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A lot of these neighborhoods were runined by interstates being incorporated into the urban fabric.
Very cool maps. Thanks so much for sharing. I am happy to see that my two cities (Miami Beach and Raleigh) are two places whose cores weren't destroyed by mistakes made by most cities in the mid century.
Does it ever strike anyone else as bizarre how big American cities can charge all of this rent downtown, and then almost always there is a neighborhood directly adjacent to downtown that is shabby and half of the lots are empty? It always makes me feel like downtowns in America are colossal ripoffs. You see this trend even in booming Sun Belt cities. They want $15 at the parking garage, but five blocks down there's only one building left on the whole block.
I don't get how people put up with that.
Five blocks away is where people working the near-minimum wages park their fifteen-year-old jalopies... and they get to experience the sweltering sun, strong wind, or torrential rains on the way to or from work. Someone has to make the sandwiches and sweep the floors.
This post reminds me of St. Louis, MO. Especially in East St. Louis, IL since downtown is right across the river and the once booming city of East St. Louis is now dying of urban decay.
Location: East Central Pennsylvania/ Chicago for 6yrs.
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This post reminds me of St. Louis, MO. Especially in East St. Louis, IL since downtown is right across the river and the once booming city of East St. Louis is now dying of urban decay.
Yes.... and Philadelphia has Camden NJ across the Delaware River from its Downtown, that still has some really bad looking areas.... as a war zone. Some cities have learned.... or just had a head start of hiding their bad areas better. Chicago does a good job ripping down the worst of decay and abandonment, that was beyond repair. Therefore empty lots between homes and blocks once full of homes ..... results. It basically then becomes as Prairie once more. Some areas look even Rural now. Chicago has also tore down all its high-rise, once notorious housing projects of the 60s. Replaced by Townhouses.
Unlike scenes of its past decay..... once sensationalized in the news and movies of the Ghetto.
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