[buck jarret]

I’ve been to Philadelphia a couple of times. I can’t really differentiate it from New Jersey.

Isn’t it true that its poorest suburbs like Camden and Chester have even more extreme poverty & crime than Philly has?

[Clemenza]

Camden has the highest crime rate of any city in the United States. I took my girlfriend around Camden a few weeks ago, and the only folks walking on the main street (half the stores were vacant) seemed to be junkies and tweakers. You can go for blocks in Camden seeing red brick rowhouses that would cost a fortune in Brooklyn, but in Camden are abandoned except for the lower levels that are used as crack dens.

Newark resident: "We have our problems, but at least we aren't Trenton."

Trenton resident: "We have our problems, but at least we aren't Camden."

Camden resident: "Don't get it too close to the spoon, you'll burn the sh-t."