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50. Wow. I just went to google streetview, and the first street I went in 'west baltimore' is exactly

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 03:36 AM

Dec 2015

what he said. I'd say Detroit looks in better shape :/

*I haven't explored that much yet... So maybe I just landed in the one bad block, but I'm guessing not. I had no idea Baltimore was like this too.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2918332,-76.6453884,3a,75y,335h,88.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8WF1-T2LfCzKDEyBp8Obww!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

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Bernie Sanders likens West Baltimore poverty to 'Third World' country [View all] Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 OP

I hear it's exactly like North Korea KamaAina Dec 2015 #1

West Baltimore is no joke Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 #2

That's a DU classic KamaAina Dec 2015 #4

Wow! Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 #19

Blunt, but necessary EndElectoral Dec 2015 #3

Yes Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 #5

No, it's not. Baltimore has a lower poverty rate than the nation as a whole Recursion Dec 2015 #30

Poverty rate for Baltimore- 23.8%. Poverty rate for the nation as a whole- 14.8% PotatoChip Dec 2015 #56

You're mixing household and individual rates (nt) Recursion Dec 2015 #60

The rates in my title are both individual rates. (nt) PotatoChip Dec 2015 #61

Ghettos r wrong and should be gentrified. ErikJ Dec 2015 #6

Breaking up communities and bringing in rich folks to Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #9

And Nazi like "concentration camps" is better? ErikJ Dec 2015 #15

Holy shit. It isn't going to be easy to discuss the issue Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #17

And not only that, I think Erik is overlooking a key and fairly obvious point: forest444 Dec 2015 #18

The suburbs have cheaper rent generally than the inner city ErikJ Dec 2015 #20

That's largely true as well. forest444 Dec 2015 #22

That does nothing for the poor, though Heddi Dec 2015 #28

Nothing is as bad as leaving them in the poverty concentration camp ErikJ Dec 2015 #32

^^This^^ Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #53

yes we take care of each other because no one else is going to questionseverything Dec 2015 #57

My neighborhood was destroyed under the guise of blight removal Gormy Cuss Dec 2015 #58

Sorry, I'm sick of "well meaning" people demonizing gentrification to justify ErikJ Dec 2015 #21

Definition of gentrification Pastiche423 Dec 2015 #26

Sorry I'm a progressive and progress comes with change. ErikJ Dec 2015 #35

No progressive supports gentrification Pastiche423 Dec 2015 #36

Thank you. eom LiberalElite Dec 2015 #38

You are most welcome Pastiche423 Dec 2015 #39

lol. Ironically, Progressives are one of the 1st ones to integrate ErikJ Dec 2015 #42

Ironically, you fail to provide objective evidence for your allegation. LanternWaste Dec 2015 #55

I see. You haz a sadz for the property but not for the people. nt valerief Dec 2015 #41

I'm sick of well meaning people demonizing the poor to justify gentrification LanternWaste Dec 2015 #54

Calling Godwin. Calling Godwin. The Blue Pot Dec 2015 #46

Not so fast Godwin: "Ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe" ErikJ Dec 2015 #48

City politicians are intentionally letting urban areas rot ariesgem Dec 2015 #52

I drove through Lawndale for the first time in 25 years. It was empty. AngryAmish Dec 2015 #11

Gentrification and failed "urban renewal" just chases the poor to yet another ghetto. George II Dec 2015 #23

Urban renewal has been very successful in my city. ErikJ Dec 2015 #27

Gentrification ruins neighborhoods - long time residents have to move for the upper class LiberalElite Dec 2015 #37

Sorry, I believe in hope and change not the conservative status quo ErikJ Dec 2015 #40

Gentrification drives rent UP and pushes poor people OUT ariesgem Dec 2015 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2015 #7

Our kids are starving Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 #10

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Slumlords own much of the ghettos. They make a pretty fortune when gentrification comes. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #8

They probably live in Roland Park? Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 #13

Probably. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #14

My thoughts exactly tabasco Dec 2015 #16

West Bmore isn't the only community that is like this. There are other areas Glimmer of Hope Dec 2015 #24

Yes Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 #25

Oh bullshit. Baltimore is less poor and less unequal than Burlington. Recursion Dec 2015 #29

The problem with these stats is this: kwassa Dec 2015 #44

Baltimore... this Baltimore? AZ Progressive Dec 2015 #31

Yes this Baltimore Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2015 #33

These houses are not poor, they are vacant. kwassa Dec 2015 #45

Lead paint: Despite progress, hundreds of Maryland children still poisoned-Baltimore Sun, Dec 5 2015 Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #34

I don't think Bernie has been to the third world. kwassa Dec 2015 #43

I beg to differ. Israel in the 60s The Blue Pot Dec 2015 #47

Israel isn't the third world. Israel is the first world. kwassa Dec 2015 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2015 #49

But did he see how the poor live? kwassa Dec 2015 #63

Excellent. With any luck, Daniel Ortega will be able to return the favor & be at Bernie's inaugural forest444 Dec 2015 #64

I have to agree...this is slums in the 3rd world: EX500rider Dec 2015 #59

Wow. I just went to google streetview, and the first street I went in 'west baltimore' is exactly PersonNumber503602 Dec 2015 #50