Desolation of the City
A Merry Sunday to you all.
Earlier this morning I decided to run a few miles through the city to enjoy the last few days of tolerable weather here. I was, however, greeted by a horrifying reality that I had placed in the back of my mind for some years. The major Metropolitan areas of the United States are absolutely disgusting, and it takes seeing it firsthand to really experience/ understand it. I'm currently living in a relatively middle-class mixed area near Downtown, but just a 5 minute walk southwest and you enter what is essentially a slum with a fresh coat of paint. By far, it is not the worst area of town (nor the worst area I've ever lived in). But, I would never be caught there past 10:00PM, even just driving through the area is not "safe" in the slightest.
The first thing you will notice as you enter into such an area, is the sudden appearance of trash and other such detritus lying around. Bits of plastic, cups, bags, wrappers, etc. line the cracked and uneven sidewalks and malformed roads. Often you will see old lottery tickets, cigarillo wrappers, and half empty bottles of cheap import beer laying around, left by their owners from the night prior. Much of the "infrastructure" of the area will also be in very poor condition. The paint on the roads will be faded and cracked, the road signs bent or missing completely, even the stop lights will be hung haphazardly or hanging by a wire. You are lucky to even find a working crosswalk sign 50% of the time, most of them have been vandalized or broken completely by the locals (for God knows what reason they do this). The buildings in the area will most likely be of the lower-working-class variety, various automobile repair shops, gas stations, liquor stores, beauty supply, smoke shops, check-cashing operations, etc. The physical buildings themselves are older than I am, cracked and deformed, of course they are not maintained more than a coat of paint every few years and it shows. On the rare chance you do get to see a newer building, it will always be fenced in and guarded quite heavily (usually with spiked chain-linked fences and several layers of barbed wire rounding the top). All of the shops, whether of any value or not, have iron bars on the windows, bullet"proof" plastic on the shop counters, and hired guards sitting out front waving people inside and removing unruly customers (sit and watch, on a busy day there will be a physical confrontation at least once every hour). On the street corners you will find decrepit and unsightly gas stations, virtually unchanged since the time they were built in the early 1990's. Every single one of them has at least 2-3 bums, and a gaggle of migrant or low-skill workers lazing around waiting to be picked up for work (for a couple of dollars per hour). Usually around 8 or 9AM, a van or work truck will swing by and pick up the workers, piling them in the little vehicle like a clown car at the circus. If you see a pickup truck with a group of working age men in the bed, they are almost always on their way to paint a house, work on a construction site, or are towing a trailer full of lawn-care equipment. I mean not to disparage them you see, because work is work and I can respect that. But, these people have virtually no future. Many of them are here illegally, and have families with 3 or 4 children each back at their 1 bedroom apartments. Because they lack any significant set of skills, and can barely speak English, they are stuck in these manual labor jobs for decades at a time. In my experience, nearly 80% of these workers are also receiving welfare from the State in some form, whether it's WIC or Food Stamps, etc. We have imported a permanent underclass that will never be able to self-actualize, and the few who do break from this cycle (many of whom I know personally), will waste their lives gathering material possessions and creating worthless consumerist children. It is a shame, for their own sake.
These "ghettos" can span from a few blocks in size, to over a dozen square miles. Entire sections of the city are virtually no-go zones, at least for me because I know exactly what goes on there, having lived in such an area for over 15 years. These areas will continue to expand their sprawl as well, as more and more low-skill migrants flood into the country, and the ones who are already here procreate at such extreme rates the population doubles every 10-15 years or so (if I remember correctly). Liberals applaud the existence of this permanent slave class, for they themselves have admitted to abusing these people themselves. Every time someone says "but who will clean our toilets, wash our cars, paint our houses, or pick our fruits?", you can guarantee it is a Liberal. Just because I believe in the reality of racial differences, does NOT mean I wish to create a permanent underclass of people to serve me. In this sense, I am a progressive of sorts. I wish to create a world where these slums and ghettos are rebuilt and the people therein take control of their futures. How we get to this point is really of small importance in the here and now, as we have our own issues to deal with first and foremost. But, am I not free to dream? I am idealist, at the end of the day.
Another striking difference between these areas and the more affluent ones, is the sudden rise in gang related activity. Nearly every single building is covered in gang markings, or at the very least the building is pockmarked by different colored paint trying to cover up the graffiti. Hoodlums and thugs line the streets and fill the stoops of the houses and apartment buildings 'round the clock 24/7, 365 (through both rain and shine), as crime never sleeps. If you've ever had the ... pleasure of interacting with these folks such as I have, you will notice immediately that they lack any semblance of self-awareness, and the party never stops. Life is just a game, there are no higher ideals or motives to strive towards. No goals, only the material and pleasurable. Drink and smoke as much as possible! Sleep around and create as many children as you want, it doesn't matter! No philosophy but money making and scheming, the conniving little bastards that they are. They'll kill you for a dime, if push comes to shove. The indignant nature of these people is also very apparent, if you stick around long enough. While I believe social dominance hierarchies are natural and necessary for human society, the type of social postering that goes on in these groups is barbaric, in the least. I have seen disagreements over what kind of beverage should be served that night at the party turn into violent, dozen men street brawls. Look at the local news every now and again, you will see people murder each other over the smallest slight to their pride or standing in the pecking order. It should be clear why I avoid going to such areas, in particular at night.
I recall an experience I had once, back around 2012 or so - I was with a few friends and one of them decided to head down to the local head shop to grab some cigarillos to roll a handful of blunts (I was not in with the best crowd, mind you). Foolishly, and against my best judgment, we drove to one that was nearby in a 24/7 shopping center. Being that it was a Saturday night, the place was packed, and practically feral. Hundreds of people hanging out in the parking lot smoking, drinking, fucking, and fighting. Right in front of a local club, as well, where there was a line out the door a block long. Just driving into the parking lot was like living in one of those YouTube videos most likely called "IN THE HOOD VOLUME III" or something of the like, a compilation of life in the ghettos of America. This comes as no surprise to me, mind you, as it was just another Saturday night in the city. I imagine for many people reading this, you may be unaware of what exactly this is like. To makes thing brief, it's a damned nightmare. Never will you encounter such a wide range of sketchy looking individuals looking to score something from you. The best thing you can do is tell your friends to hurry the fuck up and lock the car doors. Don't make eye contact with anyone, and stay armed (at the bare minimum, I have carried a knife on me since the 5th grade). This is the reality of the inner city. To make things worse, be white. I have light brown hair, blue eyes, and pale skin, thus making me a prime target for people. I've spoken of this a few times on the YouTube channel, if you are interested in my experience as a racial minority. But I digress, you understand my point. These conditions are the future for the Western World, should we fail to bring any semblance of tradition and order back our societies. My experience serves as not only a warning, but a wake up call for those who do not yet know what awaits them and their descendants.
Thank you for reading,
Mimir
Earlier this morning I decided to run a few miles through the city to enjoy the last few days of tolerable weather here. I was, however, greeted by a horrifying reality that I had placed in the back of my mind for some years. The major Metropolitan areas of the United States are absolutely disgusting, and it takes seeing it firsthand to really experience/ understand it. I'm currently living in a relatively middle-class mixed area near Downtown, but just a 5 minute walk southwest and you enter what is essentially a slum with a fresh coat of paint. By far, it is not the worst area of town (nor the worst area I've ever lived in). But, I would never be caught there past 10:00PM, even just driving through the area is not "safe" in the slightest.
The first thing you will notice as you enter into such an area, is the sudden appearance of trash and other such detritus lying around. Bits of plastic, cups, bags, wrappers, etc. line the cracked and uneven sidewalks and malformed roads. Often you will see old lottery tickets, cigarillo wrappers, and half empty bottles of cheap import beer laying around, left by their owners from the night prior. Much of the "infrastructure" of the area will also be in very poor condition. The paint on the roads will be faded and cracked, the road signs bent or missing completely, even the stop lights will be hung haphazardly or hanging by a wire. You are lucky to even find a working crosswalk sign 50% of the time, most of them have been vandalized or broken completely by the locals (for God knows what reason they do this). The buildings in the area will most likely be of the lower-working-class variety, various automobile repair shops, gas stations, liquor stores, beauty supply, smoke shops, check-cashing operations, etc. The physical buildings themselves are older than I am, cracked and deformed, of course they are not maintained more than a coat of paint every few years and it shows. On the rare chance you do get to see a newer building, it will always be fenced in and guarded quite heavily (usually with spiked chain-linked fences and several layers of barbed wire rounding the top). All of the shops, whether of any value or not, have iron bars on the windows, bullet"proof" plastic on the shop counters, and hired guards sitting out front waving people inside and removing unruly customers (sit and watch, on a busy day there will be a physical confrontation at least once every hour). On the street corners you will find decrepit and unsightly gas stations, virtually unchanged since the time they were built in the early 1990's. Every single one of them has at least 2-3 bums, and a gaggle of migrant or low-skill workers lazing around waiting to be picked up for work (for a couple of dollars per hour). Usually around 8 or 9AM, a van or work truck will swing by and pick up the workers, piling them in the little vehicle like a clown car at the circus. If you see a pickup truck with a group of working age men in the bed, they are almost always on their way to paint a house, work on a construction site, or are towing a trailer full of lawn-care equipment. I mean not to disparage them you see, because work is work and I can respect that. But, these people have virtually no future. Many of them are here illegally, and have families with 3 or 4 children each back at their 1 bedroom apartments. Because they lack any significant set of skills, and can barely speak English, they are stuck in these manual labor jobs for decades at a time. In my experience, nearly 80% of these workers are also receiving welfare from the State in some form, whether it's WIC or Food Stamps, etc. We have imported a permanent underclass that will never be able to self-actualize, and the few who do break from this cycle (many of whom I know personally), will waste their lives gathering material possessions and creating worthless consumerist children. It is a shame, for their own sake.
These "ghettos" can span from a few blocks in size, to over a dozen square miles. Entire sections of the city are virtually no-go zones, at least for me because I know exactly what goes on there, having lived in such an area for over 15 years. These areas will continue to expand their sprawl as well, as more and more low-skill migrants flood into the country, and the ones who are already here procreate at such extreme rates the population doubles every 10-15 years or so (if I remember correctly). Liberals applaud the existence of this permanent slave class, for they themselves have admitted to abusing these people themselves. Every time someone says "but who will clean our toilets, wash our cars, paint our houses, or pick our fruits?", you can guarantee it is a Liberal. Just because I believe in the reality of racial differences, does NOT mean I wish to create a permanent underclass of people to serve me. In this sense, I am a progressive of sorts. I wish to create a world where these slums and ghettos are rebuilt and the people therein take control of their futures. How we get to this point is really of small importance in the here and now, as we have our own issues to deal with first and foremost. But, am I not free to dream? I am idealist, at the end of the day.
Another striking difference between these areas and the more affluent ones, is the sudden rise in gang related activity. Nearly every single building is covered in gang markings, or at the very least the building is pockmarked by different colored paint trying to cover up the graffiti. Hoodlums and thugs line the streets and fill the stoops of the houses and apartment buildings 'round the clock 24/7, 365 (through both rain and shine), as crime never sleeps. If you've ever had the ... pleasure of interacting with these folks such as I have, you will notice immediately that they lack any semblance of self-awareness, and the party never stops. Life is just a game, there are no higher ideals or motives to strive towards. No goals, only the material and pleasurable. Drink and smoke as much as possible! Sleep around and create as many children as you want, it doesn't matter! No philosophy but money making and scheming, the conniving little bastards that they are. They'll kill you for a dime, if push comes to shove. The indignant nature of these people is also very apparent, if you stick around long enough. While I believe social dominance hierarchies are natural and necessary for human society, the type of social postering that goes on in these groups is barbaric, in the least. I have seen disagreements over what kind of beverage should be served that night at the party turn into violent, dozen men street brawls. Look at the local news every now and again, you will see people murder each other over the smallest slight to their pride or standing in the pecking order. It should be clear why I avoid going to such areas, in particular at night.
I recall an experience I had once, back around 2012 or so - I was with a few friends and one of them decided to head down to the local head shop to grab some cigarillos to roll a handful of blunts (I was not in with the best crowd, mind you). Foolishly, and against my best judgment, we drove to one that was nearby in a 24/7 shopping center. Being that it was a Saturday night, the place was packed, and practically feral. Hundreds of people hanging out in the parking lot smoking, drinking, fucking, and fighting. Right in front of a local club, as well, where there was a line out the door a block long. Just driving into the parking lot was like living in one of those YouTube videos most likely called "IN THE HOOD VOLUME III" or something of the like, a compilation of life in the ghettos of America. This comes as no surprise to me, mind you, as it was just another Saturday night in the city. I imagine for many people reading this, you may be unaware of what exactly this is like. To makes thing brief, it's a damned nightmare. Never will you encounter such a wide range of sketchy looking individuals looking to score something from you. The best thing you can do is tell your friends to hurry the fuck up and lock the car doors. Don't make eye contact with anyone, and stay armed (at the bare minimum, I have carried a knife on me since the 5th grade). This is the reality of the inner city. To make things worse, be white. I have light brown hair, blue eyes, and pale skin, thus making me a prime target for people. I've spoken of this a few times on the YouTube channel, if you are interested in my experience as a racial minority. But I digress, you understand my point. These conditions are the future for the Western World, should we fail to bring any semblance of tradition and order back our societies. My experience serves as not only a warning, but a wake up call for those who do not yet know what awaits them and their descendants.
Thank you for reading,
Mimir
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