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1950s Detroit had the highest per capita in the nation. It was a beautiful city to grow up in.

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"Thirty days of chastisement will fall on New York City such as the world has never seen. God is going to let down the walls. There will be unimaginable violence and looting. The violence will be so ferocious, it will shock the whole world. Our streets will be lined not just with the National Guard but with militia."

"A thousand fires will burn at the same time throughout the city. The Los Angeles fires were confined to a few sections of that city, but New York will be ablaze in all its boroughs. Times Square will be ablaze, and the flames will ascend into heaven and be seen for miles. Fire trucks will not be able to handle it all."

"Trains and buses will be shut down. Billions of dollars will be lost. Broadway shows will stop completely. Businesses will flee the city in an unstoppable hemorrhage. Such things are expected in Third World countries, but not in a civilized nation like the United States. Yet, in not too long a time afterward, New York City will go completely bankrupt. The Queen City will be cast into the dirt, becoming a city of poverty." From ;

THE TOWERS HAVE FALLEN BUT WE MISSED THE MESSAGE

David Wilkerson (1931-2011)

October 5, 2001

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"[W]hy have so many of our major cities become cesspools of violence, drugs, theft, trash and homelessness? Once upon a time, millions of young people from all over America flocked to our rapidly growing metropolitan areas"

Well, you just answered your own FREQUENTLY-repeated question. The more crowded an environment is, the more violence, anger, and competitiveness occurs. If anyone took first year Psychology classes, you'll remember the experiments where they keep adding mice to cages. The cages with a few mice are nice and friendly. The more mice you add, even when the cage sizes are increased, the more fighting and more turmoil there is. More competition for food, even when MORE than enough food is provided, the mice now believe their food may be eaten by the additional mice. City dwelling is no different it seems.

Ask friends/neighbors in smaller towns or rural areas what happens when them there cityfolk start plumping up the local population -- it's never good, is it? Nope! And not because of the imaginary change in voting, because I've lived in too many small/rural areas and I know that *liberal paradise* candidates don't even make it to any ballots, so don't try to pull that.

Having said all this, wow, this entire "Big Cities Suck, Don't They?"act has pretty much become pandering to the crowd anymore because you do it... all... too... often. By now I bet Mr Snyder doesn't even write the content anymore. Just like he's using AI to snag artwork for each article (thus not paying any artist), he's using AI to WRITE the actual stuff too! There are a thousand different things going on the world, and hundreds going on in our country at the moment, and you have to KEEP rehashing the Big Cities Suck articles? Again, the pandering has become comical. Although we should be glad it didn't mention more groovy astrology stuff.

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Who caused these problems? The majority of citizens need to raise their hands and say "me." Yes, the majority. Those that were indifferent. Those that were apathetic. Those that were asleep. Those that were too busy trying to attain nice things and riches.

Now, will the rest, and those that have awoken please work to change things, to stop the slide into hell? If not, the bankers, the commies, the Marxists, the illegal aliens will take over what's left.

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Mar 25·edited Mar 25

LMFSO!! "SQUATTERS RIGHTS", ITS LEGAL!! ANY HOUSE/HOME THAT HAS BEEEN SITTING UNOCCUPIED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, PEOPLE BREAK IN AND OCCUPY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME (UNDER LAW), LAND/HOME OWNER RETURNS, THEY CANT EVICT THEM!! COMMUNIST 3RD WORLDERS ARE LEGALLY GOING TO LEGALLY TAKE YOUR HOME., AND BOOT YOU OUT ONTO THE HOMELESS STREETS, AND YA'LL NEVER COMING BACK, END OF STORY!! IS THAT NOT THE FUNNIEST DAMN THING YOU EVER HEARD!! ?? ROFL/////

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TikTokker tells illegal immigrants how to ‘invade’ American homes and invoke squatter’s rights// "YOU FILTHY RICH GRINGOS, WE GONNA TAKE YOUR HOUSE ANSD THROW YOU OUT INTO THE STREETS"

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Mar 25·edited Mar 25

GEE, ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE; WHAT DO THEY CALL IT, "REPLACEMENT THEORY"??? ALL YOU MIDDLE CLASS AMERIKANS ARE BEING REPLACED, RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES, WHATS HARD NOT TO SEE?? COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARIES INVADING FROM THE SOUTH, "SANCTUARY CITIES" OVER RUN WITH HORDES OF INFECTED 3RD WORLDERS/// ARMED BLOODY HELL IS ABOUT TO BE UNLEASHED ON YOU/// WATCH AND LEARN//

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Detroit has cleaned up A LOT in recent years. A lot of businesses have moved back to the downtown area and all the sports arenas are there now (not out in the suburbs).

Yes, there’s a long way to go, but the areas they’ve cleaned up are bustling and active. Luxury apartments are a thing in Detroit now. People see it as a destination these days, not a place to avoid. I think people need to update their perspective on Detroit.

Bankruptcy was the best thing that happened to the city. It’s come out a lot stronger in the end.

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The difference between the cities and the countryside (rural areas) is that the cities are created by man and need constant attention as is maintenance, upgrades and rebuilding. That costs a fortune. Whereas in the rural areas, most of it is natural and very little of it needs constant attention unless used for farming or ranching. Nowhere near as expensive as keeping the cities functioning.

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Isn’t New York suing Westfield because they were counting on the revenue? Westfield in San Francisco lost its main tenant Nordstrom recently and the mall looks like a ghost town now.

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When/if the black swan event happens here, the Govt whomever is in charge will declare a national emergency, the FED with the treasury dept will declare a default and blame whomever allegedly did the false flag and then watch the chaos reign. It will be unimaginable. Do not surprised to see Blue helmet military and police to help bring law and order in the hot spots. The FBI has a master list of cops with police and military training, to tap into for TAD assignments to fight the chaos in the hot spots around the country.

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