I lived in:
Port Au Prince (Petionville)
Bogota
Baranquilla
Cali
Freetown Sierra Leone
Guatemala City
Kingston Jamaica
Rio De Janiero
Sao Paulo
Belo Horizonte
Chinandega/Corinto Nicaragua
Raised in Jackson Mississippi.
I think I have proper credentials for third world cred....you can ping a dozen freepers to check my veracity if you’d like.
Los Angeles is not yet third world but it’s getting close as are other US cities.
Wealth in enclosed guarded pockets or sections and swaths of lawlessness where police presence takes on a militaristic look.
Lack of national cultural cohesiveness and education and language.
Sound familiar.
By the way....you may be too young to recall but I’m not and not too long ago the typical American City did not have good areas and bad areas. That sorta garbage exploded after the mid 60s and the illegals and illegitimacy epidemics have only been two of many catalyst(s)
but....to sorta take your side....I’d like to know how London compares nowadays to these measurements the Telegraph has....bet it’s pretty close
Awesome post WD.......makes me want too post my good and bad locations over my career as well.........:o)
Stay safe Sir , Hope yer well !
I could not agree more. What is interesting however, is many continue to cling to the idea that this is somehow restricted or isolated to the southwest. I've traveled all over the this country in the past 7 years or so, and there is no question, it's all going the same way.
Maybe others just refuse to see, that this government sponsored invasion of tens of millions left the southwest region, spreading to all points many years ago, and continues to this day.
Maybe it makes them feel better to ignore the obvious.