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The scene you linked to has many look-a-likes around San Bernardino.

Then there are also sections like Hospitality Lane, at the southern border of SanBerdoo along the I-10 freeway (fine restaurants, major hoteliers and a lot of shopping), with the towns of Relands and Loma Linda (with the famous and very respected 7th Day Adventist run Loma Linda University Hospital) just across and south of I-10 there. And not far north of there you have the transportation and distribution industry hub that has grown on the land of the old Norton Airforce Base; and straight north of there just below the foothills the area of Highland, with many 2,000 sq ft homes in very nice neighborhoods avging in the 300k range (like this: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/28256-Havenridge-Rd-Highland-CA-92346/17613056_zpid/); and then you have the northwest SanBerdoo area around SanBernardino State College, which also has many nice neighborhoods; and of course up the mountain are the communities of Arrowhead, Running Springs and Big Bear (yes NOT part of SanBerdoo city limits) - where many “1 percenters” live.

But yes, in the core of SanBerdoo, from the junction of the I-215 freeway & I-10, north and then east through the old downtown and on east to the border of the old Norton AFB, and north from there all the way to Baseline & then west back across to the I-215, a very large section of SanBerdoo city limits has big patches that look “Detroit-like”, and across that area I just described police helicopters in the sky at night are regular, not occasional. Been there seen that - when visiting siblings still in the area.

A lot of factors have contributed to SanBerdoo stagnation, inclunding and not limited to local public apathy and local corruption and often independent of each other as well. Surounding communities have had greater public sense of belonging, public activism vis-a-vis the goings on in city government and greater business commitment to their areas as well.