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FarCenter

(19,429 posts)

2. One of four s***holes. But they are limited s***holes.

Reply to greytdemocrat (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 15, 2013, 10:13 PM

Dec 2013

For a state with one of the highest median household incomes in America, New Jersey also has four of the country's biggest urban basket cases in Camden, Trenton, Paterson and Newark.

Camden, 77,000
Trenton, 84,000
Paterson, 145,000
Newark, 278,000

New Jersey 8,865,000

The average county has a population of 422,000. Nine of the 21 counties have populations over 500,000.

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Apocalypse, New Jersey: A Dispatch From America's Most Desperate Town [View all] MrScorpio Dec 2013 OP

Camden is a s***hole. greytdemocrat Dec 2013 #1

One of four s***holes. But they are limited s***holes. FarCenter Dec 2013 #2

Elaborate on that please philosslayer Dec 2013 #4

"Planned disinvestment". "Sacrifice zone". "Planned shrinkage". "Malign neglect". El_Johns Dec 2013 #3