Went to college in Newark for 4 years, and worked in the city for 20 years afterward.
I left 19 years ago—it was a craphole then.
It has been on a steady downward spiral since the 1967 riots. The white folks left in droves, and that was that.
The education system has been under State of NJ control for 20 years—20 years!
No improvement in sight.
Hundreds of millions of Federal and private aid over the years—all down the drain.
And don’t be caught there when the sun goes down—the real fun begins then.
When I was a student, I was late one day, and so I parked on the street instead of on campus. Of course someone stole my car battery—these were the days before hood locks. So I called our school security office and asked for a jump.
The guy came out and said I can’t jump this—there is no battery! I said just let me hook up the cables to the existing ones, the car started, I wrapped the cable ends in cloths and got home and put in a new battery.
If I left the car there overnight, it would have been a stripped down hulk when the sun came up the next morning.
Note to self:
Stay away from New Joisey.
Someone I knew in the early 70’s parked his GTO on the street by Rutgers and at end of day his car would not crank. Raised his hood and was looking at the street as his engine had been stolen.
I was an MI agent in Newark in the late 60s. It was a hole then and i am happy to see it has not changed.