What Are Some Of The Other 3rd World Areas Of The U.S. Besides Appalachia?

[abbottkd71]

Originally Posted by Bungalove

I grew up in Baltimore and have been (and lived) near some of the worst neighborhoods imaginable during the 1970s. Some of those areas are still bad or even worse today; however, many of them were also gentrified by both corporate and individual real estate developers who bought the properties cheaply and transformed whole blocks into totally new areas. The proximity to either the rail system or the Beltway for easy commuting has really driven up the price for many of those properties. Other areas, like those close to the Inner Harbor, became part of the revitalization associated with that enterprise, such as Federal Hill.

At one time, I lived there, too. There are problems, but it’s not the lost cause city many people imagine it to be.

[2mares]

Originally Posted by Vlajos

Much of the US is underdeveloped and or nasty.

What is your definition of underdeveloped and or nasty?

[tipsyguam]

Originally Posted by Mr78609

Pick any SANCTUARY city and see the third world degradation happening now

[BeerGeek40]

Originally Posted by tijlover

I've been reading Dopesick, by Beth Macy, regarding the opoid epidemic in Appalachia, and it referenced a woman who visited her Doctor, who lives in a trailer home with 5 children and no running water, and we're talking about the mid-2000's. It's hard for me to believe that! And, they use an outhouse?

I'm sure the Deep South has some of those areas, but where else?

North Philadelphia
Southside Chicago
Many parts of Brooklyn & Bronx, NYC
South central LA

And so forth.....

[Kavalier]

A lot of reservations are horrific, from what I hear. Semi-sovereign, so craziness we probably will never hear about. I know some people with ties though to Red Lake and it's just craziness up there.