Coronavirus:

[Chris Webster]

The poor are still stuck in the GANG, DRUG AND rat infested NYC.

Have you ever been to the big apple?

[Chris Webster]

On Twitter: Georgia Rep. Vernon Jones crowd surfs during a President @realDonaldTrump rally at Middle Georgia Regional Airport in #Macon, Friday, October 16, 2020.

[gregj410]

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Speaking of shitholes

[Rufus T. Firefly]

The poor are still stuck in the GANG, DRUG AND rat infested NYC.

Have you ever been to the big apple?

I'd guess not.

[HONDO74]

The poor are still stuck in the GANG, DRUG AND rat infested NYC.

Have you ever been to the big apple?

I'd guess not.

I have never had a reason of a desire to go to New York or New York City. Is their something special about it that I am somehow missing out on ??

[robert.]

NYC safest city in the USA ( opinion) . All the gangs moved out during Gulliani’s term. They moved to Hazleton , scranton, Newark, And New Brunswick. Philadelphia is now the second deadliest city for 2020

[Neil]

"Is their something special about it that I am somehow missing out on ??"

Theatres and restaurants. Currently not so much. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hayden Planetarium, Central Park, Statue of Liberty, American Museum of Natural History, etc. NY Yankee baseball . Hudson River where much of early European American History took place. Columbia University. Apollo Theatre. Shopping for various things, if that's your thing. Nothing like it in North America, although Toronto, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington etc. have lots to offer. San Francisco, Chicago and LA if you don't need the early European history. If you don't like cities, then obviously New York isn't for you. Then gain, neither is Buffalo NY or Minneapolis-St. Paul, which are terrific places with wonderful architecture, culture, history, parks and culture. Admittedly, there's a lot of culture and history you can access on-line these days, but I doubt a virtual visit to the Vatican, Grand Canyon, British Museum or the Parthenon are the same as the real thing (never having been to Vatican and Parthenon myself).

[Neil]

As for crime, the homicide rate and burglary rate are as high or higher in many rural areas (particularly Red states) as in New York City, not to mention suicide rates. Gets lonely out there amidst the unemployment, abandoned coal mines, substance abuse and other problems that afflict a country with no national health insurance, no safety net for employees of no longer relevant industries and not much of a social fabric as population decreases and main street becomes hollowed out. No wonder people turn to dishonest nacissistic socipaths like Trump in desperation. New York City is going to be fine, come what may, but what about that would be Mussolini's promises to coal miners, farmers and other groups who are suffering in a country that doesn't take care of its own people, much less political refugees?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

NYC safest city in the USA ( opinion) . All the gangs moved out during Gulliani’s term. They moved to Hazleton , scranton, Newark, And New Brunswick. Philadelphia is now the second deadliest city for 2020

Interesting. I've never felt threatened in any way in Philly.

Newark (NJ) has always been something entirely different.

[G3750]

NYC safest city in the USA ( opinion) . All the gangs moved out during Gulliani’s term. They moved to Hazleton , scranton, Newark, And New Brunswick. Philadelphia is now the second deadliest city for 2020

Interesting. I've never felt threatened in any way in Philly.

Newark (NJ) has always been something entirely different.

Hmm. I'm going to be in Newark in a couple of weeks.

George

[chuck]

Hmm. I'm going to be in Newark in a couple of weeks.

Depends on where you are going to be. Pretty sure downtown is safe. Most large cities are. There are neighborhoods to avoid in all large and some not so large cities.

[robert.]

Reversal of trends in philly. Maybe virus lockdown related. Philly has past last year’s gun violence numbers and there is 2 months left.They are on pace to have 500 murders by gun. As of last night . 26 mass shootings. Teen death by guns has nearly doubled.

[HONDO74]

"Is their something special about it that I am somehow missing out on ??"

Hudson River where much of early European American History took place.

The systematic enslavement of African people in the United States began in New York as part of the Dutch slave trade.more than 42% of New York City households held slaves by 1703, often as domestic servants and laborers. Others worked as artisans or in shipping and various trades in the city. Slaves were also used in farming on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, as well as the Mohawk Valley region. Of the northern states, New York was next to last in abolishing slavery

Liberals... Those who believe that slavery in America was strictly a "Southern thing"

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Those who believe that slavery in America was strictly a "Southern thing"

No, that refers to ignorant people that are unaware that slavery extended well into the mid-west. Then again you can skew anything around to support whatever.

[HONDO74]

Reversal of trends in philly. Maybe virus lockdown related. Philly has past last year’s gun violence numbers and there is 2 months left.They are on pace to have 500 murders by gun. As of last night . 26 mass shootings. Teen death by guns has nearly doubled.

So these guns in philly just somehow run around shooting teens. or is the gun in the hand of another teen that's probably involved with gangs an drugs

For the average American that is not involved with gangs and drugs you have a better chance of being killed by a drunk driver than one of these guns

In 2016, 10,497 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for 28% of all traffic-related deaths in the United States. Of the 1,233 traffic deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years in 2016, 214 (17%) involved an alcohol-impaired driver.