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>many cities were burned down in 2020 Which ones were those?

PaulHoule 3y ago
Some buildings were burned down in riots but not whole cities. What people haven’t noticed is that this phenomenon has largely run its course. When Tyre Nichols was killed by the police in Memphis this year the police immediately fired the offending officers and… no riots! Many places have gotten rougher, there is the visible disorder in San Francisco but even the small city of Ithaca, NY has seen a large increase in aggressive panhandling. You can plot opioid overdoses on the map and it looks like a pattern of bullets aimed at the needle exchange. People used to think the old African-American neighborhood downtown was “dangerous” (it wasn’t) but rents have gone up, the area has gentrified, and many of the former residents have relocated to smaller towns in the area. Today people are terrified of the large homeless colony by the inlet and the accompanying shopping cart graveyard. The pedestrian mall downtown for years was decimated by a construction project that went overtime like the construction of a nuclear reactor, then the pandemic hit. It has been bouncing back and is even starting to get more diverse businesses (it just got a clothing store after years without one, a restaurant moved into the site McDonalds vacated 25 years ago, …) but boy there are a lot of head shops that look more lurid then head shops every looked. (You are dealing with bro overdose when you have a strain of weed called “AK-47”.). I never thought I’d see the day when the mayor, the governor, and the head of the business improvement district would hail the opening of a cannabis dispensary as a strategy for economic development. My guess is that most cities have people telling a similar story today.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 3y ago
  You lost me at the last part where it seemed like you were blaming it all on cannabis dispensaries and a strain of weed called “AK-47” - what is bro overdose btw?
  - selimthegrim 3y ago
    In Pakistan in the 80s there was a weed strain called “Martial Law”
    - bitxbitxbitcoin 3y ago
      Other interesting war/weapon related strain names: “KGB” [0] “Glock 19” [1] “.38 Special” [2] “Area 41” [3] “Crossbow” [4] “Grandpa’s Gun Chest” [5] “Brown Bomber” (Grandma’s Boy) [0] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-kgb-by-kings-garden/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-kgb-by-ki... [1] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-glock-19-by-exotic-cartel/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-glock-19-... [2] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-38-special-by-hollowtips/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-38-specia... [3] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-area-41-by-alien-labs/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-area-41-b... [4] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/cultivar-review-crossbow-from-hyfe/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/cultivar-review-crossbo... [5] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-grandpas-gun-chest-by-evans-creek-farms/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-grandpas-...
  - Clubber 3y ago
    Assault weed! /s
- kredd 3y ago
  A single data point from my perspective - live in a “city”, sure things gotten rougher since the pandemic, but it’s all alive. My direct family lives in bigger cities (New York, Toronto), and even though things are not the best, people are having fun, enjoying their lives. Some things are getting better, other stuff not so much. Won’t really entertain your views on weed, since that’s just practically doesn’t pan out. We’ve had it federally legal here for years now, society hasn’t changed at all because of it.
- Carrok 3y ago
  AK-47 has been a strain since the 70s [1]. But sure, blame it on "bros". [1] https://2fast4buds.com/news/strain-history-ak-47 https://2fast4buds.com/news/strain-history-ak-47
treeman79 3y ago
https://www.axios.com/2020/09/16/riots-cost-property-damage https://www.axios.com/2020/09/16/riots-cost-property-damage A lot of them. leaders using race baiting tactics to cause as much trouble as possible. Somehow rioters been exempt from needing social distancing.
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busterarm 3y ago
While Portland wasn't burned down, it looks quite "bombed out" (and in the graffiti sense it is). Reminiscent of Manhattan in the early 80s. It's readily apparent areas in multiple cities that were thriving pre-COVID and now you wouldn't consider being alone in at night.

Some buildings were burned down in riots but not whole cities. What people haven’t noticed is that this phenomenon has largely run its course. When Tyre Nichols was killed by the police in Memphis this year the police immediately fired the offending officers and… no riots! Many places have gotten rougher, there is the visible disorder in San Francisco but even the small city of Ithaca, NY has seen a large increase in aggressive panhandling. You can plot opioid overdoses on the map and it looks like a pattern of bullets aimed at the needle exchange. People used to think the old African-American neighborhood downtown was “dangerous” (it wasn’t) but rents have gone up, the area has gentrified, and many of the former residents have relocated to smaller towns in the area. Today people are terrified of the large homeless colony by the inlet and the accompanying shopping cart graveyard. The pedestrian mall downtown for years was decimated by a construction project that went overtime like the construction of a nuclear reactor, then the pandemic hit. It has been bouncing back and is even starting to get more diverse businesses (it just got a clothing store after years without one, a restaurant moved into the site McDonalds vacated 25 years ago, …) but boy there are a lot of head shops that look more lurid then head shops every looked. (You are dealing with bro overdose when you have a strain of weed called “AK-47”.). I never thought I’d see the day when the mayor, the governor, and the head of the business improvement district would hail the opening of a cannabis dispensary as a strategy for economic development. My guess is that most cities have people telling a similar story today.

bitxbitxbitcoin 3y ago
You lost me at the last part where it seemed like you were blaming it all on cannabis dispensaries and a strain of weed called “AK-47” - what is bro overdose btw?
- selimthegrim 3y ago
  In Pakistan in the 80s there was a weed strain called “Martial Law”
  - bitxbitxbitcoin 3y ago
    Other interesting war/weapon related strain names: “KGB” [0] “Glock 19” [1] “.38 Special” [2] “Area 41” [3] “Crossbow” [4] “Grandpa’s Gun Chest” [5] “Brown Bomber” (Grandma’s Boy) [0] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-kgb-by-kings-garden/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-kgb-by-ki... [1] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-glock-19-by-exotic-cartel/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-glock-19-... [2] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-38-special-by-hollowtips/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-38-specia... [3] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-area-41-by-alien-labs/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-area-41-b... [4] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/cultivar-review-crossbow-from-hyfe/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/cultivar-review-crossbo... [5] https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-grandpas-gun-chest-by-evans-creek-farms/ https://thehighestcritic.com/reviews/strain-review-grandpas-...
- Clubber 3y ago
  Assault weed! /s
kredd 3y ago
A single data point from my perspective - live in a “city”, sure things gotten rougher since the pandemic, but it’s all alive. My direct family lives in bigger cities (New York, Toronto), and even though things are not the best, people are having fun, enjoying their lives. Some things are getting better, other stuff not so much. Won’t really entertain your views on weed, since that’s just practically doesn’t pan out. We’ve had it federally legal here for years now, society hasn’t changed at all because of it.
Carrok 3y ago
AK-47 has been a strain since the 70s [1]. But sure, blame it on "bros". [1] https://2fast4buds.com/news/strain-history-ak-47 https://2fast4buds.com/news/strain-history-ak-47

treeman79 3y ago

https://www.axios.com/2020/09/16/riots-cost-property-damage https://www.axios.com/2020/09/16/riots-cost-property-damage A lot of them. leaders using race baiting tactics to cause as much trouble as possible. Somehow rioters been exempt from needing social distancing.

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busterarm 3y ago

While Portland wasn't burned down, it looks quite "bombed out" (and in the graffiti sense it is). Reminiscent of Manhattan in the early 80s. It's readily apparent areas in multiple cities that were thriving pre-COVID and now you wouldn't consider being alone in at night.