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walt tonne
May 26, 2012, 7:10:10 AM5/26/12
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On May 25, 11:59 pm, Hisler <His...@cocks.net> wrote:
> http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/turn-out-the-lights-the-l...
>
> Once upon a time, the largest U.S. cities were the envy of the entire
> world. Sadly, that is no longer the case. Sure, there are areas of New
> York City, Boston, Washington and Los Angeles that are still absolutely
> beautiful but for the most part our major cities are rapidly rotting and
> decaying. Cities such as Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Memphis, New
> Orleans, St. Louis and Oakland were all once places where middle class
> American workers thrived and raised their families. Today, all of those
> cities are rapidly being transformed into cesspools of filth, decay and
> wretchedness. Millions of good jobs have left our major cities in
> recent decades and poverty has absolutely exploded. Basically, you
> can turn out the lights because the party is over. In fact, some major
> U.S. cities are literally turning out the lights. In Detroit, about 40
> percent of the streetlights are already broken and the city cannot
> afford to repair them. So Mayor Bing has come up with a plan to cut the
> number of operating streetlights almost in half and leave vast sections
> of the city totally in the dark at night. I wonder what that will do to
> the crime rate in the city. But don't look down on Detroit too much,
> because what is happening in Detroit will be happening where you live
> soon enough.
>
> A recent Bloomberg article described Mayor Bing's plan to eliminate
> nearly half of Detroit's streetlights....
>
> Detroit, whose 139 square miles contain 60 percent fewer residents
> than in 1950, will try to nudge them into a smaller living space by
> eliminating almost half its streetlights.
>
> As it is, 40 percent of the 88,000 streetlights are broken and the
> city, whose finances are to be overseen by an appointed board, can’t
> afford to fix them. Mayor Dave Bing’s plan would create an authority to
> borrow $160 million to upgrade and reduce the number of streetlights to
> 46,000. Maintenance would be contracted out, saving the city $10 million
> a year.
>
> What this means is that there are going to be a lot of neighborhoods
> that will have the lights turned off permanently.
>
> So which neighborhoods will those be?
>
> According to one top Detroit official, "distressed areas" are going to
> be on the low end of the totem pole....
>
> “You have to identify those neighborhoods where you want to
> concentrate your population,” said Chris Brown, Detroit’s chief
> operating officer. “We’re not going to light distressed areas like we
> light other areas.”
>
> City officials know that they cannot force people to move from
> "distressed areas", so they are going to encourage them to leave by
> cutting off services.
>
> But turning off the lights is not the only way that Detroit is trying to
> save money.
>
> Recently, officials in Detroit announced that all police stations in the
> city will be closed to the public for 16 hours a day.
>
> It is so sad to see what is happening to what was once such a great city.
>
> Back in the old days, Detroit had a teeming middle class population.
>
> Today, 53.6% of all children in the city of Detroit are living in poverty.
>
> Back in the old days, Detroit was a shining example of what America was
> doing right.
>
> Today, 47 percent of all people living in the city of Detroit are
> functionally illiterate.
>
> Back in the old days, middle class neighborhoods sprouted like mushrooms
> all over Detroit.
>
> Today, the median price of a home in Detroit is just $6000.
>
> Needless to say, crime is exploding in Detroit and many families live in
> constant fear.
>
> Many have taken justice into their own hands. Justifiable homicide in
> Detroit rose by a staggering 79 percent during 2011.
>
> But Detroit is only one example of a national trend.
>
> For example, a recent article by Jim Quinn entitled "More Than 30 Blocks
> Of Grey And Decay" described the filth, decay and wretchedness in West
> Philadelphia. Quinn refers to the drive through this area as "the 30
> Blocks of Squalor"....
>
> The real unemployment rate exceeds 50%, murder is the number one
> industry, with drugs a close second.
>
> As you drive down the 30 Blocks of Squalor you meet the ghost of
> Squalor future for West Chester Pike. The population along this corridor
> is ignorant, dependent, and represents the dregs of our society.
>
> But this area was once home to middle class families. There were once
> many beautiful homes in West Philly, but most of them are now either
> gone or are crumbling badly. According to Quinn, the physical decay is
> matched by the social decay....
>
> The once proud homes are in shambles. Bags of garbage dot the
> landscape. Most of the people who live here are parasites on society.
> Personal responsibility, work ethic, education and marriage are unknown
> concepts in this community. Even though more than 50% of the students in
> West Philly drop out of high school and the SAT scores of West Philly
> High students are lower than whale ****, the bankrupt school district
> spent $70 million to build a new high school/prison to babysit derelicts
> and future prison inmates. The windows do not have steel bars yet, as
> the architect was smart to put all windows at least eight feet above
> street level.
>
> One of the great things about the article is that Quinn pointed out how
> the retail stores in the area reflect the things that the population of
> the community truly values....
>
> The Chestnut Plaza truly represents what is important to this
> community. This Squalor Center, as opposed to Power Center, includes a
> video porn store, cash checking/payday loan outlet, smoke shop, donut
> shop, Laundromat, and liquor store. No need for a wedding ring store or
> resume writing service.
>
> Sadly, there are communities like this all over the country. As I wrote
> about recently, the entire state of California is slowly being
> transformed into one gigantic cesspool.
>
> Yes, there are still a few areas where the wealthy play that are
> absolutely beautiful. If you stay in the wealthy enclaves you might
> never even know that the rest of the state is badly decaying.
>
> There are really good reasons why millions of people are moving out of
> California. For example, a reader named Peter left the following
> comment on one of my recent articles....
>
> I am a native Californian ( Im 61) and have lived here all but two
> years of my life. I can tell you absolutely that this state is not what
> it was 30 years ago. Cities like San Francisco have gone from being
> world-class tourist attractions to national disgraces. Los Angeles is a
> third-world city. San Diego is bankrupt. Even Silicon Valley, despite
> the recent improvements, is no way what it was in the 90′s. The retail
> trade is all but dead in this state. Even high-end malls like Rodeo
> Drive and Ocean Ave in Carmel are full of vacancies.
>
> Throughout the state, good businesses are shutting down and hard working
> families are selling their homes. The void that is being created is
> being filled by crime and gangs. The following is a comment that a
> reader named Roberta left on that same article....
>
> Yep we lived in Oroville CA back in 2007 and it was just starting
> to get bad then. Montgomery Wards closed, then McMahan’s furniture
> closed and NOW McDonalds is closing this July along with a grand slam of
> well known businesses are all folding and pulling out of Oroville or
> folding lock-stock-n-barrell. It’s turning into a gang town with wide
> spread rampant drug use. I feel sorry for family and friends that are
> still their clinging onto the hope that thnigs “will” get better. But I
> don’t think so.
>
> Perhaps things are still quite good where you live.
>
> Perhaps you think that you will be immune from all this.
>
> Sadly, the truth is that this is just the beginning.
>
> The U.S. economy is actually performing much better than it should be
> thanks to the trillions of borrowed dollars that Barack Obama and the
> U.S. Congress have been spending into the economy.
>
> When our debt-fueled prosperity ends, a lot more cities are going to end
> up looking just like Detroit.
>
> America cannot prosper without middle class jobs, and those kinds of
> jobs are rapidly disappearing.
>
> Just this week HP announced that it is going to lay off 27,000 workers.
>
> We are losing middle class jobs at a time when we desperately need more
> of them.
>
> Last year, 53 percent of all Americans with a bachelor's degree under
> the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed.
>
> Yet our politicians continue to pursue the same foolish policies over
> and over.
>
> So things are going to continue to get worse and America is going to
> continue to descend into squalor.
>
> You better get ready.
All White Americans must be armed. Teach one and all the safe
and effective use of firearms.
specimens: http://www.newnation.org/ New Nation News
> http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/turn-out-the-lights-the-l...
>
> Once upon a time, the largest U.S. cities were the envy of the entire
> world. Sadly, that is no longer the case. Sure, there are areas of New
> York City, Boston, Washington and Los Angeles that are still absolutely
> beautiful but for the most part our major cities are rapidly rotting and
> decaying. Cities such as Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Memphis, New
> Orleans, St. Louis and Oakland were all once places where middle class
> American workers thrived and raised their families. Today, all of those
> cities are rapidly being transformed into cesspools of filth, decay and
> wretchedness. Millions of good jobs have left our major cities in
> recent decades and poverty has absolutely exploded. Basically, you
> can turn out the lights because the party is over. In fact, some major
> U.S. cities are literally turning out the lights. In Detroit, about 40
> percent of the streetlights are already broken and the city cannot
> afford to repair them. So Mayor Bing has come up with a plan to cut the
> number of operating streetlights almost in half and leave vast sections
> of the city totally in the dark at night. I wonder what that will do to
> the crime rate in the city. But don't look down on Detroit too much,
> because what is happening in Detroit will be happening where you live
> soon enough.
>
> A recent Bloomberg article described Mayor Bing's plan to eliminate
> nearly half of Detroit's streetlights....
>
> Detroit, whose 139 square miles contain 60 percent fewer residents
> than in 1950, will try to nudge them into a smaller living space by
> eliminating almost half its streetlights.
>
> As it is, 40 percent of the 88,000 streetlights are broken and the
> city, whose finances are to be overseen by an appointed board, can’t
> afford to fix them. Mayor Dave Bing’s plan would create an authority to
> borrow $160 million to upgrade and reduce the number of streetlights to
> 46,000. Maintenance would be contracted out, saving the city $10 million
> a year.
>
> What this means is that there are going to be a lot of neighborhoods
> that will have the lights turned off permanently.
>
> So which neighborhoods will those be?
>
> According to one top Detroit official, "distressed areas" are going to
> be on the low end of the totem pole....
>
> “You have to identify those neighborhoods where you want to
> concentrate your population,” said Chris Brown, Detroit’s chief
> operating officer. “We’re not going to light distressed areas like we
> light other areas.”
>
> City officials know that they cannot force people to move from
> "distressed areas", so they are going to encourage them to leave by
> cutting off services.
>
> But turning off the lights is not the only way that Detroit is trying to
> save money.
>
> Recently, officials in Detroit announced that all police stations in the
> city will be closed to the public for 16 hours a day.
>
> It is so sad to see what is happening to what was once such a great city.
>
> Back in the old days, Detroit had a teeming middle class population.
>
> Today, 53.6% of all children in the city of Detroit are living in poverty.
>
> Back in the old days, Detroit was a shining example of what America was
> doing right.
>
> Today, 47 percent of all people living in the city of Detroit are
> functionally illiterate.
>
> Back in the old days, middle class neighborhoods sprouted like mushrooms
> all over Detroit.
>
> Today, the median price of a home in Detroit is just $6000.
>
> Needless to say, crime is exploding in Detroit and many families live in
> constant fear.
>
> Many have taken justice into their own hands. Justifiable homicide in
> Detroit rose by a staggering 79 percent during 2011.
>
> But Detroit is only one example of a national trend.
>
> For example, a recent article by Jim Quinn entitled "More Than 30 Blocks
> Of Grey And Decay" described the filth, decay and wretchedness in West
> Philadelphia. Quinn refers to the drive through this area as "the 30
> Blocks of Squalor"....
>
> The real unemployment rate exceeds 50%, murder is the number one
> industry, with drugs a close second.
>
> As you drive down the 30 Blocks of Squalor you meet the ghost of
> Squalor future for West Chester Pike. The population along this corridor
> is ignorant, dependent, and represents the dregs of our society.
>
> But this area was once home to middle class families. There were once
> many beautiful homes in West Philly, but most of them are now either
> gone or are crumbling badly. According to Quinn, the physical decay is
> matched by the social decay....
>
> The once proud homes are in shambles. Bags of garbage dot the
> landscape. Most of the people who live here are parasites on society.
> Personal responsibility, work ethic, education and marriage are unknown
> concepts in this community. Even though more than 50% of the students in
> West Philly drop out of high school and the SAT scores of West Philly
> High students are lower than whale ****, the bankrupt school district
> spent $70 million to build a new high school/prison to babysit derelicts
> and future prison inmates. The windows do not have steel bars yet, as
> the architect was smart to put all windows at least eight feet above
> street level.
>
> One of the great things about the article is that Quinn pointed out how
> the retail stores in the area reflect the things that the population of
> the community truly values....
>
> The Chestnut Plaza truly represents what is important to this
> community. This Squalor Center, as opposed to Power Center, includes a
> video porn store, cash checking/payday loan outlet, smoke shop, donut
> shop, Laundromat, and liquor store. No need for a wedding ring store or
> resume writing service.
>
> Sadly, there are communities like this all over the country. As I wrote
> about recently, the entire state of California is slowly being
> transformed into one gigantic cesspool.
>
> Yes, there are still a few areas where the wealthy play that are
> absolutely beautiful. If you stay in the wealthy enclaves you might
> never even know that the rest of the state is badly decaying.
>
> There are really good reasons why millions of people are moving out of
> California. For example, a reader named Peter left the following
> comment on one of my recent articles....
>
> I am a native Californian ( Im 61) and have lived here all but two
> years of my life. I can tell you absolutely that this state is not what
> it was 30 years ago. Cities like San Francisco have gone from being
> world-class tourist attractions to national disgraces. Los Angeles is a
> third-world city. San Diego is bankrupt. Even Silicon Valley, despite
> the recent improvements, is no way what it was in the 90′s. The retail
> trade is all but dead in this state. Even high-end malls like Rodeo
> Drive and Ocean Ave in Carmel are full of vacancies.
>
> Throughout the state, good businesses are shutting down and hard working
> families are selling their homes. The void that is being created is
> being filled by crime and gangs. The following is a comment that a
> reader named Roberta left on that same article....
>
> Yep we lived in Oroville CA back in 2007 and it was just starting
> to get bad then. Montgomery Wards closed, then McMahan’s furniture
> closed and NOW McDonalds is closing this July along with a grand slam of
> well known businesses are all folding and pulling out of Oroville or
> folding lock-stock-n-barrell. It’s turning into a gang town with wide
> spread rampant drug use. I feel sorry for family and friends that are
> still their clinging onto the hope that thnigs “will” get better. But I
> don’t think so.
>
> Perhaps things are still quite good where you live.
>
> Perhaps you think that you will be immune from all this.
>
> Sadly, the truth is that this is just the beginning.
>
> The U.S. economy is actually performing much better than it should be
> thanks to the trillions of borrowed dollars that Barack Obama and the
> U.S. Congress have been spending into the economy.
>
> When our debt-fueled prosperity ends, a lot more cities are going to end
> up looking just like Detroit.
>
> America cannot prosper without middle class jobs, and those kinds of
> jobs are rapidly disappearing.
>
> Just this week HP announced that it is going to lay off 27,000 workers.
>
> We are losing middle class jobs at a time when we desperately need more
> of them.
>
> Last year, 53 percent of all Americans with a bachelor's degree under
> the age of 25 were either unemployed or underemployed.
>
> Yet our politicians continue to pursue the same foolish policies over
> and over.
>
> So things are going to continue to get worse and America is going to
> continue to descend into squalor.
>
> You better get ready.
All White Americans must be armed. Teach one and all the safe
and effective use of firearms.
specimens: http://www.newnation.org/ New Nation News
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