[ez]

...Tourism kept it, well, afloat, but large swaths of the city were mired in poverty for decades...

Same can be said of Atlantic City, NJ.

[tom paine 2]

I'm from Chicago. I lived at 63rd and Cottage Grove Ave. I have seen all the famous Chicago ghettos, Cabrini Green etc. but when I went through the Laffitte ghetto I was shocked and scared at the degree of poverty and the lawlessnes.