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**DariushPetresku** · 06-15-2012, 10:50 AM

^Chicago, the District of Columbia, and a portion of the New York metropolitan area (Bridgeport, New Haven, and NYC proper) were once ripe with violent crime, particularly in the 80's and 90's. Also, south NJ (Atlantic City, Camden, and Trenton) along with Philadelphia. If I'm not mistaken, south NJ still has quite the nefarious rep?

You're right though, this followed the industrial period, where families of migrants (many from impoverished regions of the south) arrived in the larger cities, in search of work (in assembly lines, in factories, etc). It was not uncommon for most to be turned away, for a general lack of knowledge regarding skilled labor, as well as (most likely) poor race relations. This, coupled with the incredible distance (which left them stuck in a relatively foreign part of the country), forced many into the very same conditions they had so desperately attempted to escape.

I believe the aforementioned areas you and I mentioned, were synonymous with the industrialization process (e.g., the automobile factories of the Motor city, the shipping yards of the DMV, etc), and part of a greater collective in an economic region known as the rust belt.

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DariushPetresku Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	^Chicago, the District of Columbia, and a portion of the New York metropolitan area (Bridgeport, New Haven, and NYC proper) were once ripe with violent crime, particularly in the 80's and 90's. Also, south NJ (Atlantic City, Camden, and Trenton) along with Philadelphia. If I'm not mistaken, south NJ still has quite the nefarious rep? You're right though, this followed the industrial period, where families of migrants (many from impoverished regions of the south) arrived in the larger cities, in search of work (in assembly lines, in factories, etc). It was not uncommon for most to be turned away, for a general lack of knowledge regarding skilled labor, as well as (most likely) poor race relations. This, coupled with the incredible distance (which left them stuck in a relatively foreign part of the country), forced many into the very same conditions they had so desperately attempted to escape. I believe the aforementioned areas you and I mentioned, were synonymous with the industrialization process (e.g., the automobile factories of the Motor city, the shipping yards of the DMV, etc), and part of a greater collective in an economic region known as the rust belt.
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