10 Signs your neighborhood is becoming a ghetto

10. The mounted police patrol your sidewalks.
9. They break up a large arms dealing gang at your bus stop.
8. You felt safer when the arms dealers were there.
7. The singing panhandler goes out of business.
6. A hierarchy of street thugs forms.

5. People shoot up on your front stoop.
4. You have witnessed a violent crime in your courtyard.
3. A loud scream or siren wakes you every night.
2. Spontaneous street parties form on your corner, but with mediocre cars, music, and woman.
1. The mayor chooses your neighborhood for a massive "revitalization."