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Made as an action project by a high school senior, this slide show focuses on poverty and decay in American cities and is meant to raise awareness.
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The Urban Environment
Action Project by Tim MiglioreAP English Period 1.
A view of Midtown Manhattan
When we think of a city we think of glittering skyscrapers,
View of Downtown Miami, Florida
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Condos
Both from Newark, New Jersey
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What We Don’t think about is this…
Baltimore, Maryland
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This concept is called “urban decay”
View of Residential areas in Camden, New Jersey
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Some of the worst areas are in Camden
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In 1950 the city had a total population of124,555 but in 2011 it was 77,344.
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According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation Camden has been the nation’s most dangerous city in 2004, 2005, 2009.
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According to Wikkipedia and other sources a third of the people of Camden live under the poverty line.
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Government Corruption, Poverty, Crime, and Corporate Greed have caused this.
Detroit, Michigan
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Detroit, Michigan: 1950 Pop: 1,849,5682000 Pop: 951,2702010 Pop: 713,777
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With the big three auto-makers failing, Detroit has plummeted.
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Whole entire neighborhoods, once populated, are now totally empty
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Urban Decay is so bad that several major buildings in downtown Detroit are abandoned!!!
Video from news organization about Detroit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gep91lWjvvo
Decay in other cities
St Louis
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Hartford
Left: a city in Cambodia. Right: an abandoned section of Detroit.
Is the third world really different from ours?
And they must be dealt with immediately or scenes like the one above will be more common.
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Urban decay and poverty are global issues