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You Know That Your City Has Become A Hellhole When….
The Economic Collapse ^
| 10/13/2011
| Michael Snyder
Posted on 10/14/2011 9:17:07 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
All across America there are cities and towns that were once prosperous and beautiful that are being transformed into absolute hellholes. The scars left by the long-term economic decline of the United States are getting deeper and more gruesome. The tax base in many areas of the nation has been absolutely devastated as millions of jobs have left this country. Hundreds of cities are drowning in debt and are desperately trying to survive. Last year, city government revenues in the United States fell by another 2.3 percent. That was the fifth year in a row that we have seen a decline. Meanwhile, costs associated with health care, pensions and virtually everything else continue to explode. So what are cities doing to make ends meet? Well, one big trend that we are now witnessing is that many U.S. cities have been getting rid of huge numbers of employees. If you can believe it, 72 percent of all U.S. cities are laying workers off this year. Social services and essential infrastructure programs are also being savagely cut back in many areas of the country. The cold, hard truth is that most of our cities are flat broke and things are going to get even worse in the years ahead.
So how do you know if your own city has become a hellhole?
Well, a few potential "red flags" are posted below....
You know that your city has become a hellhole when most of the street lights get repossessed because of unpaid electric bills.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when it announces that it will no longer prosecute domestic violence cases in order to save money.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when it simply stops sending out pension checks to retired workers.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when it rips up asphalt roads and replaces them with gravel because gravel is cheaper to maintain.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when it eliminates the entire public bus system.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when nearly half of all the people living there can't read.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when one out of every ten homes sells for under $10,000.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when you can literally buy a house for one dollar.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when you have hundreds of people living in the tunnels underneath your streets.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when three of your past five mayors have been sent to prison for corruption.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when nearly half of the public schools in the city get shut down because of a lack of money.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when you have dozens of young people rampaging in the streets that are thirsty for revenge and that are armed with bats, pipes and guns.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when it is considered to be one of the 10 most dangerous cities in the world.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when thieves defecate in the back seat after they have broken into your car and taken your things.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when prostitution and drug dealing are two of the only viable businesses that remain in the city.
You know that your city has become a hellhole when the police chief announces that the police department will no longer respond to calls about burglary and identity theft due to very deep budget cuts.
Many of the examples above may seem humorous at first glance, but the truth is that they reveal just how deeply tragic our economic decline really is.
This is one of the reasons why I write about our trade deficit over and over and over. Every single month, tens of billions of dollars more wealth goes out of the United States than enters it. Every single month, we are getting poorer as a nation. Every single month, we lose more jobs and businesses.
Any politician that tells you that he or she can solve our economic problems without fundamentally addressing our horrific trade imbalance is lying to you. That means that there are a whole lot of liars in both political parties.
If the number of good jobs continues to decline, the plight of the average American family is going to continue to get worse. Home sales will continue to hover around record lows. The American people will continue to become increasingly frustrated with the economy.
The signs of decline are all around us.
Quit listening to the politicians and just open up your eyes and look.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: cities; colombia; globalism; hellhole; mexico; panama
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To: SeekAndFind
“You Know That Your City Has Become A Hellhole When
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...Democrats get elected?
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:21:25 AM PDT
by
Tublecane
To: SeekAndFind
My City is already past hell-hole. It is returning to nature.
there are entire city blocks that have been abandoned, having only the occasional empty shell of a house with trees growing through the roof.
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:26:52 AM PDT
by
PGR88
(I'm so open-minded my brains fell out)
To: SeekAndFind
when nearly half of all the people living there can't read.Reading is a skill that is free to learn. Of course, if half your population came from a third world country...
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:27:34 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(I never win at Scrable.)
To: Tublecane
And get RE ELECTED no matter how abysmally they fail
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:29:46 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("Socialism means slavery." Lord Acton)
To: SeekAndFind
When you live in Asheville N.C.
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:30:31 AM PDT
by
rsobin
To: SeekAndFind
You Know That Your City Has Become A Hellhole When
.
The occupied wall street hippies and lowlifes show up.
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:31:26 AM PDT
by
2001convSVT
(Going Galt as fast as I can.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:31:57 AM PDT
by
Doctor 2Brains
(If the government were Paris Hilton, it could not score a free drink in a bar full of lonely sailors)
To: SeekAndFind
A great early sign is when you realize that you can no longer tolerate an attempt to see a movie at your local theatre. Rude behavior of the patrons and their inability to sit quietly makes it impossible. It’s a clear indicator that you no longer reside among the civilized.
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:34:56 AM PDT
by
The Toll
To: SeekAndFind
Our cities are hellholes because of those that live in them.
One might say its due to those that run them, but they are a direct result of the voting patterns of those who live there.
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:36:33 AM PDT
by
RockinRight
(If everyone wants to ride in the wagon, then who is pulling it?)
To: rsobin
“Hey, it’s a drum circle Maaaaan” = ASHEVILLE
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:36:57 AM PDT
by
The Toll
To: SeekAndFind
YOU KNOW YOUR CITY IS A HELLHOLE WHEN...
DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN RUNNING IT FOR 25 YEARS OR
MORE i.e.NEWARK, DETROIT, PHILLY, CHICAGO, OAKLAND ETC. ETC.
To: Tublecane; SortaBichy
You Know That Your City Has Become A Hellhole When
...the main drag is renamed "Martin Luther King Blvd."
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:38:26 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Obama Voters: Jose Baez wants YOU for his next jury pool.......)
To: Jeff Chandler
Or when learning is considered “Too WHITE”!!
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:39:36 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: SeekAndFind
Prostitution and drug dealing don’t get legislated into the ground by the EPA.
Also Prostitution and drug dealing avoid the minimum wage and affirmative action laws.
If the Government started running Prostitution and drug dealing: those two occupations would disappear from history.
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:40:06 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
("Debt is the foundation of destruction" : Sarah Palin.)
To: SeekAndFind
You know your city has become a hellhole when bumper stickers and posters are distributed in a large area of the city saying “Stop Shooting People” (Rockford, IL) ... and people USE them!
http://www.rrstar.com/news/x481187814
To: SeekAndFind
The left, from within both major political parties, continues to dominate politics, throughout all U.S. cities, and this leftist dominance of all U.S. cities has been ongoing for many decades and counting. If true, all around conservatism can’t, really, end the ongoing political dominance throughout all U.S. cities, then U.S. conservatism could be on the way out of existence, for the long-term.
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:46:23 AM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
To: SeekAndFind
You Know That Your City Has Become A Hellhole When
... it's a "chocolate" city.
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:48:50 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: The Toll
For this very reason, there are no first run cinemas in the City of St. Louis. There are very few grocery stores either, which I urge everyone to keep in mind when the hammer falls, the denizens of the inner city will eat everything they have in a matter of days and then will be coming out into the counties to feed, amongst other things.
How much they are deterred is directly proportional to how well you are prepared, if you catch my drift.
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:48:55 AM PDT
by
Molon Labbie
("It's Free, Swipe Your EBT!")
To: SeekAndFind
Some of these are progress, not regression:
You know that your city has become a hellhole when it eliminates the entire public bus system.
it probably cost too much too operate (and will then be replaced with something even more expensive, like a train.)
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posted on
10/14/2011 9:50:14 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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