re: post # 74 ~ I went to Baltimore seven years ago, and I then swore a solemn oath never to return! WORST ghettos I have ever seen. (I’ve seen more than I care to admit...) unequivocally the WORST! ~
Never been to Camden, NJ, then?
Yes, I have. 10 years ago - emergency situation. Her I am, Irish looking Lad with no GPS, no firearms, at 5:30 a.m. in the bowels of the projects.
Of course I was lost, because the junkies had scrapped all the street signs (and the posts they were mounted on) and let me tell you I had NO doubt these predators saw me as prey.
So, after multiple trips across the Benjamin Franklin Bridge (still lost) I saw a Camden Police Cruiser in the distance ~ and so there I went!
I asked the Officer (a Lt’ with Gold braids and 30 Medals on his chest)where to find this address I was looking for. He said, “you found it, you are standing the parking lot.”
I asked him why he was parked in the lot with his lights spinning and he told me, “ If I don’t sit here guarding this place, they have 3 or 4 armed robberies every day.”
Yikes!
And you still think Baltimore is worse?
I’ve been through the Baltimore ghetto but I saw white people going about their business. In Camden I didn’t see any people except a few zombie looking addicts stumbling around and lots of cops.