Pigasso! You are a trauma surgeon in Camden?
Do you live in Camden?
I drive an 18 wheeler. I work out of South Carolina. Normally I drive down in Dixe.
Had to take a load to Camden several years ago.
As I drove around the city, I saw a city that was a train wreck. So many abandoned houses. Beautiful, 1920's vintage apartment building of brick, one apartment would be rented, and the three next door boarded up.
It looked like a movie, of a city six years after the nuclear war.
I studied up on Camden. In 1944 it was the biggest shipbuilder in the world. Most of the destroyers in WW2 were built there. It was the world headquarters of Campbell Soup. All the Campbell soup was made in Camden.
It was the world hq of RCA. They manufactured records and record players there, and they had recording studios. Famous artists from around the world came to Camden to record.
In 1969 Camden had a race riot, which was devastating.
IN 1971 they had another race riot and the city was ruined. All the white people with jobs left.
Camden today is 48 percent black and 47 percent Hispanic.
Highest violent crime rate in America.
What a fascinating story of the rise and fall of a once great American city.
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Here is a pic I took of an abandoned building that was adjacent to the terminal I went to.
Today, if it were in good repair, this building would be worth millions. I saw hundreds of buildings like this in Camden.
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