"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>>> On 8/6/2016 10:49 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In article >,
>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 8/3/2016 3:43 PM, Je?us wrote:
>>>>>>>> I know it's a big upheaval, but why not move? The way you have
>>>>>>>> described where you live here makes it sounds like an awful place.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Moving is not always an economical option.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have to wonder why they bought the house in the first place. It
>>>>>>> sounds like she never liked it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there ever a point where people in this newsgroup start minding
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> own business? Remember when they were questioning why you live where
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> live, McBiddy?
>>>>>
>>> Sticks and stones, Bruce. You're an asshole.
>>>>
>>>> To date Bruthie has never posted anything even remotely food
>>>> related... he's one of the most prolific shit stirrers here.
>>>
>>> Ain't that the truth!
>>>
>>> I didn't buy this house and it's true, I wouldn't have. Still, there
>>> isn't a thing wrong with it. The roof doesn't leak, all the appliances
>>> work, the AC keeps me nice and cool in the summer. So what if I don't
>>> like the wallpaper in the kitchen? That's not important.
>>>
>>> Julie makes it sound like she lives in a slum. It was her [husband's]
>>> choice to buy it. At least on Dataw I don't have to worry about whether
>>> or not my neighbors are dealing drugs. Then again, I don't sit around
>>> wondering what my neighbors are doing.
>>
>> No I don't. We don't even HAVE slums here in this state. Not that I know
>> of. The worst low income places I've seen around here look like heaven
>> compared to some of the places I've seen pictures of in NY and Chicago or
>> have seen for real in Philadelphia and Washington DC. And this isn't a
>> low income area. Slums are generally rental places and low income. Here
>> are some statistics about this city. Does this look like a slum to you?
>> The gray house in the pic is not my house but it is very near here. I've
>> never seen a slum like that.
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> Oh yeah, you do have slums in the state, practically every city has one.

Well, I have never seen any. The state has taken great pains to integrate
low income people into all areas.

http://nhi.org/online/issues/142/organize.html

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...9121202AAXvLwo

This link mentions tent city but to me that is not a slum. It is a homeless
camp.

http://listverse.com/2014/08/06/10-o...pected-places/

I don't know. Maybe I have the wrong idea of what a slum is. I think of it
as a building. We do have homeless all over. They may or may not have
shelters. And they're sometimes living in the nice parts of town. For
instance, in the woods by where my mom lives.