These
12 Hellholes Are Examples Of What The Rest Of America
Will Look Like Soon
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Do you want to see where
this country is headed? If so, don't focus on the few areas that are
still very prosperous.
The
following are 12 hellholes that are examples of what the rest of
#1
Today,
it is one of the ten most dangerous cities in
The
following is from a recent Daily Mail article....
Frequently
rated one of the ten most dangerous cities in the
This
modern American ghost town began life as home for workers at the United States
Steel Corporation plant until economic competition from abroad forced a 90
percent job cut.
It is
hard to describe what is happening to
This
is what happens when industry leaves and there are no jobs.
The
following is how James Kunstler
described what he experienced when he traveled through
Between
the ghostly remnants of factories stood a score of small cities and
neighborhoods where the immigrants settled five generations ago. A lot of it
was foreclosed and shuttered. They were places of such stunning, relentless
dreariness that you felt depressed just imagining how depressed the remaining denizens
of these endless blocks of run-down shoebox houses must feel. Judging from the
frequency of taquerias in the 1950s-vintage
strip-malls, one inferred that the old Eastern European population had been
lately supplanted by a new wave of Mexicans. They had inherited an
infrastructure for daily life that was utterly devoid of conscious artistry
when it was new, and now had the special patina of supernatural rot over it
that only comes from materials not found in nature disintegrating in surprising
and unexpected ways, sometimes even sublimely, like the sheen of an oil slick
on water at a certain angle to the sun. There was a Chernobyl-like grandeur to
it, as of the longed-for end of something enormous that hadn't worked out well.
Sadly,
#2
There
is something truly special about
But
these days "the windy city" is becoming known for other things.
The
murder rate in
As I
noted the other day, there are only about
200 police officers in
That
means that those officers are outnumbered 500 to 1, and more gang members pour
into the city every single day.
The
escalating violence in
"This
is a block-to-block war here, a different dynasty on every street," said a
dreadlocked young man heavily inked in gang tattoos who calls
himself "Killer".
"All
the black brothers just want to get rich, but we got no jobs and no hope. We
want the violence to stop but you ain't safe if you ain't got your pistol with you. Too many friends, too many
men are being killed. We don't even cry at funerals no -more. Nobody expects to
live past 21 here."
The
victims and killers are mainly black males aged between 15 and 35, often with
gang affiliations - but not exclusively. A seven-year-old girl, Heaven Sutton,
was buried this month after being gunned down at her mother's street sweet
store. And last week, two girls aged 12 and 13 were shot and badly-wounded as
they walked home from a newly-opened community centre.
If
you are thinking of moving to
#3
I
have written repeatedly about
Once
upon a time it was regarded as one of the top manufacturing cities the world
had ever seen, but today it has become a total hellhole.
There
are very few decent jobs available, poverty has exploded and crime is
everywhere.
If
you can believe it, 53.6% of all children in
And
as I wrote about recently, justifiable homicide in Detroit increased by a
whopping 79 percent during 2011, and the rate of
self-defense killings in Detroit is now approximately 2200% above the national average.
Is it
any wonder that you can still buy a house for $100 in some areas of
The
truth is that many areas of
Derelict
areas of
Entrepreneur
Mark Siwak wants to create live-action terror theme
park 'Z World' on
Customers
would pay to be chased by professional actors and try to seek shelter in
ghostly homes, factories and businesses.
You
can see some great video of the "ruins of
#4
Unfortunately,
as spending on law enforcement has declined it has given the criminals a lot
more room to operate in
The
city has cut more than $90 million
in spending over the past few years, specifically in its police department. The
city has cut over one quarter of its police jobs, which has led to a
"surge in murders," and has created an "emboldened criminal
element" in the city. According to police spokesman Joe Silva, the city
has had 87 murders since the start of 2011, 29 of which have already occurred
this year. In contrast, there were 35 murders in 2009 and 48 in 2010. With six months left in the
year, there have already been more murders in the city since the start of 2011
than the two-year stretch of 2009-2010.
A
while back in
#5
At
this point, the murder rate in
The
following is from an article in the New York Times....
It’s
not that the cops here are scared; it’s just that they’re outmanned, outgunned
and flat broke.
But
the name is a lie.
What
Politicians
love to go to
"In
2008, when
But
don't look down on
#6 West Philly
Did
you know that 36.4% of all children that live in
There
are some sections of
A
recent article by Jim Quinn entitled "More Than 30 Blocks Of Grey And Decay" described the depressing
conditions in
The
real unemployment rate exceeds 50%, murder is the
number one industry, with drugs a close second.
But
it was not always this way. Once upon a time, West Philly was actually a
thriving area and was full of middle class families.
So
what happened?
That
is a very good question.
According
to Quinn, the physical decay in West Philly is matched by the social decay....
The
once proud homes are in shambles. Bags of garbage dot the landscape. Most of
the people who live here are parasites on society. Personal responsibility,
work ethic, education and marriage are unknown concepts in this community. Even
though more than 50% of the students in West Philly drop out of high
school and the SAT scores of West Philly High students are lower than whale
****, the bankrupt school district spent $70 million to build a new high
school/prison to babysit derelicts and future prison inmates. The
windows do not have steel bars yet, as the architect was smart to put all
windows at least eight feet above street level.
These
days there is a lot of despair in "the city of brotherly love".
It is so sad to see what is happening to what once was such a proud city.
#7
Sadly,
today it is symbol of what has gone wrong with
There
has been a steady stream of businesses that have left
There
are not enough good jobs in
So
what is being done with all of those empty homes?
Unfortunately,
they are being torn down.
The
following comes from a recent CBS News report by Scott Pelley....
Across
Does
that seem right to you?
Should
Something
has gone very, very wrong in this country.
#8
If
you want to see what a hellhole looks like just visit
Although you will probably want to take an armed
escort with you.
As
industry has abandoned
In an
article entitled "City of Ruins", reporter Chris
Hedges described what life is like in
There
are perhaps a hundred open-air drug markets, most run by gangs like the Bloods,
the Latin Kings, Los Nietos and MS-13. Knots of young
men in black leather jackets and baggy sweatshirts sell weed and crack to
clients, many of whom drive in from the suburbs. The drug trade is one of the
city's few thriving businesses. A weapon, police say, is never more than a few
feet away, usually stashed behind a trash can, in the grass or on a porch.
Not that other cities in
For example, if you want to get really depressed just
drive through the bad parts of
#9
According
to U.S. News and World
Report, the most dangerous city in the
If
you have a death wish, just wander around the streets of
There
is a decent chance that someone will shoot you.
Things
were not always this way in
The
following is from a report by the local
CBS affiliate in St. Louis....
...Lewis
Reed is sounding the alarm. "I’ve witnessed packs of dogs, 10 and 15 dogs
running together, and I’ve seen all these dogs I’m talking about they don’t
have collars, they don’t have tags, these are truly wild dogs," he said.
Reed
says stray dogs are terrorizing the north side. "It’s obscene that
parents have to walk their kids to school, in some parts of the city, with
a golf club to fend off wild dogs."
This
kind of thing is actually happening in
#10
The
problems that
But
unlike most of the cities listed above, at least
Even
today, there are still some areas of
It
has been estimated that about 20 percent of the homes in
#11
Oakland
has always been in the shadow of San Francisco, and
the contrast between the two cities continues to grow.
Oakland
has always been considered one of the more dangerous cities in America, and
this year crime rates in
At
the beginning of April, murders in
When
Chief Batts arrived as a “change agent” in 2009, the
police department employed 837 officers. It now has 635. The department no
longer responds to burglaries that are not still in progress, and frequently
does not respond to other calls for help.
So if
your house has been robbed and the burglars are gone what are you supposed to
do?
Due
to a crippling lack of resources, the previous police chief decided that his
department would no longer be able to respond to all crimes.
The
following is a partial list
of the crimes that police in
burglary
theft
embezzlement
grand theft
grand
theft: dog
identity
theft
false
information to peace officer
required to
register as sex or arson offender
dump waste
or offensive matter
loud music
possess
forged notes
pass
fictitious check
obtain
money by false voucher
fraudulent
use of access cards
stolen
license plate
embezzlement
by an employee
extortion
attempted
extortion
false
personification of other
injure
telephone/power line
interfere
with power line
unauthorized
cable tv connection
vandalism
So
what do you do if you are a victim of one of those crimes in
That
is a very good question.
#12
If
you can believe it,
But
today it has become a crime-ridden, drug-infested hellhole.
I
used to drive up to
Unfortunately,
there are not nearly enough jobs for everyone and a lot of people have turned
to drugs and crime.
There
are some areas of
There
was one incident in
One
poor young man had gotten drunk and was apparently wandering around all by himself. Some thugs approached him and they clearly
sensed that he was vulnerable. So they knocked him to the ground,
stripped him of his car keys, his watch, his money, his cell phone and his
clothes.
A
crowd gathered around to watch, and instead of helping the man, several of them
got out their cell phones and laughed hysterically while they recorded the
incident with their cell phone cameras for YouTube.
What
made all of this even sadder is that this happened right in front of a
What
in the world has happened to this nation?
All
of us that still love this country should be deeply saddened by everything
above.
America
is rotting from the inside out, and if we are ever going to find any solutions
we need to start admitting how bad things have really become.
The
truth is that our problems are not limited to one political party, one special
interest group or to one region of the country. The social decay that is
plaguing
For
much more on this, please see the following four
articles....
1)
"25
Signs The Collapse Of America Is Speeding Up As
Society Rots From The Inside Out"
2)
"70 Reasons To Mourn For America"
3)
"20
Signs That Society Is Breaking Down And That America
Has Been Overrun By Psychos"
4)
"12
Factors That Are Turning The Streets Of America Into A
Living Hell"
So
don't laugh at
The
rest of the country is declining too.
If
the city where you live is not a hellhole already, it will be soon enough.
