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I know. Gloucester City in South Jersey, Gloucester City,Brooklawn to name a few are very, very "white" towns and are the scariest places I've seen.
anecdotal info I can pass on is that when a place is over 28% non white, is when you see issues in that place. Argue all you want, but this is the experience of a very affluent, diverse town that struggles to not let any of their schools get over that ratio
Not sure if you are referring to me, but I did start the thread. I do not live in an all-white town now nor do I "wish" to.
I launched the thread to see if Orange was undergoing any major revitalization effort like neighboring towns. Given the fact Orange is 75% Black and I indicated that I knew the demographics in my first post I am going to assume you were talking about someone else.
Sadly, I have not heard much about my original question but luckily there is more than one way to obtain the information I am seeking.
After reading all these posts bashing the OP I had to go back and reread what I read. No where did I see the OP blame blacks or any other group for any specific problems.
The fact is Orange is a dump. Has been for the past 40 years. Today you need an Elephant rifle just to walk to your mailbox for protection. You can look at a Hagstrom map and the streets are so jamb packed that there is a number legend rather then naming the streets. All those people live shoulder to shoulder like caged animals. Does anyone expect peace under those conditions?
The fact that so many many immigrants landed in that general area in no way made this the crime infested area it now is. So why then is it? Again, the OP blamed no one.
Sheesh !!!!!
Who would defend that dump? Must be the Mayor and his cronies.
This is the same story for many communities in this state. My parents tell me what a wonderful safe place Newark was back in the 40's. Look at it now.
It's called suburban development and the decay of cities in general.
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