I Went To The Worst Ghettos In The United States: Part Two

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  @DemocracyofLight · 3 years ago

  “They call it The American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it” - George Carlin

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• AJ

  @ajm3821 · 3 years ago

  Omg. Finally it’s been said out loud:  “ sending  tons and tons of our money to other countries when we need it here the most.”

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• SA

  @SasquatchWithStyle · 3 years ago

  I showed my friends from Colombia a picture of Detroit and they said "what a waste of beautiful homes. It's like cooking a huge delicious meal and letting it rot."

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• TH

  @TheDelta57 · 2 years ago

  The contrast between rich and poor is an insult to humanity!

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• RA

  @rachellera-shellkoon5977 · 3 years ago

  Our country is literally crumbling.  I am embarrassed by our country's state. It's only going to get worse. Sadly.

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• MA

  @marvagaston8474 · 2 years ago

  Sad how America intervenes in other countries and the world at large doesn’t know that this exists in America

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• JL

  @jlm3303 · 3 years ago

  We have way more than a community left behind... We have an entire civilization that is getting left behind... These despicable levels of neglect are completely intentional.

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• CY

  @cynthiaconnors183 · 2 years ago

  It appears that all these destitute areas have one major problem in common, corruption. Not placing blame is brushing the responsible entities aside and letting them off the hook. Nothing will change until blame is put where it's deserved.

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  @patminnick2813 · 3 years ago

  I drove a truck 24 years. One of the most expensive toll roads and one of the worst maintained is the Pennsylvania Turnpike . The high tolls are supposed to go toward keeping the toll road well repaired. When I mentioned this to a local he said "Look at the streets where the politicians live. That's where the toll $$ goes. They're in perfect condition" so the corruption is not new

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• BI

  @billyb4790 · 3 years ago

  I am born and raised in California where housing skyrockets every year.  It's to the point where you can't afford a tiny one bedroom house.  It's painful to see these beautiful big houses abandoned and treated so worthlessly.  Such houses would cost over 2 million dollars out here.

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• DI

  @dirtysnkrs · 4 months ago

  big props for the long interview with the UCLA urban planning professor. nice to see an open minded dialogue even with points of disagreement. good work.

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• GE

  @gemox3225 · 3 years ago

  Wow, Nick, you said something really deep - "A lot of people who grew up poor thought they were destined for great things; they thought the world loved them, but the world loves itself."

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