Talk:Prince George's County, Maryland

message: Isn't it confusing to have a list of cities, then a list of towns, then a list of unincorporated areas, then a list of cities and towns?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.8.184.25 (talk) 13:29, 19 December 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: This appears to have been taken care of since this comment was posted. --Thisisbossi 04:13, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cities / Towns / Unincorporated Areas

message: *I don't think so. Danny Lilithborne 08:20, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You are not discussing religion in PG.  You are talking about one particular megachurch in an area with over 800 (according to the article).  Generalize it and you can go somewhere with this.  But the history of one particular church is not relevant here.  Additionally, your behavior is rife with personal attacks.  It is clear you are not particpating here in a manner that is appropriate. -James Howard (talk/web) 15:22, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The history of religious movements in a county is irrelevant?

message: Some articles, like the one for Suitland, Maryland talk about PG's high crime rate, but this article doesn't mention it. I think it's worth a mention but don't know much about it. --Awiseman 18:44, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Prince Georges County doesn't have a high crime rate. Suitland is the worst place in PGC.  --Signed as:Ddavis014 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.21.202.1 (talk) 19:29, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to know who the above person is, if only to find out who is so naive about PG County, Md. I live there, and trust me, it has the highest crime rate of any county in Maryland. In 2006 it's murder rate was higher than Washington, D.C., the former murder capital of the nation. It has the lowest test scores of any county in Maryland, second only to Baltimore city. I think the same people who constantly push the "PG is the highest concentration of middle class blacks" statistic are the same ones that try to sweep it's blistering crime rate under the rug. I bet the above, anonymous, poster is a member of Jack Johnson's office, trying to make his struggling county look better without actually doing something about it. Richard Corey 20:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm going to have to agree with Richard Corey.  I lived there and I still work there... it's definitely not pleasant when my fieldworks takes me inside the Beltway -- Suitland or not.  Hyattsville and Riverdale, in particular, are not the most pleasant of trips.  The County has its better spots, definitely, but it is notorious for its worse-off areas. --Thisisbossi 22:26, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded. I live in Prince George's County, and I agree that something about its crime and "tough" culture needs to be mentioned. (Very many primary sources could be located to support the significance/relevance of this topic, if necessary.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seethaki (talk • contribs) 19:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

text: THIRDED! I work as the police in PGC and am well aware of the crime rate that Mr. Anonymous is unaware of. If we are to get past the stereotype that Wikipedia is "Liberal-Biased" we need to include EVERYTHING and not look at the world through rose-colored glasses. However, there still ARE some very nice (and dare I say "Ritzy") areas in PG (e.g., Brandywine, Upper Marlboro, Bowie to name a few). It is a shame, though, that no matter where you live in PG, regardless if you live in a 1.5 million dollar house in Bowie...to outsiders, you still live in Suitland. Sallicio (talk) 23:29, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

text: From my experiences living in College Park proper, I'd say it's safer; but not safe by most people's standards.  The campus tries to keep pretty tight security at the roadway access points, but there are still significant issues in or near the University and/or within the immediate vicinity of College Park.  Tthere are other communities which are (in my opinion) must worse than College Park, definitely.  Granted, all the above is opinion, based on personal experience living, working, and studying in the area as well as monitoring news articles; but I do not have any data to support my claims.  I suspect there may be some helpful info somewhere on the County's website (though the user-interface for the website is not particularly friendly, like that of MoCo or AA County. I know the police maintain a GIS system where crimes are denoted by type and location, and most police districts maintain online reports of recent activity -- that might help form a good start for necessary resources/references regarding any crime mentions within the main article. --Bossi (talk • gallery • contrib) 00:14, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

text: College Park is a small oasis of relatively low crime nestled between Hyattsville/Landover to the southeast and Langley Park to the northeast. Being the police in PG, I can testify to what Thisisbossi said. Sallicio (talk) 23:29, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Crime?

message: Is it true that Prince George's County is the only SUBURBAN county with an African-American majority?  If so, this should be noted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.86.234.245 (talk) 17:37, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Demographics

message: Okay, let's be real. I, an African-American male over the age of 26, am well aware of how we, as a people, tend to not like being lumped into stereotypical categories and rightfully so. HOWEVER, when the shoe fits... 
We're not talking about a county with a somewhat, kinda, possibly, high crime rate. I've had the distinction of working as a reporter for the Prince George's County Journal and with reporters from the Montgomery County Journal, and let me tell you it was 'night and day' believe me. Montgomery County, the county with the next closest crime rate, had around 10 to a dozen murders that year. Prince George's County had close to 200. 
PG COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE THE HIGHEST CRIME RATE FOR THE WASHINGTON METRO! Look Washington D.C. has 588,292 residents. For 2007 D.C. had 181 homicides which gives the city a rate of 30.8 per 100,000 residents(per capita). For most of the 21st century P.G. has had between 130-164 homicides. But prince georges has 801,515 residents? That would give the county a rate somewhere between 16-19 per 100,000 residents. The robbery rates in D.C. are MUCH MUCH higher. Nowhere in the southern maryland article does it mention that PG has the highest crime rate for the entire metro. Get you facts straight.
To say otherwise is outright revisionist propaganda. A problem is a problem. Bringing them to light is how they're solved. But it is my belief that the Prince George's County government would rather hold on to the positive (which is positive, don't get me wrong. We are the highest concentration of middle class blacks in the country, the National Harbor WILL be huge, we do have many development projects on the horizon) than to admit, recognize and rectify the negative. That's like "burying" the word "nigger" in hopes of easing racial tension...but that's another story for another day.
Now, I DO see an issue with putting the crime rate in the first paragraph. I can understand why it was done, but still. I'm apprehensive about deleting it because it was properly cited, but maybe it can be moved down into its own section. Or something. Ever since the late eighties and into the ninetees, crime (along with education) has been the cornerstone issue of Prince George's County. To not mention it would throw away the whole point of an encyclopedia. Richard Corey 18:01, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: About the Crime Rate

message: I am a mixed (half-white/half-black) and have lived in PG all my life. At one time, I do recall the crime rate being moderate. However, sometime during the 2000s, age-old apartment complexes were being renovated, condemned, and torn down, thus forcing low-income families to move out. At the same time, taxes have risen to substantial amounts, making it so these families cannot afford to live in the area and newer buildings being constructed. Therefore, families from DC are being "forced" out to live in Maryland, most of which have migrated to PG since its the closest and most convenient. Coincidentally, more and more white families have begun to fill the empty homes. This is when the crime rate in DC began to lower as the crime rate in PG began to rise. And as of recent years, PG's property costs have sharply risen to higher prices. Most reading this would get what I am implying, but speculation and original research is not by Wikipedia's standards so I have no intentions of adding it to the article. However, I do believe that the information pertaining to the population increases, real estate costs, and crime rate differences can be included in the article as long as it doesn't imply some conspiracy theory, government corruption, or some other biased view. Also, I believe the rise in Hispanic population should be included. However, none of this information will be added till either I or someone else retrieves references for the aforementioned info. The Exiled Fighter (talk) 08:01, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: DC Renovations allocating low-income families + DC's rising white population/lower crime rate + PG's higher black population/increased property costs/higher crime rate

message: What are people's thoughts on merging the Regions section into the Geography section? DAK4Blizzard (talk) 11:36, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Geography

message: That edit veers off into WP:OR, since there are several factors.  From what I recall, the proportion African American of Prince George's at the time that Bowie was built differs greatly from what it is now, due to shifts in the 1980s.  Levitt may indeed have been biased, but combining the two statements to make a third isn't paying attention to the sources TEDickey (talk) 21:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough; indeed a lot has changed since the 1960s, when Levitt has a direct impact on Bowie's demographics. There was an article in the Washington Post today on PG county's changing racial demographic that I think could contribute well to this article in general. In the meantime, I'll try to find another source that can better explain the current demographics of Bowie, and remove the statement "which reflects Levitt's initial reluctance to sell property to African Americans" in the Central County section. DAK4Blizzard (talk) 21:52, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Levitt versus demographics 

message: every time I add the 2010 demographics up, its 114%, wtf?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Totric (talk • contribs) 19:34, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I went to the Census data (now cited).  "Hispanic/Latino" includes people of any race, so it's now separate from the other percentages. —ADavidB 00:33, 10 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demographics 

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