Comments on: Morning Metro: Melton’s Pledges to Reopen, OTPers Find Downtown Safer and 24 Hours at Empire State South http://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/28/morning-metro-meltons-pledges-to-reopen-otpers-find-downtown-safer-and-24-hours-at-empire-state-south/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 30 Jul 2012 04:14:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Scotthttp://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/28/morning-metro-meltons-pledges-to-reopen-otpers-find-downtown-safer-and-24-hours-at-empire-state-south/#comment-161946 Scott Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:15:13 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21167#comment-161946 According to the owner, it was the unexpected flood of requests from regulars to reopen, along with their pledges to return, that convinced him to go for it. According to the owner, it was the unexpected flood of requests from regulars to reopen, along with their pledges to return, that convinced him to go for it.

]]> By: AMBhttp://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/28/morning-metro-meltons-pledges-to-reopen-otpers-find-downtown-safer-and-24-hours-at-empire-state-south/#comment-161938 AMB Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:24:22 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21167#comment-161938 On a serious note, I know of at least 5 former Melton regulars who swear they will never eat there again. They cannot get past the idea of rats in the kitchen.I hope the owner considered the weight of this bad pr in his reopening calculations. On a serious note, I know of at least 5 former Melton regulars who swear they will never eat there again. They cannot get past the idea of rats in the kitchen.

I hope the owner considered the weight of this bad pr in his reopening calculations.

]]> By: Keith Fhttp://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/28/morning-metro-meltons-pledges-to-reopen-otpers-find-downtown-safer-and-24-hours-at-empire-state-south/#comment-161305 Keith F Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:44:41 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21167#comment-161305 Lunch looks relaxing. Dinner looks exciting. Would have to make sure my energy level was up to it! Lunch looks relaxing. Dinner looks exciting. Would have to make sure my energy level was up to it!

]]> By: At Home in Decaturhttp://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/28/morning-metro-meltons-pledges-to-reopen-otpers-find-downtown-safer-and-24-hours-at-empire-state-south/#comment-161079 At Home in Decatur Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:31:18 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21167#comment-161079 Boy, I find web news to be even more sensational than newspapers. Plus you can easily click from one source to another, all of which are reporting on the same few facts about a breaking story, but seems like a big deal because you just read the story on 20 different websites--all over the country!My cynical guess is that as crime moves out to the McMansions and foreclosures result in weeds growing in the McLawns, they do not feel so safe and isolated out there anymore and the contrast with Downtown no longer seems so large. Boy, I find web news to be even more sensational than newspapers. Plus you can easily click from one source to another, all of which are reporting on the same few facts about a breaking story, but seems like a big deal because you just read the story on 20 different websites–all over the country!

My cynical guess is that as crime moves out to the McMansions and foreclosures result in weeds growing in the McLawns, they do not feel so safe and isolated out there anymore and the contrast with Downtown no longer seems so large.

]]> By: lumpintheroadhttp://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/28/morning-metro-meltons-pledges-to-reopen-otpers-find-downtown-safer-and-24-hours-at-empire-state-south/#comment-161078 lumpintheroad Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:27:22 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21167#comment-161078 The ironic postscript is now I see similar reports from Carroll County and I feel like giving her a call. The ironic postscript is now I see similar reports from Carroll County and I feel like giving her a call.

]]> By: lumpintheroadhttp://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/28/morning-metro-meltons-pledges-to-reopen-otpers-find-downtown-safer-and-24-hours-at-empire-state-south/#comment-161076 lumpintheroad Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21167#comment-161076 For the first couple years we lived in Decatur, my mother-in-law (who was born and raised in Carroll County) would call us seemingly every day saying, "I saw on the news that someone was shot/stabbed/raped/carjacked/shortchanged in Dekalb County and I just wanted to make sure you were alright." It took us a while to convince her that Dekalb County is, in fact, a pretty big place with a lot of people and that it is possible that much violent crime happens within its boundaries that we neither know of nor worry much about. For the first couple years we lived in Decatur, my mother-in-law (who was born and raised in Carroll County) would call us seemingly every day saying, “I saw on the news that someone was shot/stabbed/raped/carjacked/shortchanged in Dekalb County and I just wanted to make sure you were alright.” It took us a while to convince her that Dekalb County is, in fact, a pretty big place with a lot of people and that it is possible that much violent crime happens within its boundaries that we neither know of nor worry much about.

]]> By: PhoenixBikinghttp://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/28/morning-metro-meltons-pledges-to-reopen-otpers-find-downtown-safer-and-24-hours-at-empire-state-south/#comment-161071 PhoenixBiking Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:56:04 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21167#comment-161071 On the burbites feeling safe. The article states that people are getting less information from print media and more from the web. I imagine that they are not reading the crime blotter and the other easy news that crime makes, so they are not deluged with stories that make for an impression of unsafe downtown. Who knew there would be an upside to the end of newspapers. On the burbites feeling safe.
The article states that people are getting less information from print media and more from the web. I imagine that they are not reading the crime blotter and the other easy news that crime makes, so they are not deluged with stories that make for an impression of unsafe downtown.
Who knew there would be an upside to the end of newspapers.

]]> By: AnotherRickhttp://www.decaturmetro.com/2011/11/28/morning-metro-meltons-pledges-to-reopen-otpers-find-downtown-safer-and-24-hours-at-empire-state-south/#comment-161040 AnotherRick Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:31:13 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=21167#comment-161040 That was quite a rush hour at Empire State South. That was quite a rush hour at Empire State South.

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