[Williams]

I live within 20 miles of Camden, attended law school there, and worked in the federal courthouse. Go there now occasionally on business. My daughter was born in Cooper Hospital (Camden) and my wife goes there for treatments. The good thing about Camden is it is small or it would be ruining the surrounding suburbs.

It's a terribly poor place BUT some of the worst descriptions here are overblown. I have never been attacked in Camden beyond a street person panhandling. The NJ Aquarium, RCA renovations (to apartments), Battleship NJ, Marina, etc are all improvements and basically succesful. But I don't think they reach many of the citizens with jobs.

I grew up in a Newark suburb and I would still rather be stranded in Camden than Newark. It's sad because Camden is right on the river across from all the more valuable Philly real estate.

I also blame liberal democrats for just about everything, including Camden. But because republicans don't live in these cities, it means no one really wants to clean them up.

[fastattacksailor]

I was exercising a horse at the old Garden State racetrack when the horse died of a heart attack. I was hurt and they took me to Cooper---great docs!