Posted on 09/07/2013 12:32:12 PM PDT by beaversmom
It really is. It was a late “discovery” at the end of a recent vacation, and we vowed to go back.
Is that your pic?
"Food desert" turns out to have a lengthy Wikipedia article. Who knew?
Of course, studying the problem at that level just leads to band-aid solutions that ultimately make the problem worse.
Beautiful picture. Looks like its taken from a balloon.
OOPS, $47,000,000 per elementary school
LOL!
Camden is worse....
How much is due to crime?
>Camden has a 3rd World population that can only maintain 3rd World conditions.<
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(Sigh)
The blessings of America’s diversity and “strength”.
You learned quickly not to go to the local supermarkets, a shop n’ bag and a Thriftway, on the first of the month. Busloads of people from Camden with fresh government checks would fill those places up because there were virtually no supermarkets in Camden back then
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Certainly not a phenomenon limited to Camden. I lived on Pittsburgh South Side for a number of years and I learned to get my Giant Eagle shopping done after the 10th of the month because of the welfare shoppers coming over with their big orders from the hill district and the hill top projects above the South Side.
What makes ghetto grocery stores such an iffy proposition isn’t just the theft or the unions, its the obstructionism from the government and community busybody groups.
Bottom Dollar has been trying to get permission to open a store here in Garfield- every few months someone has arguments about where the trucks are going to pull in or where the shrubbery is going to be.
The long awaited Hill District Shop n Save has taken many, many years of redtape- maybe this fall it will open. Save a Lot tried to open there, but the neighborhood fathers veto’ed the idea as Save a Lot isn’t “full service”. They have an ability to do this kind of thing because of zoning and how much of the land is controlled by the URA or other governmental bodies.
Camden = Kingson, Jamaica.
I just remember reading where the cops didn’t want to go in there.
It's worth noting that the problem here may be a more simple than we seem to think. The rise and fall of grocery stores is almost a predictable act of nature. I remember when Pathmark first moved into the area where I lived, and they were seen as the hot new competitor that was grabbing market share from the older chain stores.
As time moved on, Pathmark lost its steam and was slowly supplanted by newer/bigger/better competitors. In urban areas this process is accelerated because these stores simply can't be modernized and/or expanded very easily. In my old neighborhood, large retail pads previously occupied by grocery stores are being replaced by chain pharmacies and auto supply stores ... both of which are now much bigger than they were years ago.
To hear some tell it, Camden is a lung cancer explosion waiting to happen “because of the shipyards!”*
*Picture that said with wild eyes and spittle flying.
Haven’t had reason to head near Camden myself.
My dad worked on a few elevators there back in the 1980’s if memory serves.
Camden still exists because Camden County NJ taxes are some of the highest in the US. Camden is a perfect example of giving a man a fish rather than teaching a man to fish.
“...was too much to bare.”
Bear. “Bare” goes with the Geroge Castanza kind of “shrinkage.” :)
Ah, shelf fungus city.
Much like Newburgh NY.
Well, quite a few places in NY.
Costanza
“The racial makeup of the city was 17.59% (13,602) White, 48.07% (37,180) Black or African American, 0.76% (588) Native American, 2.12% (1,637) Asian, 0.06% (48) Pacific Islander, 27.57% (21,323) from other races, and 3.83% (2,966) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 47.04% (36,379) of the population.[8]”
Obviously not enough diversity in town, not enough Whites to prey upon.
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