Subj : Re: New to this
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Apr 23 2025 09:58 am

On 22 Apr 2025 at 08:00a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
 
 pF> -=> boraxman wrote to Dumas Walker <=-
 pF> 
 pF>  bo> I haven't been to slums in the  US, but from what video I've seen,
 pF>  bo> they're worse than here.  I've seen "no go " areas in Europe, and
 pF>  bo> again, thats a problem we don't have as much of here.
 pF> 
 pF> I should pull the dashcams out of my car from my drive through Oakland,
 pF> CA. Sometimes my nav system routes me through side streets under the
 pF> freeway, and they've grown since I left in 2007. 5-6 blocks of
 pF> continuous dead vehicles, tarp tents, regular tents, walls made of
 pF> pallets...
 pF> 
 pF> It was never that bad before - but drive 5 minutes and you're in areas
 pF> with manicured front lawns, immaculate houses, nice cars...
 pF> 

Sounds like parts of the US are turning into a third countr.y
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