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Big White Ghetto
Posted by:
HH
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Date: January 19, 2014 06:58PM Well-written and revealing article about the current state of Appalachia. [www.nationalreview.com] Re: Big White Ghetto
Posted by:
KidRaw
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Date: January 19, 2014 07:30PM "Like its black urban counterparts, the Big White Ghetto suffers from a whole trainload of social problems"
So would we be correct in assuming that because of the Extreme Poverty in this "White Ghetto", Crime is rampant, as it is in it's 'black urban counterparts'.......... (After writing the above commentary, I just read this statement: ) "the Big White Ghetto is different from most other ghettos in one very important way: There’s not much violent crime here." There’s a great deal of drug use, welfare fraud, and the like, but the overall crime rate throughout Appalachia is about two-thirds the national average, and the rate of violent crime is half the national average, according to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service." So why is the crime rate so low in Appalachia as compared to the Urban Ghettos? Could it be Religion? Re: Big White Ghetto
Posted by:
KidRaw
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Date: January 19, 2014 07:55PM It's related to jobs - that's why most young people move to the City. I guess if there was more manufacturing these days, it would be better for that those rural areas, but then young people don't want a manufacturing job - they want the arts, entertainment, culture, retail, technology, finance, business, that urban areas provide. "If you build it, they will come." - How about those towns get the 'planners' on their boards to attract more businesses. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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