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"What Is Happening To Our Wealthiest Cities
Clearly Demonstrates America’s Rapid Decline"
by Epic Economist
"The wealthiest cities in the United States are getting infested by addicts, delinquents, and homeless people, and no matter what alleged “solutions” our politicians come up with those issues just continue to get worse. The landscape of once-prosperous areas just looks disgusting -- almost like something out of a post-apocalyptic horror movie. If things are this bad right now, what will those streets look like when the recession depression starts gaining steam in the months ahead, and deteriorating economic conditions begin affecting everyone’s lives?
We’re watching our major urban centers rot from within. Even in the richest cities in the whole country, filth and misery are everywhere. Places like New York, the financial capital of the entire globe, and San Francisco, one of the greatest tech hubs in the world, are not spare from rampant rates of delinquencies and severe offenses, people using illicit substances in the middle of the streets in broad daylight, and a surge in the homeless population that is just gut-wrenching.
In fact, local reports detail that New York City’s homeless problem does not appear to be getting any better despite the almost $6 billion in federal funds sent to the local government to introduce programs that could help alleviate the issue. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, the numbers have actually hit an all-time high. They claim the average number of people sleeping in a shelter every night climbed to nearly 66,000 in the past quarter. However, the city’s homeless population is estimated at 126,000 people, which means that a large share of that group is sleeping on the streets. The coalition stressed that the main reason these numbers are this high is because the city has failed to provide adequate affordable housing.
At the same time, the downward spiral that we are witnessing in San Francisco is unquestionably disturbing. On Twitter, one resident share footage of what downtown San Francisco looks like on any given day, and the images are truly shocking. “This is what the kids in San Francisco are forced to walk past every day,” the user wrote. Substance abuse, feces, needles, adults slumped over with exposed wounds, and addicts suffering from mental illness screaming in the streets. “The streets are truly scary to walk down,” she emphasized.
It seems that everywhere we look, we can see that some of our beloved communities are degenerating into rapidly decaying hellholes and our streets are filled with ruthless predators. It is clear that America is descending into lawlessness. The thin veneer of civilization that we all depend upon every day is disappearing at an alarming pace, and if we stay on this path our society will soon be completely unrecognizable. Once upon a time, the United States was such a lovely place to be. But now, this is what our country is looking like. We are rapidly becoming a dystopian society, and that is because we have rejected the values that this nation was founded upon.
If nothing changes, we’re going to be swallowed up by these issues. Ignoring what is happening is not going to make it go away. Social decay is systematically destroying the foundations of our civilization, and at this point, it has become evident that America’s decline is really starting to accelerate."
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SBC News, 1/1-2/23:
"Streets of Philadelphia, Kensington Ave"
"Problems with drugs and crime on Kensington Ave, Philadelphia's most dangerous street. In Philadelphia as a whole, violent crime and drug abuse are major issues. The city has a higher rate of violent crime than the national average and other similarly sized metropolitan areas. The drug overdose rate in Philadelphia is also concerning. Between 2013 and 2015, the number of drug overdose deaths in the city increased by 50%, with more than twice as many deaths from overdoses as homicides. 2 Kensington's high crime rate and drug abuse contribute significantly to Philadelphia's problems.
Because of the high number of drugs in the neighborhood, Kensington has the third-highest drug crime rate by neighborhood in Philadelphia, at 3.57. The opioid epidemic has played a significant role in this problem, as it has in much of the rest of the country. Opioid abuse has skyrocketed in the United States over the last two decades, and Philadelphia is no exception. In addition to having a high rate of drug overdose deaths, 80% of Philadelphia's overdose deaths involved opioids, and Kensington is a significant contributor to this figure. This Philadelphia neighborhood is said to have the largest open-air heroin market on the East Coast, with many neighbors migrating to the area for heroin and other opioids. With such a high concentration of drugs in Kensington, many state and local officials have focused on the neighborhood in an attempt to address Philadelphia's problem."
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Bruce Springsteen, "Streets of Philadelphia"
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