Incident on Rochelle - Page 4 - PhillyBlog

CreativePerson · #31 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by minivanmama

I was following along until this part. What does Detroit have to do with Man/Rox/EF?
Call me confused!

Comparison and contrast of the two neighborhoods.

Colin P. Varga · #32 (**permalink**) 07-26-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MotherOf3

I only know because the man who was hurt is my neighbor. The kids who did it do not live on our street or even in wissahickon. The brothers are bad news long before they did this to Pete. They have been arrested on numerous occassions for all sorts of things. I happen to know their mother whom I grew up with but havent spoken to in years, who is a single mom with breast cancer a set of twins who are under 5, the two boys and a little girl. And knowing the mother i'm sure she has done the best that she can for her children. We can't help who does what on Rochelle ave, I have lived here for 15yrs and my husband grew up on this street and i've always enjoyed living here until recently when all this DRAMA started. Not to mention the IGNORANT neighbors that have moved on our street who dont really know nothing about anybody but enjoys running their mouths and degrading our children whom are innocent. The comments from one mother about the kids on the 8 mile block should be ashamed of herself talking about a child the way she did is awful, especially when the lady doesnt even know these kids. I dont like the way she spoke about my childen and my neighbors children between our two houses we have 8 kids ages 8 thru 1 all girls one boy and let me tell u they are the best kids that live on our street. They mind there manners and then some. People are ALWAYS complementing our kids everywhere we go. They all share with one another they clean up after themselves they hardly ever fight with each other, and most of all they respect there elders, parents & so on. So to the lady who talks so much trash.... CAN YOU SAY THAT ABOUT YOUR KIDS????? For someone who has so much to say, we never even see you or your kids playing outside on Rochelle probably because you can't get off your computer writing nasty things about people you don't even know. So please get a life & stay out of ours. Please leave us alone up here at 8 mile we raise our kids, we work & pay taxes just like you do. Have a great day

Gossip is one thing. However, we should be able to talk about real problems even if they involve kids in the neighborhood. For example, "The brothers are bad news..." And it can't be left only to certain people because certain people might never "see" a problem. For example, I have a neighbor who will call the police if someone puts their garbage out before 7PM the night before pick-up, but they will not call about more serious things if a Yunker is involved. They just don't see a problem when it involves someone who has lived here their whole life. So neighborhood kids smoking dope and dealing and doing other things outside this person's window wasn't a problem.

I'm going to guess that the "two brothers" had people around them who turned a blind eye to things and the brothers might have thought that people always would even if they assaulted Pete. Years ago the Police in the 5th told me their was no point in arresting kids for assault because the parents and the neighbors would stand up for them.

lawmummy · #33 (**permalink**) 08-03-2008, 07:54 AM

This is a sad string - and I hope that it doesn't taint anyone's view of the Wissahickon. It's a nice place to raise a family.

billy ross · #34 (**permalink**) 08-03-2008, 08:39 AM

Diversity is a good thing; sooner or later we all need to deal with people who are unlike us, and I find it to be pretty sad when I see people who were raised in bubbles trying to interact with the 'real' world and showing themselves to be one dimensional and very much out of their depth. Their parents did them no favors. The sooner kids realize that it takes all types to make the world go around, the healthier their outlook on life will be.

lawmummy · #35 (**permalink**) 08-03-2008, 03:37 PM

While my best judgment is screaming at me to just let it go - those who live in the neighborhood understand the real scoop - I did want to clarify that none of my comments were ever directed towards young children. I have young kids myself, as is pointed out on this thread, and I would never single out young kids for criticism.

However, the older ones that cross the line by acting like adults, committing crimes and disturbing our neighborhood, that's another issue altogether. Those who throw rocks at people on their porches, leave half empty beer cans and liquor filled soda bottles in the neighbors' yards, graffiti the parks and neighborhood, steal insignias off of cars and smash windows, steal groceries out of my car (yes, I did catch a "kid" doing this), threaten folks on the sidewalk, go into people's homes without being invited, block neighbors' paths and other nonsense, deserve a little criticism. And all of the hate mail in the world (thanks for the PM) won't change that.

I love this neighborhood. I enjoy being here. I've said over and over that I think it's a great place to raise a family - my kids have lots of friends here. I won't apologize for expecting a little civility. I will apologize (and I am) if my comments have been misconstrued as directed at any children who are really just being children. They were never intended to be. And while I think that it's obvious that I'm not comparing the actions of a 15 year old to that of a 3 year old, apparently that wasn't quite clear to everyone.

So, again, my apologies if anything that I said was taken to mean that I was being critical of any young children. It was not.

WCreek · #36 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 12:39 PM

Lawmummy - we need more people like you in Wissahickon - here's to being civilized.

Valley Twin · #37 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 02:11 PM

Please feel free to discuss specific problems or issues happening in the neighborhood. Name calling and threats, however, are not appropriate and will result, at a minimum, in this thread being locked.

Thanks.
VT

Count Malachi · #38 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 02:44 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that MotherOf3 lives in one the "two houses" that cause the problems for the block.

RoxyRebel · #39 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Count Malachi

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that MotherOf3 lives in one the "two houses" that cause the problems for the block.

Well she sure seemed proud to call her neighborhood "8 Mile" after Eminem's neighborhood in Detroit.

eacolella · #40 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 11:38 PM

To Count Malachi, what two houses are you referring to?