PING.
It is amazing what poor people could accomplish when families were intact and worked hard. But they couldn’t be depended on to always vote Democrat then, could they?
There are many similar such areas. All over the country.
Areas that had thriving, close communities, suddenly bulldozed over for freeways. Once that is taken away, it never can be recaptured in the same way. Times change. The economy and demographics also change, providing the setting for a new experience.
Same story with the Bronx and the highways that cut it up.
I had to stop reading. I managed to make it to about ¾ of the way through, but too much blame on the motor vehicle industry, transportation in general, and the creation of highways for the plight of the black American.
It just appears to me that everything is being labeled as at fault for “white flight” and black neighborhoods suffering financially to this day. A lot of people sucked at the time, sure. However, they didn’t want to live in their equivalent of modern-day Chicago or Baltimore anymore than I do now.
You want to fix financial woes? Bring jobs to your area. Don’t blame the highway, because you’re going to need it for business to come in and goods to leave.
No.
It was done sixty years ago. If you have not adjusted in that time you never will.
Most of the people who were affected are now dead.
BTW, there are only a few meat markets and bowling ally left in the country. If a large city has more then one it is unusual. Such things are gone and they are not coming back.