Comments by "UzuMaki NaRuto" (@UzumakiNaruto_) on "Philadelphia shooting leaves 2 dead, 2 hurt; More than 30 shots fired" video.
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@Rahim1969
Northeast Philadelphia once a haven for blue collar working class whites began to see an influx of African American and Hispanic Home Owners and neighborhoods like Tacony and Frankford were hit hard by this influx of poor or fixed income citizens and people started to sell there homes at a staggering rate this is a product of fear and a perceived devaluing of property.
Lets be real this is a product of FACTS though. Namely when violent and dangerous people move into an area, people usually don't move out because they don't like certain people for their race/ethnicity. Some people might feel that way, but the vast majority probably do it if the people moving in are making your neighborhoods more dangerous to live in. No one wants to live in a crime ridden area where you always have to be afraid to even walk out of your home and always watching your back lest you become a victim of crime.
The proof of this is still happening in those very neighborhoods where crime has increased. This has a direct relation on the crime because you are making it increasingly difficult for people to stay in the neighborhoods they were born. So as you move more wealthy people into a gentrified neighborhood that has not stabilized yet it is the perfect breeding ground for crime
The thing is if an area is bad and dangerous, why would you want to keep it that way instead of making it better? Sure it affects the people already living there, but what can you do? Let the area remain as it is forever? That results in places like Detroit and Baltimore where you have large portions of the city that are too dangerous and crime ridden to live in.
Maybe its wrong, but if you ever want to fix things perhaps we should move these dangerous people out and let them keep being violent far away from decent people who can rebuild an area and make it a better place to live in. I'm sure plenty of people will call it racist, but if you let them run wild without doing anything about these people you're just making your city worse and forcing innocent people to needlessly suffer and even die because a small portion of people can't get their shit together and live in a modern society in a relatively civilized manner.
Philly is very unique in the design and layout of this city being one of first large cities in America and we have had our share of issues but all in all be it Black or White, Hispanic or Asian our city has been one of the greatest throughout America's History. The very birth of a nation was founded here in Philadelphia. Neither New York, Los Angeles or Washington DC which are larger cities have so rich a history as Philadelphia.
I agree that Philly has a great history, but its just sad that its being ruined by such high crime rates. I just looked up the number of murders in Philly and HOLY SMOKES ITS CRAZY!! Nearly 250 murders so far in 2022?!?!! WOW.
I live in Toronto and things are definitely getting worse here in terms of violence, crime and murder, but it completely pales in comparison to Philly. I really don't know how I could live in Philly when I'm already more than concerned with the amount of crime and violence happening in Toronto these days.
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