Posted on 04/24/2025 8:58:24 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Baltimore
My wife and I watched the French Connection shortly after Gene Hackman died. One of the comments my wife made was “look at all the garbage”.
I have not been to the city since prior to Covid. I thought in general mid town Manhattan was pretty clean for a huge city.
It was a lot worse in the 1970s-80s. Prior to Rudy.
I recall walking down the street in the middle of the day in Manhattan around 1977 and a large Black woman axed me IF I wanted a date. I replied no thank you.
This is a stupid list. It’s complaints per capita.
If you live in a dense city where people have given up complaining because it does nothing (or subjects you to harassment), then you are ranked down the list.
How many of these cities are run by Democrat mayors and city councils?
Most if not all.
Despite being run by brain-dead liberals, Seattle and Portland are not on the list. I live halfway between them so I am familiar with both. Their minority percentages are fairly low.
Despite being run by brain-dead liberals, Seattle and Portland are not on the list. I live halfway between them so I am familiar with both. Their minority percentages are fairly low.
Pollution - Tom Lehrer
If you visit American city
You will find it very pretty
Just two things of which you must beware:
Don’t drink the water and don’t breathe the air!
Pollution, pollution
They got smog and sewage and mud
Turn on your tap
And get hot and cold running crud
See the halibuts and the sturgeons
Being wiped out by detergents
Fish got to swim and birds got to fly
But they don’t last long, if they try
Pollution, pollution
You can use the latest toothpaste
And then rinse your mouth
With industrial waste
Just go out for a breath of air
And you’ll be ready for Medicare
The city streets are really quite a thrill
If the hoods don’t get you, the monoxide will
Pollution, pollution
Wear a gas mask and a veil
Then you can breathe
As long as you don’t inhale
Lots of things there that you can drink
But stay away from the kitchen sink
The breakfast garbage that you throw into the bay
They drink at lunch in San Jose
So go to the city, see the crazy people there
Like lambs to the slaughter
They’re drinking the water
And breathing the air
No Detroit
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