JDMCQ's Garage

I try to never leave the Inner Harbor Area.

 

Yeah, Inner Harbor, or take a helicopter to the burbs. We drove over to the Ace of Cakes joint several years ago. Holy dodgy fucking neighborhoods.

 

We went to the Orioles game last week. We definitely feared getting raped and murdered...Not necessarily in that order.

 

It's that hot ass of yours. It just attracts trouble.

 

I was voted best ass in Kennett...For my age group.

 

Maybe one day you'll come out of your shell and visit the wonderful NE to see where this wonderful country was founded and go to DC so you can see who's currently killing it.

I'm not trying to drive anywhere. Might be drinky drunking it

X2.... I'm not. Still dodgy at night apparently if people getting capped

Still not as bad as Flint Michigan. Just awarded the worst city in America. LOL. I was close to there last week

 

Whenever I travel for work, I only stay in a hotel with a decent bar.

 

X2.... where else are the hookers going to hang out?

 

Is that what those women at the bar are? I just figured they were lonely business travelers.

 

Only the free ones....

 

You should visit Stockton sometime. About 45 mins south of here. Lovely place. Great place to be capped by Vietnamese/Mexican drug gangs.

The city has recently been hindered by notoriously bad rankings and news headlines. In July 2012, Stockton became the largest city ever to file for protection under Chapter 9 of the US Bankruptcy code.[4] Also in 2012, the city was ranked one of the most dangerous cities in America, coming in 10th place, and is the 2nd most dangerous in California (just behind Oakland).[5] In 2013, Stockton was ranked as the 3rd most illiterate city in the U.S. with less than 17% of adults holding a college degree.[6]

 

Is Camden, NJ the #1 in those statistics?


In all seriousness I am always more scared in Camden than in any other place I have been. Philly, NYC, Baltimore don't scare me, but all be dammed if Camden doesn't.

 

Not sure. Is Camden where the locals open all the fire hydrants when it's hot so the FD is fucked if there's a fire?

I just googled Stockton because it is a well-known local bilge. I think they are pretty much at the top for foreclosures, too. Gee, didn't see that coming...

 

Just drop a bomb and level it. Problem solved.

 

Yes. Last year they had zero water pressure. They also do that in Philly, but it's not as bad.

Although once a thriving center for manufacturing and industry, Camden is perhaps best known for its struggles with urban dysfunction. Three Camden mayors have been jailed for corruption, the most recent being Milton Milan in 2000.[20] Since 2005 the school system and police department have been operated by the state of New Jersey; the takeover expired in 2012. In 2008, Camden had the highest crime rate in the U.S. with 2,333 violent crimes per 100,000 people while the national average was 455 per 100,000.[21] Camden public schools spent $23,770 per student ($19,118 on a budgetary per-pupil basis) in the 2009–10 school year[22] and two-thirds of the students graduate. Two out of every five residents are below the national poverty line.[23]


Morgan Quitno has ranked Camden in the top ten most dangerous cities in the U.S. since 1998, when they first included cities with populations below 100,000. Camden was ranked the third-most dangerous U.S. city in 2002. Camden was ranked the most dangerous overall in 2004 and 2005.[141][142] It dropped down to the fifth spot for the 2006 and 2007 rankings but rose to number two in 2008[143][144][145] and to the top spot in 2009.[146] Morgan Quitno bases its rankings on crime statistics reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in six categories: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, and auto theft.[147] In The Nation, journalist Chris Hedges describes Camden as "the physical refuse of postindustrial America",[148] afflicted by homelessness, drug trafficking, prostitution, robbery, looting, constant violence, and an overwhelmed police force (presently facing reduction by half due to budget cuts).[149]
In 2005, reported homicides in Camden dropped to 34, 15 fewer murders than in 2004.[150] Though Camden's murder rate was still much higher than the national average, the reduction in 2005 was a drop of over 30%. In 2006, the number of murders climbed to 40. While murders fell by 10% across New Jersey in 2009, Camden's murder rate declined from 55 in 2008 down to 33, a drop of 40% that was credited to anti-gang efforts and more firearms seizures.[151] Despite significant cuts in the police department due to the city's fiscal difficulties, murders in 2009 and 2010 were both under 40, staying below the peak that had occurred in 2008, and had continued to decline into early 2011. However, in 2012, the city's murder rate spiked and reached 62.[152] On October 29, 2012, the FBI announced Camden is now ranked first in violent crime per capita of cities with over 50,000 residents, surpassing Flint, Michigan.[153]
Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012, Camden residents surrendered approximately 1,137 firearms to two local churches over a two-day period.[154]

we tried that in Philly.... apparently people get pissed off when you fire bomb Americans

 

However, in 2012, the city's murder rate spiked and reached 62.[152] On October 29, 2012, the FBI announced Camden is now ranked first in violent crime per capita of cities with over 50,000 residents, surpassing Flint, Michigan.[153]

WOOT! We are #1. We beat Flint. HAHAHAH suckers eat that....

oh wait.... thats why I pay over $400 in taxes per month......fucking slums

 

Makes note to never visit or drive through Camden.

 

I drove through it for almost 15 years and worked there on occasion... Campbell's soup is also from there so eat up

 

Sissy.