Sad how the impoverished communities get brought down more and more by vices like this. It's ultimately the children who suffer and who see no hope of getting out.


A few months in Camden really opened my eyes to this and changed how I look at the world.

I was there in July & August '91 & '92

One guy in our group got shot in the back loading a bunch of kids into a van after a basketball game.

But when we'd go into people's homes the price tag on their milk was 6 bucks! They had to buy it at the liquor store. They had to cash their checks there too. These were senior citizens.

I never understood how no one except the churches was there to help the kids and the old people. It has to be in the best interest of Camden County if not all of NJ to not let the city degenerate even further, right?


Wrong!

White suburbanites don't give a damn about Camden or the other inner cities. They are perceived as black, drug marts filled with drug dealers and criminals and not worth attempting to salvage with a 50% HS drop out rate..

Funny, right across the river is the beautiful skyline of Philadelphia which would command exorbitant rents and condo fees. If only.......

I managed a minority company in the 90's providing medical transportation for Camden County and Conrail and spent a lot of time "seeing" Camden.