Camden Named 2nd Most Dangerous City in America

lol 48 murders? That's it. How is that dangerous when places like Chicago and NYC have over 400 murders a year and aren't even top places. East NY, Brooklyn has about 40 or so murders and has around the same population as Camden. These lists are jokes...

Until you change the 'Culture" and the priorities of the actual people who live there, no amount of Gov. assistance or program will improve the living conditions or the high crime rates. I grew up in Newark, NJ (Ferry Street) and seen firsthand how the Portuguese started to arrive, without knowing a single word of English or most without any schooling and in a matter of a few short years, they completely transformed the Ironbound section of Newark into a little European Oasis with thriving businesses, cobbled streets and immaculate homes. So what is the difference? Why do the Portuguese come here and in a very short time own beautiful homes and successful businesses? They work like mules that's why. 10-12 hours days in heavy construction and saving every penny.
Now answer me this very simple question: Why is it that black Americans who are born here, know the language, and go to school are still 2nd, 3rd and 4th generations on welfare and food stamps and groups like the Portuguese get here and immediately prosper and become productive Americans?

if the animals stopped selling drugs to each other and breeding uncontrollably as they do most of these problems would go away.You all can't be ballers and rappers and pimps,open a book and try and educate yourselves.

North Philly is a dump too

Wow that's Crazy

Wow That's Crazy

one resident summed up Camden's woes with what is surely the scariest quote you'll hear all day, "We don't have any real policing in Camden. They're just out here to pick up the bodies."

i wonder how it compares the corporate muggings, global genocides, and industrial rapings of white collar criminals?

Welcome to the Jungle...........Your in the Jungle (Camden Nj) baby..............................ur gonna dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee in the Jungle welcome to the jungle.............yo yo yo boyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeee!!!

I guess i could get my nj ccw license there lol

I got your sarcasm. For the record according to my search~~49% of mugging, homicide, drug trafficking, robbery and violence in America is done by blacks about 30% is from the Hispanic community and the rest is well... from everybody else. So I really don't blame people for being scared when they see us.

Garbage in garbage out. Would be interesting to note the political party running Camden forever! It would also be interesting to note the amount of government money poured into this city over the decades. How about taking a look at the government housing projects built in the 60's to see how they are doing. Same questions could be asked of Newark, Patterson, Trenton all not far behind Camden.

I want to pose a question to everyone regarding the residents of Camden but first the fasts:
1. Their education system is the worst they dump illiterate young adults out every year.
2. They unemployment rate in Camden is sky high.
3. The jobs that do exist are very low wage.

So the only work these residents do have are in the illicit area.

These kids have a choice - sell Big Macs for $7 an hour or sell their bodies for $70 an hour or better yet crack for $700 a day - what would you choose?

The economics are broken thus the city is broken or is the problem bigger?

camden is scum of NJ just like newark

Camden has its flaws, like every city, but at least CAMDEN KEEPS IT REAL, unlike places like Scarsdale, Aspen, Beverly Hills, etc. which are full of boring flatasses who have fake tans, fake lips, fake breasts, etc. trying to look like the beautiful but oppressed people of Camden.

Question for the bloggers; I know that most towns are in essence subjugated to the state and country... So the Second amendment is always paramount when discussing the right to bear arms... But can a state allow a town/city like Camden to temporarily amended the law? Or create it's on individual law regarding guns?? Opinions please....

camden did this to its self

wes have a dog

i live in camden and out of 50 homes on the block 12 have people living in them , it sad and its not the peopels fault , how can there be million dollar homes next to somthing so bad

This article reminded an old friend from Treton, N.J. drop by for a visit for the Thanksgiving holiday. He was an ex-S. Vietnamese army soldier and we got around to talking about various cities in N.J. When Camden came up, he told me in Vietnamese it means DO NOT ENTER!
WOW, even in a foreign language this city means DANGER. Come on people who lives in Camden, get y'alls butts together and get y'alls city cleaned up and respectable again....doesn't anyone care?