Originally Posted By: JHZR2
I resent comparing my country to third world cesspools. Mexico, El Salvidor or wherever else is highly irrelevant to me. Of course if those doing crime hail from those places, then let's call a spade a spade and recognize it.
Why not? We are slowly becoming that 3rd world cesspool. Look at the rise of gangs from those countries in the USA. Look at our policies that are making us more like them. Look at increasing jobless, homeless, and those on welfare.
It's not happening today, tomorrow, but I'd say in the next 50-100 years the USA will be more like them unless we figure it out and get this great country back on track. What is happening there may very well be a glimpse of what's to come here.
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As for safety, by the numbers, Im a bit safer in NJ than in PA.
Map of violent crime per 100,000 people in the USA by state in 2004.
Interesting - I looked at the Wikipedia article and it looks like PA's problem can be attibuted to Filthadelphia. NJ has cleaned up Newark and I think Camden is slowly changing as well. I know when I go back to NJ, Newark isn't the [blank]hole it used to be. Still not an awesome place but they are trying.