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Haha how on Earth did you end up there on your senior trip? The neighborhoods along the Delaware River extend from South Philly through Center City all the way to "The Great Northeast.
The area I was referring to is near neighborhoods such as Fishtown, Northern Liberties, Port Richmond and Bridesburg or "the River Wards", a mostly working class Polish/Irish and Puerto Rican section of the city. Recently Northern Liberties and Fishtown have gentrified and there are further plans including condos (including a Trump Tower) and a new Casino.
My old school was ghetto, we went to a buffet there lol. Condos an a new Casino, sound nice, it'd be good for the area.
I haven't been there for years, but when I first saw it, I couldn't believe I was in the US. The other thing about it is its relative isolation. It's definitely off the beaten path, not on any major highways and pretty much not on the way to anyplace else. The FL Tourism Bureau would never admit to the existence of Belle Glade!
US 441 and SR 80 run right through Belle Glade. US 27 runs right through South Bay just a few miles west of Belle Glade. All major highways.
One place I haven't seen people here mention is Kansas City. It's not worse than some of the big ones noted here, but definitely one of the worst I have ever seen. Taking I-29 south into downtown KC just looks nasty, and then taking I-70 from downtown to the east for quite a few miles is just nasty ghetto- houses that literally look like they are falling down, block after block after block of them.
And they're easily some of the most dangerous in the whole country. Hoover Foster aka "Ghost Town" in West Oakland is visually some of the worst **** you'll see on the west coast.
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North Richmond is probably the most screwed up part of the bay area (which by extension makes it the most screwed up part of CA and one of the most screwed up parts of the country). even though it looks "suburban" its easily one of the worst looking places in the bay. Note that google maps doesn't do it "justice"
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