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In NYC, 3rd world environment becoming almost a thing of the past. Many poor areas converted to high rises and even poor people getting freebies and entitlements they look like the eat better and perform better jobs and no longer in a race to the bottom.
For NJ, you can drive through near endless mansions stacked hill after hill and gated communities with high end shops that even most NYers do not have access. But a few miles you can drive through 3rd world neighborhoods that are as bad as Iraq, Syria, etc. Abandoned homes, streets filled with homeless and opportunists. Many of them are drug mills and boarded up buildings that used to be giant factories. Neighboring towns have police acting as border patrol to filter traffic and pull over any suspecting drivers to keep the towns purified of crime.
In NYC, 3rd world environment becoming almost a thing of the past. Many poor areas converted to high rises and even poor people getting freebies and entitlements they look like the eat better and perform better jobs and no longer in a race to the bottom.
For NJ, you can drive through near endless mansions stacked hill after hill and gated communities with high end shops that even most NYers do not have access. But a few miles you can drive through 3rd world neighborhoods that are as bad as Iraq, Syria, etc. Abandoned homes, streets filled with homeless and opportunists. Many of them are drug mills and boarded up buildings that used to be giant factories. Neighboring towns have police acting as border patrol to filter traffic and pull over any suspecting drivers to keep the towns purified of crime.
Some people choose to commit crime, some people choose to do drugs, some people are born with ****ty genetics, some people make bad life decisions, and some people are lucky. Some people have a decent control of the English language...and then there's you.
Some people choose to commit crime, some people choose to do drugs, some people are born with ****ty genetics, some people make bad life decisions, and some people are lucky. Some people have a decent control of the English language...and then there's you.
Is that something new?
Why is the OP suddenly affecting an immigrant accent?
That sounds like pretty bad police methodology.
Wouldn't they be more likely to catch neer-do-wells if they pulled-over the un-suspecting drivers?
I was wondering the same. So if you drive around clueless you should be ok. Also is it just the neighboring towns trying to purify the adjoining towns or the other way around?
We live in a land of 2 Americas. The haves and the have nots. It exists in every state all over the nation. Trust me. New York State is not immune to this poverty. Even your beloved NYC. Bronx has one of the highest poverty rates of any ubran area in the nation.
Agree about how some parts of NJ look decrepit. Wouldnt go as far as calling it a third world county. I’ve been to India and saw what true poverty looks like. Totally disagree on NYC. Maybe you are just referring to Manhattan. Have you ever been near the projects in the outer boroughs or watched the news?
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