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Ack! I've lived in two of those cities (Hartford and Albany). In general, if things said in these forums about those cities listed are somewhat true, then the list seems to be pretty factual.
I do question New Orleans, though, since it is a very unique city. Maybe Katrina was just too much for it, but maybe as time goes on, who knows?
Yeah, New Orleans doesn't belong on that list. It will come back. Too much potential. Southbound, few people who aren't from NJ have ever heard of Camden. I don't think it ever was a great city so there wasn't much of a decline! And that ain't saying much.
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I do feel bad for Hartford. At one time it was one of those places where everything was happening all at the same time, there was a huge influx of people to fill lots of really good-paying jobs, real estate prices were going through the roof, and they had landed the NHL Whalers as the state's first professional sports team. Buildings were being torn down to make room for bigger buildings. There were plans on the table to build the tallest building on the East Coast there. Then, the recession hit, company after company failed and/or laid off huge numbers of employees, and it all fell apart.
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Yeah, New Orleans doesn't belong on that list. It will come back. Too much potential. Southbound, few people who aren't from NJ have ever heard of Camden. I don't think it ever was a great city so there wasn't much of a decline! And that ain't saying much.
Actually, I've talked to older people who have told about Camden. it was once a very nice town with a busy port.
My family moved to South Jersey in 1964 & it was on the skids then, pretty bad. In retrospect, that wasn't so bad. It just seemed really bad. Camden used to be my county seat, so I have had to go in there. Maybe they decided not to put it on the list because it's beyond dead.
I do feel bad for Hartford. At one time it was one of those places where everything was happening all at the same time, there was a huge influx of people to fill lots of really good-paying jobs, real estate prices were going through the roof, and they had landed the NHL Whalers as the state's first professional sports team. Buildings were being torn down to make room for bigger buildings. There were plans on the table to build the tallest building on the East Coast there. Then, the recession hit, company after company failed and/or laid off huge numbers of employees, and it all fell apart.
Hartford seems to be another city that surprised me. I know there has been some crime issues in recent years, but there is still quite a bit of wealth there and the area's unemployment rate is just under the national average at 9.1%.
Oh please, Hartford is not the 3rd fastest dying city in America. I mean 3rd? It's not even dying, but 3rd? Who wrote this? It lost something like 50,000 people since 1950, that's not exactly huge, especially compared to Detroit's more than half of it's almost 2 million. Not to mention, pretty much every city in the North lost population since the 50's and suburbanization, so that's not a special case. The city proper population started growing again in recent years and leveled off with the recession while the metro area continues to grow and has been since the 50's. And it lost some jobs, yeah, unlike every other city in the world in the last 2 years I guess. If this qualifies as dying, and 3rd best no less, we're all in trouble.
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Albany isn't that bad and the metro has a 6.6% umemployment rate. So, Albany being listed surprised me.
I am soooo NOT surprised albany is on the list. I came from Albany area - the capital district really and I lived in a nice neighborhood...but I went to SUNY Albany and lived right in the ghetto of Albany for years, it's dead, trust me! It needs serious SERIOUS work...
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