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Why is Philadelphia such a shithole?
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Anonymous 10w

If i answer correctly ill get banned

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Anonymous 10w

Currently isn’t it because the mayor is trying to screw the sanitation union out of a raise and they’re on strike?

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Anonymous 10w

It’s the birthplace of our independence and constitution

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

Birthplace of the kensington lean

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

Do you find that more important than our founding?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

Signing a piece of paper 250 years ago doesn’t give you a pass to be a shithole today

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

Oh I see, thanks for clarifying. Well, a large portion goes back to the Jim Crow area, where minority communities were intentionally gerrymandered to keep those areas impoverished. Then, especially during the Trump admin, federal assistance for social programs were significantly slashed, meaning that the city had to nix some projects and skeletonize others to keep them afloat.

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