3 ms·

I think this issue / attitude is a major problem with the US. Both Detroit and Baltimore have over 600k people living there, a lot of whom don't have the option

I think this issue / attitude is a major problem with the US. Both Detroit and Baltimore have over 600k people living there, a lot of whom don't have the option to just pack up and go. To claim the cities are dead is a disservice to the very real adults and children living there. If the nation dropped its war on drugs and instead waged a war on poverty those cities would be able to thrive in a generation or two.

deleted 8y ago
[deleted]
whateversclever 8y ago
The United States began its War on Poverty in 1964, prior to the War on Drugs. It's been running for more than 50 years https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2014/03/19/the-war-on-poverty-wasnt-a-failure-it-was-a-catastrophe/#27eab7b6f49d https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2014/03/19/the-wa...