, where for such a large city, there isn't a whole lot of attractions yet people still visited. Here we have the beach, a new water park, USS Lexington, an up and coming Aquarium, fishing/hunting paradise, a college with 10,000+ students, and plenty of targeted events (Spring Break, Beach 2 Bay, Dia de los Muertos, etc). In my opinion, all it is really missing is a nice downtown to tie it all together. Destination Bayfront was that idea. Every City Council person running in this election who did not support DB, did not get my vote.

The folks, like B-1, are old. will not be here long and people with great positive ideas not influenced by events that happened over 30 years ago will turn this city. Good news is, it is already going in the right direction... took years, but Schlitterbahn is being built, downtown is erecting apartments and amenities. Soon you will realize the city can and will prosper from tourism $$$ that will fix your streets that B1 is so fixated on.

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LOLOLOL

So what's your beef with corpus?

It's very easy to do nothing and complain.

Ahhh yes, we were all young and optimistic at one point. I miss those days.

And lol at bee*** username. Please tell me that was on purpose

Edit to just laugh some more

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I agree with Chicken.

I moved here from Houston, where for such a large city, there isn't a whole lot of attractions yet people still visited. Here we have the beach, a new water park, USS Lexington, an up and coming Aquarium, fishing/hunting paradise, a college with 10,000+ students, and plenty of targeted events (Spring Break, Beach 2 Bay, Dia de los Muertos, etc). In my opinion, all it is really missing is a nice downtown to tie it all together. Destination Bayfront was that idea. Every City Council person running in this election who did not support DB, did not get my vote.

The folks, like B-1, are old. will not be here long and people with great positive ideas not influenced by events that happened over 30 years ago will turn this city. Good news is, it is already going in the right direction... took years, but Schlitterbahn is being built, downtown is erecting apartments and amenities. Soon you will realize the city can and will prosper from tourism $$$ that will fix your streets that B1 is so fixated on.

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I'm sure B1 will vote against his street bonds because he doesn't like his city officials. Never mind that it would raise his taxes only minimally. But it makes him feel good because we all know that better streets only help those in real estate and also helps keep CC a dump, just like he wants it. Then if something like the bayfront ever gets voted on again he can jump up and scream that the streets need to be fixed first.

When people go to South Padre Island, and then North Padre Island/Corpus Christi they are always amazed at the difference and why it is that way. I then ask them to close their eyes and pretend that SPI is in the Brownsville City Limits. Then they get it and know immediately why CC is such a trash pit.

But like others have said, times are changing. Hopefully the Eagle Ford will bring in some folks that will turn over Corpus Christi and truly make it the jewel that it should be.

Oh, yes. B-1 doesn't want good streets. Great idiotic generalization. I want a City Council that can prove they can manage the money they have - including the street tax increase we already have on our utility bills. Yes, they recently actually put out a plan, and that is a good start, but I also want a City Council that doesn't take trips to Cowboys/Texans games on a real estate developer's dime. But, hey, that's how business is done here, right? Just like Mexico.

Chicken. You just don't get it. NPI is much nicer than SPI. It's a great tourist destination and and is growing at a nice slow pace. NPI will draw more future tourist than downtown ever will. The dollars generated on Our island will pay for your future projects over the bridge. We are already paying a lion share of taxes. Our property values will double or more in the coming 7 yrs. I could care less what happens in town. I'm an ISLANDER. Ten yrs from now tourist will think of Corpus the same as port Isabel. it will be that town they have to go through to get where they want to be.

Surfing gets better and better the further south you go.

Also the Mexican food in cc wins. Better seafood and better bars IMO. While corpus is a **** hole in its own right, Galveston is a bigger one. The beach is just so much better (and I realize its not saying a whole lot)

This is a from a living in city perspective as I've lived in both. Not visiting / tourists.

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You just don't get it. NPI is much nicer than SPI. It's a great tourist destination and and is growing at a nice slow pace.

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Ok. You just lost me there. While there are good things going on at NPI, it is light years different from SPI. And while NPI is changing, Port A is and will continue to be superior destination for visitors in the area. But both pale in comparison to SPI.

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NPI will draw more future tourist than downtown ever will. The dollars generated on Our island will pay for your future projects over the bridge.

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We are already paying a lion share of taxes. Our property values will double or more in the coming 7 yrs. I could care less what happens in town. I'm an ISLANDER. Ten yrs from now tourist will think of Corpus the same as port Isabel. it will be that town they have to go through to get where they want to be.

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Actually, I like NPI myself. It has a lot of potential and I hope good things continue to happen there. However, if I'm taking my family to the beach for a vacation SPI is hands down a better destination. If there were no driving areas to keep cars from running over kids and leaving refuse on the beach it would help. It is also a detractor for Port Aransas. And why doesn't NPI de-annex themselves from Corpus Christi? It would be the best thing for the island and allow it to totally control its own destiny and tax dollars. If you split from Corpus, then you would rid yourselves of unwanted influence that may or may not have your best interests at hand. And it would force Corpus Chrisit to create its own identity separate of NPI and use its own resources, which both areas have a lot of.

Another problem for NPI versus SPI is that it is essentially a bedroom community for Corpus Christi. That isn't exactly welcoming for visitors and tourists. And there will be a day when the barrier islands suffer the same fate as Bolivar during Ike. SPI is likely to recover from a similar event more quickly.

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I could care less what happens in town.

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So you're saying there's a chance!!!

South Texas will never come back until the border is fixed.

The rest of America sees us as a "Blighted" area.

I grew up in the valley and spent time in both SPI and NPI. I love them both but this place is a ****hole and until there is some prosecution of the garbage in charge for acting like mexican politicians, we will never come back.

My .02

I voted for Destination Bayfront but was not surprised at its failure. Nobody here has much confidence in the people who run the place. After a huge amount of coverage, all favorable, by the media and an extensive get out the vote campaign, they could't get 5% of eligible voters to turn out.

The opposition was based on the idea that it would raise taxes. They apparently don't realize that bonds get paid off down the line and do not necessarily result in a tax increase and, in DB's case, the increase in revenues may more than make up for the cost.

But, the powers that be never do what they say they are going to do, so I can understand why some people don't trust anything they do.

I bet the people of Waco will vigorously protest the presentation of their city: that picture of downtown is at least 60 years old.

Oh ... nothing since the car models has changed since then?

Well, they better watch out. Tyler is only 25,000 behind and closing fast.