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Historically Competitive
My two candidates are actually 'bad parts' of my hometowns . I've spent a pretty healthy amount of time in (the cheaper parts of) metropolitan areas but I have yet to stumble into anywhere I'd consider worse than:
Martinsville, VA... Fayette St & surrounding neighborhood. It had a pretty bad rep before the 25%+ unemployment hit but, at least, when I left the area about 5 years ago, there were a few blocks that I'm confident were as lawless as anywhere you'd care to find in this country. Some pretty crazy stories for a small area of a small town.
Richmond, VA... Nine Mile (projects, etc.)... This neck of the woods actually looks not-so-bad on the surface; underneath, though, there are a lot of similarities to the area I mentioned above. I had a wild personal experience there when I first moved to RIC (I'll spare you guys the 'is this real life?' racial story). It's a different world and it scares the shit out of me.
Martinsville, VA... Fayette St & surrounding neighborhood. It had a pretty bad rep before the 25%+ unemployment hit but, at least, when I left the area about 5 years ago, there were a few blocks that I'm confident were as lawless as anywhere you'd care to find in this country. Some pretty crazy stories for a small area of a small town.
Richmond, VA... Nine Mile (projects, etc.)... This neck of the woods actually looks not-so-bad on the surface; underneath, though, there are a lot of similarities to the area I mentioned above. I had a wild personal experience there when I first moved to RIC (I'll spare you guys the 'is this real life?' racial story). It's a different world and it scares the shit out of me.