Newark is destined to be a Third World sh!thole built around a transit hub forever as long as they defend the rioters; attempts to lure white taxpayers (suckers) back aren’t working, and the black population is just watching assorted “others” (primarily Hispanic) slowly take over the city.
The same sort of thing is happening in Rochester and there's a correlation that can be made with Newark. The City of Rochester has been run by the Democratic Party for well over 40 years and their ineptitude and corruptness is running the city into the ground and as you described, turning it into a third world sh!thole.
Speaking of Dem-led urban corruption there are 8 candidates for Detroit mayor.
Four are convicted felons.
One saving grace here in NJ was that the state itself ran out of money, and the urban charade fell apart. A few years ago when Newark was setting records for murder rates, they laid of over 160 cops because the state (read: the taxpayers) had run out of money. As those infusions of other peoples’ money stop, the nonsense about urban revival screeches to a halt.