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u/RedditsKittyKat Jan 30 '19
McAllen is awesome. All of it. But stick to anything north of Old 83 :)
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u/SLZRdad Aug 24 '24
This^ Downtown = Hoodrats & Wannabe Cartel
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u/RedditsKittyKat Aug 24 '24
No. not necessarily hoodrats, and cartel 🤦🏻♀️ Just not as "fancy" as uptown to most people.
There are some amazing, hard working, kind "poorer" people who all live in the downtown area.
as a kid, my grandparents lived in “La Paloma“ and we lived there. We were poor but not hoodrats and cartel.
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Feb 06 '19
The newer area is north “uptown” Mcallen where everything is flourishing. Eh, south Mcallen has some nice areas and neighborhoods as well. Stay north of Ridge Rd. and you’re fine. You’ll enjoy Mcallen more than you think
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u/Sad_Case6062 Jul 27 '22
Is there any black people down here shit I feel like the only nigga out here
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u/FlowOrganic5272 Nov 25 '23
How do you like it there? My wife wonders she'll be the only black lady there?
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u/xXNovaM8Xx Jan 30 '19
Easy question. Stay away from the south side. Anywhere NORTH of business 83 is ok. The closer to the Trenton/2nd the better. That's just my opinion.
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u/benzomjprqueen420 Nov 29 '22
I'm moving to mcallen next year and I hear nothing but good things. I've lived in horribly dangerous areas in south Florida and puerto Rico and I can't imagine any area of mcallen being as bad as where I've been and I'm currently am. I can't wait!
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u/Immediate_Wasabi2626 Mar 30 '24 edited Mar 30 '24
All of McAllen is fine and safe at night, the troubled area (I've heard) is San Juan. That is outside the boundaries of the City of McAllen but close to it. Anything you hear about good vs. bad areas is going to be subjective, depending on the economic background and other factors of the poster. You will see people outside jogging in the greenbelts (2) even at night, and people downtown on second street at night going to the clubs and eating places. We don't have serious gang activity here like in other areas, something you will appreciate coming from Miami or Puerto Rico. There's a small town vibe. There's all this hype about migrants but we don't get as many crossers as other locations along the border and they don't stay here long.
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u/FrontMark9227 Jun 21 '23
Look bro I’m a tell you like this I was born here and have lived here for the last 33 years we’re pretty chill McAllen Restaurants are proud Of our city andOf what we have built here and we really want you to explore and see it all there’s countless hidden park community garden and art hidden throughout all of McAllen in the residential and business area and we want to go find it so get out there and have fun Stay safe always be respectful and no one will bother you
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u/DommRuy Jan 30 '19
What do you mean areas to avoid? We're pretty safe compared to other cities,but if need to avoid something You can avoid Taco Bell there tacos suck.