Comments by "Manfred " (@manfredmann2766) on "CharlieBo313" channel.

  1. It used to be like that going from South Orange NJ (Million dollar plus homes) to Newark, NJ (Projects and boarded up housing etc) vice versa. However, I think Detroit is more severely dilapidated in several areas than Newark NJ at the present time. Never been to Detroit and thanks for sharing (interesting too), but I have seen similar (maybe less severe) on both coasts. Some examples, Paterson, NJ to Wayne, NJ with the latter being the wealthy town. Fairfield CT to Bridgeport, CT South San Bernardino, CA to North San Bernardino where all the poverty is in the valley and the money is in the hills. Back in the 70 s to 80 s The South Bronx used to have miles and miles of burned out buildings, but NYC has changed now. It is sad to see a potentially good city just deteriorate like that.
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  2. The areas you went to in the South Bronx reminded me of what Coney Island looked like in the mid 70s to early 80s where my grandmother used to live. In other words, it has gotten nicer, than what it used to be. At the same time, I would still avoid some areas and not feel like I am in Mayberry. From what I have seen in parts of Detroit, it is much worse. Saint Louis which I have visited several times has widespread urban blight.
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  3. I was a very young child in the 70s, but I remember how bad parts of the Bronx and parts of the Coney Island section of Brooklyn were, used to stay with my Grandmother in the latter.
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  4. Tucson, where I live, is for the most part, more rural, and safer.
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  5. Good video. Wishing the best to for that man. It looks dangerous there, but I am more fazed by the worst parts of St Louis and Detroit. I have not been to JC since the late 80s, but it looks somewhat better now. An old friend of mine got stabbed near his house back then, but survived, and he lived in an area that was OK, but bordered an area where crime was rampant.
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