[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '[')b]You know what the problem is adam, you're a frog in a pot of hot water and you don't realize the danger you are in.

[theluckycountry]

Springfield, OH has entered the media spotlight in recent weeks in large part due to the massive influx of Haitian aliens pouring into the town through Biden Administration relocation programs. A quiet, low-lying city, Springfield's native born population of 60,000 has been overwhelmed by over 20,000 such migrants shipped to the area in the span of a couple years. The cultural shock for the locals has been extensive.

Even the African Americans can't take it anymore.
https://nypost.com/2024/09/09/us-news/a ... ield-ohio/

[theluckycountry]

Group of migrants sends list of demands to Denver’s mayor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qjmW8XVZV0

And rightly so. It's about time the residents of Denver stepped up to the plate and started providing for these poor refugees. Remember your duty!


Denver’s new immigration plan, explained
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')arah Plastino: Our system previously was very financially unsustainable. At our height, we were housing over 5,000 people in hotel rooms. That was on track to be over 10% of the city’s budget. Any unbudgeted money we spent had to be cut elsewhere. We needed to get a handle on the scope of our services and intentionally work to integrate the folks who are settling into Denver.

People ineligible for the Asylum Seekers Program are immediately eligible to apply for a work permit, and we have ongoing clinics for those folks to apply for their work permits for free. Families also have access to up to $4,500 of rental assistance funds through the state.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '[')b]Group of migrants sends list of demands to Denver’s mayor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qjmW8XVZV0
And rightly so. It's about time the residents of Denver stepped up to the plate and started providing for these poor refugees. Remember your duty!

[theluckycountry]

You really need to get out of Denver adam boy, but "She who must be obeyed" would never stand for it would she? Terrible to be a man cowered by a woman, having to go along with all those emotional decisions. I know another bloke like you on the Gold Coast, huge house on the hill, because 'she' has to impress her friends. She in the brand new car, he in the 15 yo one. He'd like to move out into the mountains too but "She" would never stand for it. leave all her friends and the shopping on the Coast? Never.

I can see now why so many American men are having their genitals removed and becoming women. It's a power grab!

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'Y')ou really need to get out of Denver adam boy, but "She who must be obeyed" would never stand for it would she? Terrible to be a man cowered by a woman, having to go along with all those emotional decisions.

[theluckycountry]

I was thinking about the Gilligans Island TV show from the 1970's and it came to me that the cast were not some random pick of characters but that each one represented a component of the American population.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
a tale of a fateful trip,
that started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the Skipper brave and sure,
five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour,
a three hour tour.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'I') was thinking about the Gilligans Island TV show from the 1970's and it came to me that the cast were not some random pick of characters but that each one represented a component of the American population.

[theluckycountry]

San Fran Cops Dress Up As Inflatable Chicken To Catch Speeding Drivers


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')San Francisco police are donning inflatable chicken suits to catch drivers speeding through crosswalks. SFGate first reported on officer Lt. Jonathan Ozol in costume at a crosswalk on Alemany Boulevard, where Capt. Amy Hurwitz said the goal is to get drivers to yield to pedestrians. Some drivers didn't seem to care and failed to yield to the giant inflatable chicken, according to Fox News. Imagine that.

[theluckycountry]

Escape From New York, 2025 Millionaire Edition




Authored by Peter C. Earle via the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER),
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')For decades, New York City prided itself on being the financial capital of the world. It’s a place where money, culture, and power converge. And yet, as has been seen in San Francisco, Chicago, and other locations around the United States, New York is experiencing a steady exodus of millionaires and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. While some observers dismiss this as anecdotal or exaggerated, the facts paint a different picture: one with serious implications for the city’s fiscal health, social fabric, and attractiveness.

It is easy to forget that New York’s gleaming infrastructure, vast public services, and social programs are underwritten disproportionately by a tiny number of residents. Fewer than one percent of taxpayers account for more than 40 percent of all income tax revenue collected in the state, and a similar share in the city. Without those individuals, the ability of millions of ordinary New Yorkers to enjoy subsidized transit, robust public safety services, and cultural investments would collapse. In other words, and despite endless egalitarian rhetoric, the lifestyle of the masses is silently carried on the shoulders of the few.

The scale of the loss is becoming visible. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of New Yorkers earning between $150,000 and $750,000 fell by nearly six percent, while the number of true high earners—those making over $750,000—dropped by nearly 10 percent, according to the city’s Independent Budget Office. This erosion matters because the city’s top one percent—about 41,000 filers—pay more than 40 percent of all income taxes. The top 10 percent pay about two-thirds. Which means the remaining 90 percent of taxpayers contribute only about one-third of the city’s income tax revenue. When even a small share of these high earners disappears, the impact is seismic...

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'I') just posted in the "Death of Suburbia Thread" that the premise of that thread has turned out to be totally wrong.

What we actually see in the US today isn't the death of Suburbia but the death of cities.

In city after city, the downtown areas are being abandoned to the homeless, drug addicts and drug dealers, and criminals and thieves.

Cheers!

[theluckycountry]

What's happening in NY is trivial, at this stage. Other once great cities are far more advanced, of course you can blame it on polotics all you like but that's just a head in the sand exercise. All was built withOil, and all that was built with oil will go the way of the dodo.

Residents in working-class districts of Johannesburg protest after two-week loss of water supply
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he city has a population of 5.5 million, while the wider urban agglomeration exceeds 14.8 million, making it a global megacity and the richest in Africa by GDP and private wealth. It is the capital of Gauteng, the country’s wealthiest province, home to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Constitutional Court and stands at the centre of the international gold and mineral trade.

Post-apocalyptic conditions have rapidly emerged. An elderly woman clutching medical papers made a heartbreaking plea to SNL24 reporters, stating, “These are my results from the doctor. I have cancer and I’m due for an operation. I’ve been turned away from the hospital three times because of water shortages.”

The water crisis in Westbury and Coronationville is another example of the bankruptcy of the ANC, amid South Africa’s mounting infrastructure crisis. Cities like Pretoria and smaller towns like Ditsobola have been experiencing similar water shortages, and even contaminated water which has led to deaths. As well as Cape Town in 2018, Gqeberha came close to running out of water when its dam reached a critically low level in 2022. Johannesburg’s water system has been breaking down for years.

[theluckycountry]

Dams, great drought busters, until the silt up, or simply run dry.

Syria's worst drought in decades pushes millions to the brink
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70x500lkdno
It's the stuff wars are made of. Food insecurity.

Colorado River Crisis:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')ake Mead & Lake Powell Could Plunge to Perilous Levels by 2026, Urgent Conservation Needed

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', 'I') always see these pictures of some cities, but when I go into Houston, I don't see anything like that. I'm sure there are areas like that, but there are also areas with lots of brand new development and re-development going on.

Cities will change of course, but I think they'll hang on, messy or not.

[theluckycountry]

Someone doesn't have a life

[theluckycountry]

Breaking Down: Collapse
Daily Episode 5 - Increasing Violence in Collapse

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')n this episode I discuss the increasing amount of violence seen around the world, some of which is a direct reaction of people and governments to collapse.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', 'S')omeone doesn't have a life

[theluckycountry]

Baltimore's Decay Accelerates As Kevin Plank's Billion-Dollar Microcity Turns Into "Ghost Town"
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/kev ... -town-amid

How are they getting on re-building the Fancis Key bridge? "goes and checks"...
Haven't even started, NO MONEY!

Baltimore bridge rebuild could exceed $5B
09/11/2025
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/1 ... n-00558793

Fuckin Monkeys could do a better job.
That's what happens when your federal government is paying a trillion dollars a year on servicing it's debt.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'B')altimore's total municipal debt is not readily available, but its finances show a "financial hole" of approximately -$3.2 billion due to total liabilities exceeding available assets. ...potential issues like population decline, increasing infrastructure needs, and concerns about its sewer system revenue bonds pose challenges.

[AdamB]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '[')b]Baltimore's Decay Accelerates As Kevin Plank's Billion-Dollar Microcity Turns Into "Ghost Town"

[careinke]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AdamB', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('theluckycountry', '[')b]Baltimore's Decay Accelerates As Kevin Plank's Billion-Dollar Microcity Turns Into "Ghost Town"