[central_va]

Squalid economically blighted eastern cities were caused by the systematic off shoring of heavy industry. This is the root cause of the problem and it was the globalist right wing Establishment, not the Democrats, that caused the original social problem with these once very economically viable cities. The Democrats were just the secondary infection.

Baltimore once had a huge employment engine located at the industrial Sparrow Point region of Baltimore. Globalists never protected American heavy industry, selling it out to the third world and others, which destroyed Sparrow Point as an economic engine and caused great social/political upheaval. This was the turning point (in a bad way ) for Baltimore and many other cities. Read this: A Brief Economic History of Modern Baltimore

If the GOP and Libertarians like Rush want to play blame the victim don't count me in. There is a lot of blame to go around.

[sparklite2]

Libertarians like Rush

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I never would have guessed...

[The Antiyuppie]

“Squalid economically blighted eastern cities were caused by the systematic off shoring of heavy industry. This is the root cause of the problem and it was the globalist right wing Establishment, not the Democrats, that caused the original social problem with these once very economically viable cities. The Democrats were just the secondary infection.”

Definitely some truth to this. Idle hands really are the Devil’s workshop.

[foreverfree]

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[Fishtalk]

I worked at Western Electric for fifteen years, located on Duvall Hiway right by Sparrows Point. Next door, since I’m on a roll, to General Motors truck building.

You’re right about Sparrows Point, once it went down Baltimore folded.

Western Electric closed up due to break up of the AT&T monopoly and General Motors left where all the car manufacturers from Detroit went.

Dundalk.

Step-daughter still lives there. Still got front stoops.