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City refutes worst U.S. crime ranking [Camden]
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| 11/21/2005
Posted on 11/21/2005 9:02:00 AM PST by ncountylee
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To: LdSentinal
I've been in Newark for an extended stay (2 weeks) on a project and all the horror stories are justified. One cabbie took us on a shortcut to the hotel and I literally thought that was the end.
Every parking lot has 20 ft high fences PLUS razor wire around it.
I saw another story based on this data and some dim bulbs from Camden claiming that 'people moved out just because a serial rapist was operating in the area' (!) and one person who said 'I don't hear that many gunshots at night' (!!!).
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posted on
11/21/2005 10:11:39 AM PST
by
relictele
(How can Hillary run the country when she couldn't manage a household of 3?)
To: rit
Strangely, Camden and Newark are two of the poorest cities in the nation, while Hunterdon, Sussex, and Monmouth counties (all in NJ) are among the wealthiest counties in the nation.Ayn Rand says, "Crime breeds poverty".
To: ncountylee
"Last year is old news. The ranking is not an appropriate measure of where we stand today," said Camden County Prosecutor Vincent Sarubbi."
I can see Camden across the Delaware River from where I sit and it is as close as I care to get.
To: Mulch
Of course, if they divided the city into North St Louis and South St Louis, we could be in the Top Ten in both lists.
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posted on
11/21/2005 10:40:36 AM PST
by
TravisBickle
(The War on Terror: Win It There or Fight It Here)
To: Williams
How about Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal, Liberty State Park in Jersey City or the Earle Naval Pier in Leonardo. I believe those are much better and safer areas.
I believe the reason that the USS New Jersey is docked in Camden is because that is where the Political RATs are centered in NJ and it was a political favor to the local corrupt politician...
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:27:54 AM PST
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
To: nutmeg
Congrats again to the "Garden State."
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:37:30 AM PST
by
stanz
(Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
To: frogjerk
Morristown comes to mind. I went there and understood why NJ calls itself "The Garden State." It was beautiful!
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:40:02 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: Cat loving Texan
Atlanta is #7 - which is why I live in Cumming, GA and seldom venture inside the Perimeter (I285).
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posted on
11/21/2005 11:42:18 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(I'm a reactionary, hirsute, gun-owning, knuckle dragging, Christian Neanderthal and proud of it!)
To: TravisBickle
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posted on
11/21/2005 12:07:52 PM PST
by
Mulch
(tm)
To: frogjerk
So what, I live here too and I'm a republican. BTW do you know anything about New Jersey? The Earle Naval station is a weapons depot and warship reloading facility built extending out to sea, which is extremely off limits for security and safety reasons. An odd place for a ship museum open to the public, eh?
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posted on
11/21/2005 3:25:24 PM PST
by
Williams
To: WmCraven_Wk
Then you're just as close to neighborhoods in Philly you want no part of, except with no river in between.
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posted on
11/21/2005 3:26:59 PM PST
by
Williams
To: Williams
Liberty State Park would have been a better place than Camden, hands down.
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posted on
11/21/2005 3:39:15 PM PST
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
To: Williams
BTW do you know anything about New Jersey?No, I was just born here and lived here my whole life.
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posted on
11/21/2005 3:40:25 PM PST
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
To: frogjerk
Not for me it wouldn't. Where do you live? The fact is North Jersey has most of the attractions already, no reason the south shouldn't have some. Camden's economy being extremely depressed, it needs the shot in the arm. Stop being such a grouch. Whatever's wrong with Camden, it isn't having the New Jersey docked there.
By the way, you are probably right that dem politicos like Norcross got some of this stuff for South Jersey. So? That's one of the few good things they've done.
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posted on
11/21/2005 3:43:16 PM PST
by
Williams
To: frogjerk
OK me too, I lived in N Jersey now I live in S Jersey. Both are good, S Jersey is definitely safer, less crowded, and far fewer bad cities like Camden. Camden is the only one down here and it's tiny. Compare that to Newark that spread out and ruined many large surrounding cities - East Orange, West Orange, South Orange, to name just a few.
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posted on
11/21/2005 3:46:16 PM PST
by
Williams
To: Williams
I live in central NJ. Philadelphia is about 1 1/2 hrs away and NYC is about 1 hour.
I love the Aquarium in Camden but running the gauntlet down Martin Luther King Boulevard in Camden to get there is ridiculous.
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posted on
11/21/2005 3:48:13 PM PST
by
frogjerk
(LIBERALISM - Being miserable for no good reason)
To: frogjerk
Sure, but MLK Blvd is a short underused road compared to many you will find in Newark, NY, even Trenton. Camden sucks but criticizing won't help. The cities need rebuilding and although some is occurring you won't get a good job done with democrats in power.
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posted on
11/21/2005 3:54:42 PM PST
by
Williams
To: ncountylee; Incorrigible; Clemenza; Calpernia; RepubMommy
Don't worry, Camden has former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman on patrol with the NJ State Police.
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posted on
11/21/2005 8:07:40 PM PST
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
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posted on
11/21/2005 8:10:30 PM PST
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
To: Coleus
This one?
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posted on
11/21/2005 8:32:30 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
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