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The poverty in the cities is easy to see. But these people have services, unlike the Colonias: > The majority of these communities have no water infrastructur
by doublerebel 9y ago
The poverty in the cities is easy to see. But these people have services, unlike the Colonias:
> The majority of these communities have no water infrastructures and lack wastewater or sewage services [3][5] Where sewer systems do exist there are no treatment plants in the area, and untreated wastewater is dumped into arroyos and creeks that flow into the Rio Grande or the Gulf of Mexico.
> More than 2000 colonias are identified within the U.S....
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia_(United_States) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia_(United_States)
Even the political articles about 'the wall' refuse to acknowledge this because it is so horrifying. The problem we (Americans) have allowed is far deeper than most anyone realizes.
- rtx 9y agoI wonder is it solvable without authoritarianism.