Long term democrat rule + closed shop powerful public unions
my father grew up in AC in the 1920’s and ‘30’s, and for years afterwards, spoke bitterly about the entrenched political machines which strangled the city...
I was there recently, and I certainly would not dare to walk the streets after sundown...sad, as my earliest memories are of the beautiful beach in the early ‘50’s, and the friendliness of my grandparent’s neighbors...
I grew up there and spent my summers at the beach. It used to be the pearl of the East Coast and was absolutely beautiful. Many presidents vacationed in Atlantic City.
Just like Detroit and other cities that suffered under Democrat rule, it is now a hellhole
Actually, Atlantic City was run by a Republican Machine for a long time. The present Mayor is a Republican.