Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > 07-25-2012, 10:29 AM joeschmoe1 Location: New York Area 10 posts, read 20,618 times Reputation: 11 Advertisements Just wondering, which cities are in the most despair that you have visited? Coming from the New York-Newark-Bridgeport NY-NJ-CT-PA area, I can list the worst of what I have seen (in the New York area alone, and in no particular order)

Newark, NJ

Newburgh, NY

Paterson, NJ

Passaic, NJ

Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NY

South Bronx, Bronx, NY

Harlem, Manhattan, NY

Flat bush, Brooklyn, NY

S.Jamaica, Queens, NY

Elizabeth, NJ

Bridgeport, CT

New Haven, CT

Spring Valley, Ramapo, NY

Wyandanch, NY

Asbury Park, NJ

Mt. Vernon, NY

Yonkers, NY

Irvington, NJ

Poughkeepsie

East Orange, NJ

Trenton, NJ

Port Chester, NY

Hempstead, NY

...

Phew!

These are just in the NYC area. I'd like to see some of what you guys have to say, so I'll turn it to you guys. What cities/neighborhoods are the most desperate (meaning hopeless and violent, abandoned and the like) that you have seen?

07-25-2012, 10:42 AM Davis Street 300 posts, read 463,437 times Reputation: 89 Harlem is pretty nice these days. Lots of million dollar apartments, trendy restaurants, and the like.



Bed Stuy is pretty nice too.



Some of these places, like Yonkers, are too mixed to really classify. There are really nice parts and not-so-nice parts of Yonkers, Mt. Vernon, New Haven, and a lot of these places. 07-25-2012, 10:45 AM cittic10 Location: ๏̯͡๏﴿ Gwinnett-That's a Civil Matter-County 2,117 posts, read 5,636,231 times Reputation: 3529 Miami Floreeduh



Detroit 07-25-2012, 11:10 AM joeschmoe1 Location: New York Area 10 posts, read 20,618 times Reputation: 11 Quote: Davis Street Originally Posted by Harlem is pretty nice these days. Lots of million dollar apartments, trendy restaurants, and the like.



Bed Stuy is pretty nice too.



Some of these places, like Yonkers, are too mixed to really classify. There are really nice parts and not-so-nice parts of Yonkers, Mt. Vernon, New Haven, and a lot of these places. thats true i was just referring to the bad condition of a lot of those cities in the area. Harlem, even with its million dollar apartments, still does have bad areas, with poverty and crime. you can't say that it is 100% nice. I was referring to high crime rates and areas of extreme poverty, and those all are areas with both in the area. i'm not saying that they're all 100% bad but they do have bad areas. Bed Stuy is ghetto, my dads friend got burned in a pizza oven there while he was alive a few years ago, he owned a pizza restaurant there and got robbed or something. with that being said, you're right, a lot of the cities/neighborhoods have greatness in them. But for some of those cities, its 100% hopeless. Paterson, for example. Have you ever seen the stuff that happens in that ghetto (its all abandoned factories, no lie)? Just letting you know, its terrible. Newark, as well, is awful, so is Irvington and East Orange. Next time you past through that strip of Irvington, EO and the graveyard in NWK when your on the Garden State Parkway, take in your surroundings, you'll see how hopeless it is. Bridgeport is awful, too, and I've gone through all of these places, I can confirm that their all somewhat bad and have hopeless area. But you are right, not all are completely terrible. I agree. Also, I completely agree with Detroit and Miami as well. Some areas of Miami are like a 3rd World Country. Camden, NJ and Chester, PA, as well as Gary, IN and East St. Louis, IL, and Merced, CA, Compton, CA, and Stockton, CA. Also, consider possibly Buffalo, NY and Harrisburg, PA 07-25-2012, 11:29 AM BigCityDreamer Location: East Coast of the United States 19,887 posts, read 21,560,568 times Reputation: 16096 Quote: joeschmoe1 Originally Posted by New Haven, CT The city that has Yale University is desperate? How did that happen? 07-25-2012, 11:41 AM joeschmoe1 Location: New York Area 10 posts, read 20,618 times Reputation: 11 outside of yale, if you have ever seen it, it isn't the best of places. Yale is nice, but New Haven is pretty much the hood. It has gangs, drugs, and poverty. 07-25-2012, 11:42 AM nycjowww Location: Brooklyn, NY $$$ 6,836 posts, read 13,499,147 times Reputation: 1619 Quote: joeschmoe1 Originally Posted by Just wondering, which cities are in the most despair that you have visited? Coming from the New York-Newark-Bridgeport NY-NJ-CT-PA area, I can list the worst of what I have seen (in the New York area alone, and in no particular order)

Newark, NJ

Newburgh, NY

Paterson, NJ

Passaic, NJ

Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, NY

South Bronx, Bronx, NY

Harlem, Manhattan, NY

Flat bush, Brooklyn, NY

S.Jamaica, Queens, NY

Elizabeth, NJ

Bridgeport, CT

New Haven, CT

Spring Valley, Ramapo, NY

Wyandanch, NY

Asbury Park, NJ

Mt. Vernon, NY

Yonkers, NY

Irvington, NJ

Poughkeepsie

East Orange, NJ

Trenton, NJ

Port Chester, NY

Hempstead, NY

...

Phew!

These are just in the NYC area. I'd like to see some of what you guys have to say, so I'll turn it to you guys. What cities/neighborhoods are the most desperate (meaning hopeless and violent, abandoned and the like) that you have seen? these new york areas arent cities and you actually named nyc areas that are actually in no need of repair, and left out the ones that might. 07-25-2012, 11:52 AM joeschmoe1 Location: New York Area 10 posts, read 20,618 times Reputation: 11 ok i apologize for my mistake, that was my bad. I just named some neighborhoods that are somewhat notorious in NYC. They aren't cities, they are neighborhoods, you're right. I'm sorry 07-25-2012, 11:52 AM The Chief 2 posts, read 3,982 times Reputation: 10 All of those places you just named are on the "okay" scale, I wouldn't call them desperate.



I'm sure there's a lot more, but out of the places I've been to.....



Cities:

Baltimore, MD

Chester, PA

Camden, NJ

Newark, NJ



Neighborhoods/Sections of cities:

Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY

East New York, Brooklyn, NY

North Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

West Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

A lot of the eastern parts of Washington, D.C.

Southside, Chicago, IL

South Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 07-25-2012, 11:53 AM nycjowww Location: Brooklyn, NY $$$ 6,836 posts, read 13,499,147 times Reputation: 1619 Quote: joeschmoe1 Originally Posted by outside of yale, if you have ever seen it, it isn't the best of places. Yale is nice, but New Haven is pretty much the hood. It has gangs, drugs, and poverty. heard it has a high crime rate also. idk if thats true. Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.



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