Quote: dave12038457Inaccurate information? You mean advising a solo woman traveler not to use The Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden, N.J at night?
If you and your family feel perfectly safe there I have no problem with that. But to recommend such a place to a total stranger and a solo woman traveler at that, Hell no!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/19/missing.mother/
http://nickico.hubpages.com/hub/Heroin-in-Camden-Major-Crime-CIty
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/camden_officials_worry_about_c.html
http://archive.courierpostonline.com/article/20120502/NEWS01/205020314/Man-stabbed-transportation-center
http://www.fox10phoenix.com/story/20153251/south-jersey-carjacking-suspect-forces-victim-to-buy-drugs
And there are many more examples of crime both at Walter Rand and America's most dangerous city, Camden N.J.
I can see the poor woman now shortly after getting off the bus at Walter Rand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIaN9Koa9oM
I think Daves links speak for themselves. I wouldn't want to visit that would you? I would also add this from NBC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJLf4TYtytQ&noredirect=1
Quote: RossHI think Daves links speak for themselves. I wouldn't want to visit that would you? I would also add this from NBC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJLf4TYtytQ&noredirect=1
Brian Williams later claimed he carried gunshot victims from Walter Rand to Cooper University Hospital on his back.
Just don't live in fear. Be cautious. As I've said, I have visited these places and never had a problem.
It's his opinion and many others it's not safe, what's the problem with him saying so? Why are people being banned for warning others of potential danger?Quote: MprtUSA516The area around the aquarium is fine. I've visited at least five times, walked from City Hall, visited the bar across the street from the aquarium, and never had a single problem. What's your issue? I think people know to be aware of their surroundings in any city.
Quote: AxelWolfIt's his opinion and many others it's not safe, what's the problem with him saying so? Why are people being banned for warning others of potential danger?
I have never posted there so I don't know what their posting policy is. They are a private company and can set the rules as they wish.
I will say that most of those who say it's not safe have never visited the area. Those who have say it's fine.
Quote: MprtUSA516I have never posted there so I don't know what their posting policy is. They are a private company and can set the rules as they wish.
I will say that most of those who say it's not safe have never visited the area. Those who have say it's fine.
+1 again. We are not reccomending that people visit an unsafe area of Camden.
Yup. They've got to be sauntering up and down a major thoroughfare like Adm. Wilson Blvd. at 11 p.m. on any given night. :(Quote: MprtUSA516I have never posted there so I don't know what their posting policy is. They are a private company and can set the rules as they wish. I will say that most of those who say it's not safe have never visited the area. Those who have say it's fine.
How would we know what most people are saying either way, if they silence people that have anything negative to say regarding safety issues?Quote: MprtUSA516I have never posted there so I don't know what their posting policy is. They are a private company and can set the rules as they wish.
I will say that most of those who say it's not safe have never visited the area. Those who have say it's fine.
I must misunderstand how TA works, I thought TA was a company that gathered unbiased information(good or bad) from travelers, vacationers, locals etc, so people can make better informed decisions where to go and stay. Isn't that the reason people use TA? If they only allow fluff, what good is it? I realize the information may sometimes be exaggerated either way but that shouldn't the customers be the ones to make that determination? If a place is safer than not the legitimate reviews should outweigh the bogus ones. I have a feeling there are shills who also lie and hype up the safety. that should cancel out the trolls.
I seeing a trend, it's sounding like a private company who doesn't care about the truth or legitimate opinions, they just want to suppress anything that's not positive.
I don't want anything to do with TripAdvisor if they are banning people just because people have a negative opinion about the safety of a particular place. Unless they can prove it's 100% safe it's BS to ban people for negative safety comments.
PS I have been in some of the worst places in Las Vegas many times and never had a problem that doesn't mean its safe. Someone doesn't have to visit northtown to know it's not safe.
Her neighborhood was just not safe anymore, My father and uncles rented a moving truck and moved her to an apartment in the nearby town of Collingswood and put the house up for sale. As soon as the house was empty it wash broken into and trashed. It was repaired and but back on the market. Trashed again.
It was then sold at a considerable discount "as is" since a few more "Visits" would exceed the value of the house. The only thing gained by destroying this house was to deprive an elderly WW1 widow of her money that she needed at that time.
As a teenager a friend's older sister was murdered in Camden. She was a student at Rutgers. Someone for an unknown reason shot her at close range with a shotgun. Have these incidents from decades ago shaped my opinion of Camden? Absolutely!
I would think visiting the Camden Aquarium of Battleship N.J. during daylight hours would be reasonably safe. However, I would drive and avoid public transportation. A trip through the side streets would be most unwise. Camden is a major drug hub for the region. Many buyers take public transportation to buy drugs. Dealers hang around places such as Walter Rand Transportation Center waiting for their "customers" to arrive. I have seen what I assume are addicts on public transportation. They are either nodding off or scratching their skin raw....
Camden will have nothing on AC if the police and fire act like the children they are if they don't get their way. BTW the fire chief in AC makes more then the chief of NY. Crazy.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Camden+NJ&biw=706&bih=441&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=G4kEVeelPMadNqqZgqgI&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAw#tbm=isch&tbs=rimg%3ACRCotTYRzVoHIji3QjmX1G3b_1O9y_1mJECSmWB5TfNAN7HrmL-t1bhN2qNQjn67L-7v1rrJfmKIzPDdvAejuAha8bOSoSCbdCOZfUbdv8EbnKAa4mIsEOKhIJ73L-YkQJKZYR6tZhxYqDavEqEgkHlN80A3seuRHMJVO_1xpJ9WioSCYv63VuE3ao1EUQAeewihtlpKhIJCOfrsv7u_1WsRKHnf5WrxOIQqEgmsl-YojM8N2xEazbUiASSc2SoSCcB6O4CFrxs5EeCitNua8b1o&q=Camden%20NJ&imgdii=EKi1NhHNWgfvVM%3A%3BrJfmKIzPDdvKqM%3BEKi1NhHNWgfvVM%3A
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g29750-i78-k8321369-Why_do_folks_still_go_to_Atlantic_City-Atlantic_City_New_Jersey.html
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g60795-i113-k8369417-Walking_across_Benjamin_Franklin_Bridge-Philadelphia_Pennsylvania.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD_DSYr7OyQ
I was following these posts here and on TA to see who responded as you can see who is monitoring this site and then looking at the TA post to react to. It's just a shame if they take the time to review posts here they won't offer their opinions here also. I unfortunately did not see the post that was removed to see if it should have been. There are times that posts do violate their guidelines and should be removed. Here at least we are all big girls and boys and can take it if someone disagrees with our opinions.
I also don't understand why people care so much about the way TA runs their forums, there's plenty of others on the web to partipate in. If you don't like them, the best way to show it is to stay away from the site. They don't seem to me to be worth the time just look at this thread, how many posts complaining about an Internet forum for God sake. There's more important things wrong in this world. Time to move on, you're not going to change them so just ingnore them if you don't like the way they run things.
Quote: jerrysnjI'm thinking there's more than one checking this site, besides me that is. I just don't understand why they don't man up and participate here and not just lurk. I know a person that claimed he was aerules posted a couple of times and was asked some tough questions and never came back. I would hope that even if hit with tough questions people would at least respect the fact that they are willing to participate in an open forum.
I think there are many reasons they don't participate here one being, as Jack Nicholson once put it "They can't handle the truth" and another being they are not the experts they appear to be and we'd call them on it. This forum is much more interactive and conversational, I think they are afraid of that. We don't really need links to where the cheap eats are, what to do in Atlantic City besides gambling, etc. we can into the nitty gritty of AC, it's wonders, it's warts and all!
.Quote: ACMamaJerry, the individual who is obviously monitoring this forum in order to quash posts on the TA forum fancies himself a destination "expert" for the ENTIRE STATE of New Jersey (and beyond, perhaps) and rarely contributes any real or useful travel information. Some of these people spend their entire day trolling multiple forums. I cannot imagine spending my time in this way, sitting in front of a computer looking for posts to quash. Very sad. Obviously a lonely and bored person with nothing going on in life.
I don't monitor this forum to quash posts on TA. AC Mamma I contribute tons of useful things to TA. I only joined this board to respond to a post Dave made without having all the facts as to why a post on TA was closed. It was for the same reason Ross' post on this site was closed.
Quote: aerules.
I don't monitor this forum to quash posts on TA. AC Mamma I contribute tons of useful things to TA. I only joined this board to respond to a post Dave made without having all the facts as to why a post on TA was closed. It was for the same reason Ross' post on this site was closed.
tx aer- given your superior intellect & editorial tastes -it's obvious -we are not worthy & cannot we'd appreciate your vision to define what input we should consume re ac- we'd welcome any nugget of AC content you've come up with to contribute in your free time- in between monitoring boards- keeping us safe for our feeble minds to consume
Quote: MrsHeartRNI think there are many reasons they don't participate here one being, as Jack Nicholson once put it "They can't handle the truth" and another being they are not the experts they appear to be and we'd call them on it. This forum is much more interactive and conversational, I think they are afraid of that. We don't really need links to where the cheap eats are, what to do in Atlantic City besides gambling, etc. we can into the nitty gritty of AC, it's wonders, it's warts and all!
I love the Nicholson quote. I would have used it for my signature but some one beat me to it. I don't think he's using it now but I wanted to leave it open just in case.
I think the one I'm using is quite apropos.
Quote: dave12038457Why not post that on the T/A forum?
I would but then I would lose my job as guardian of the forums.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g29750-i78-k8421410-Atlantic_City_does_anyone_else_feel_this_way-Atlantic_City_New_Jersey.html
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We don't stand a chance with some of these fools for the AC TA forum.
Quote: aerulesAt least someone else is to blame this time
Aerules as a fellow DE maybe you can help me understand. This was a post that multiple people participated in over several days which meant all these people had a chance to see the advertisements on TA and participate in their forum which must be a good thing, but yet probably because some people clicked on the report an inappropriate post link it gets shut down. Wouldn't you think TA should review these shutdown posts and see that all these people who are potential customers just got pissed off and it would be better to keep the post open? I know it drifted from strictly travel talk but let's face it a good percentage of people travel to AC, stay in the hotels and visit the restaurants because of gambling and related comp offers. It's no different then someone having a discussion about snorkeling in the Phillipines forum that's not travel related it's a sport or activity for that destination. No different than the main activity for people that travel to AC is to visit the casinos. I've seen other DE complain about the same thing happening in their forums with posts getting shutdown that were active discussions about something at that particular destination. It's killing participation in the forums so why do you think it's allowed to happen? Shouldn't more activity on the forums actually help TA? I don't get it, help me understand.
Quote: aerulesI didn't see the OP. I know sometimes if the thread goes off topic like the TTN to AC thread that Dave wrecked last year they will keep the OP up and close the thread to new posts
Greetings aerules, aka"EasyDave", aka "Maytag repairman" of TA censorship,
nothing to see here, so few post on TA anymore- nothing to fix or censor- move along...
btw How is your buddy UK?
Cheshire Cat got his tongue?
I know you think its a perfectly safe and friendly environment for both you and your family to visit.
I don't. And I may ad many other people share my sentiments about what has been called America's deadliest City.
Once again I will post links that illustrate just why I hold such an opinion of Walter Rand.
https://twitter.com/george_mast/status/197701653393178624
http://articles.philly.com/1999-01-15/news/25490608_1_ski-masks-crime-wave-men-shot
http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2015/03/nj_man_robbed_83-year-old_bought_patco_cards_say_p.html
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/camden_officials_worry_about_c.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/19/missing.mother/
http://www.pinehillpd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/11.20.2012-Carjacking-Robbery.pdf
http://www.dea.gov/pubs/states/newsrel/nwk051806.html
http://nickico.hubpages.com/hub/Heroin-in-Camden-Major-Crime-CIty
"Yet one of those is from when I was 10" Walter Rand has a long history of criminal activity.
" Also a missing woman can happen anywhere" Famous quote from the clueless left, "those things can happen anywhere."
What about the guy who was punched and robbed at Walter Rand?
What about the 700 addicts that go for treatment 3 blocks away?
You want to use Walter Rand fine, go right ahead. Just stop recommending that people who may lack street smarts visit the place o.k?
Much of Camden has been a warzone since the mid 70's. Perhaps you would like to take a stroll there some late night? Or recommend that your wife/daughter do the same?
Just google Camden news and see what you find. Murder, mayhem, etc.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=camden+nj&tbm=nws