What Happened to Camden New Jersey?

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  • Опубликовано: 12 янв 2023
  • The story of Camden…
    #camdennj #newjersey #cities #camden
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    "Hotel Plaza - Camden New Jersey - 15 images" by Bushido Photo is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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    "Washington Street row homes - Camden NJ" by Blake Bolinger is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
    "20180508 14 Camden, New Jersey" by davidwilson1949 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
    "Camden Waterfront" by Jim, the Photographer is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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  • @rtlthemusician5598
    @rtlthemusician5598 Год назад +33

    I live in nearby Collingswood NJ and going into Camden is like entering another world, it’s so sad what happened to it and I hope someday they can revive it somewhat

    • @JerseyJeff84
      @JerseyJeff84 Год назад +1

      I'm in Sewell, myself. Your town has a great food spot called Sabrina's.

    • @rtlthemusician5598
      @rtlthemusician5598 Год назад +1

      @@JerseyJeff84 Sabrina’s is good NGL, and I’m glad you know us for something other than the pop shop lol

    • @johnnyboy55
      @johnnyboy55 Год назад +1

      Collingswood here. Collings Ave. I’m about a 10 minute walk away from Camden. Waterfront is nice but the rest of the city? Trust me,it’s never coming back. I remember visiting the old Sears store on the boulevard in 72. Same year it closed and moved to the Moorestown Mall( my hometown).

    • @rtlthemusician5598
      @rtlthemusician5598 Год назад +1

      @@johnnyboy55 same here, park Ave, Collingswood HS class of ‘21, and yes you’re right, sad as it is Camden has virtually no chance of getting out of their situation

    • @tbr4207
      @tbr4207 Год назад

      @@rtlthemusician5598 I’m ngl bro before I clicked on your comment I thought of the pop shop 😂💀

  • @holdenackerman8783
    @holdenackerman8783 Год назад +42

    Rutgers-Camden’s campus, the 76ers practice facility, and a great aquarium make it the waterfront a nice area. It’s a surprisingly friendly town too

    • @JimAllen-Persona
      @JimAllen-Persona Год назад +15

      All you have to do is make it to the waterfront….

    • @bluerisk
      @bluerisk Год назад +4

      There is also a little ship I visited last September: the USS New Jersey. (I don't care if she is no longer enlisted).

    • @bluerisk
      @bluerisk Год назад +4

      @@JimAllen-Persona Take the subway (8th & Market Street - in Philly), two stops, exit the Broadway station (in Camden), and hit the Martin Luther Boulevard till you hit the waterfront, and then just go left (while looking east towards Philly...also a nice opportunity to make picture from the Skyline of Philly).
      I met hardly anyone when I went to the New Jersey...and if tiny (less than 2 meters actually) 220 pound European survived it...what can someone do made of American steel.
      Overall not once I was in any trouble...not in Boston South, Hell's Kitchen, East Harlem, or while walking through half of Washington (among others from the Washington Monument to Arlington and then back up to the Capitol Hill).

    • @JimAllen-Persona
      @JimAllen-Persona Год назад +2

      @@bluerisk If you know how to handle yourself - you’re generally fine. The New Jersey battleship has a YT channel that’s pretty interesting. I think he said at the time there were only 2 of these class of battleships that could potentially be re-activated. I drive in from the Turnpike or 295.. I remember seeing parking outside the garage had a huge fence with a tower spotter. Personally, I’d like to see the whole area renovated - it’s kind of like LIC. DC is pretty safe, it’s heading up to Georgetown from the Mall that can be an issue..they even gave a nice reticular transport bus that runs up and down the main drag in Georgetown.

    • @TheFinalBoss25
      @TheFinalBoss25 Год назад

      Don’t get shot getting there 😂

  • @wanderer6488
    @wanderer6488 Год назад +10

    As Rutgers-Camden alumni, I have a tremendous good memory of people and places of Camden. The blowing wind of the waterfront was all my favorite. I miss a lot.

  • @cardphins68
    @cardphins68 Год назад +31

    It has been said many times before on this Channel and it's undeniable: Deindustrialization. Many of these Cities that are dependent on a specific Industry or Business are pretty much left holding the Bag when these things leave and yes, it's an empty Bag.

    • @emr6153
      @emr6153 Год назад +1

      In other words, thanks a billion, Hillary. You really pulled a quick couple on us, assuming that you'd be gone by now. But you're not. Nor has your culpability waned with time. The years 1980-2022 may have been some of the best for anyone ever. A lopt of US are committed to making the rest your VERY WORST!!

    • @davidlafleche1142
      @davidlafleche1142 Год назад +1

      An individual needs to step up and start a new business.

  • @williamhild1793
    @williamhild1793 Год назад +18

    I had no idea that Camden had both RCA-Victor and Campbell's Soup associated with them.

    • @ababner317
      @ababner317 4 месяца назад

      I remember them both.

  • @BTman58
    @BTman58 Год назад +6

    What happened to Camden is the same thing that happened to all of NJ cities.
    There's small towns that became enclosed by suburbs. NJ decided to become a bedroom community for two states/cities (NYC/Phila).

  • @JOEYdaMUSH
    @JOEYdaMUSH Год назад +11

    Campell’s screwed up by ditching NJ tomatoes…they’re the best!

    • @r.pres.4121
      @r.pres.4121 Год назад

      Everything from either Florida or California.

  • @travisbogetti7344
    @travisbogetti7344 Год назад +3

    Thanks for the content!

  • @phillyfan-182
    @phillyfan-182 Год назад +3

    My grandfather used to work in Camden for RCA!!!

  • @johnnyboy55
    @johnnyboy55 Год назад +2

    No mention of the Sears store on Admiral Wilson Boulevard?
    Overall a good video of Camden.

  • @Kickinthearse923
    @Kickinthearse923 Год назад +4

    Pat - I would like to solve the puzzle.

  • @tbr4207
    @tbr4207 Год назад +2

    Bro I miss going to the river sharks that’s the only reason I’d have to go into Camden and I’m two towns away

  • @annenyman678
    @annenyman678 6 месяцев назад

    I was born there, and it makes me so sad to see how it has gone downhill.

  • @hoserlu
    @hoserlu Год назад +4

    It's not a place I'd go for a vacation, but it's better than what's shown here. Subaru US HQ is there now, along with the Cooper Healthcare system that's world class. It also has the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion which is a great venue for mid-tier music acts like Shania Twain, Matchbox 20 or Styx. A trip to the aquarium is wonderful, as is the Battleship NJ. There's easy transportation into the city. While the city was terrible even 25 years ago, it's come a long way, though it's got a long way to go still. There's hope for Camden, and dumb jokes can't take away from that.

    • @minutebooks3245
      @minutebooks3245 Месяц назад

      The city is far worse than shown here. I drove through there in 2023 and there is city block after city block after city block of empty and largely destroyed or abandoned homes. It's erie. It looks like London after the blitz.

  • @MegaBrendan16
    @MegaBrendan16 Год назад +2

    Visited the battleship new jersey which is docked in Camden a few years ago which is also near the aquarium i've been to and there was a high school baseball game in which i was part of one of the teams from Pennsylvania that was played at Campbells field as a neutral site before it was demolished

    • @kramalerav
      @kramalerav Год назад +1

      The USS Indianapolis was built in Camden.

    • @MegaBrendan16
      @MegaBrendan16 Год назад

      @@kramalerav sounds interesting read about it

  • @mrbutch308
    @mrbutch308 Год назад +4

    No mention of Walt Whitman?

  • @jonpike9991
    @jonpike9991 Год назад +3

    I grew up in Norristown, PA, not too far from Camden, NJ. Campbell Soup Factory that city became a dump. They closed Arm and Hammer and Firestone in Pottstown.

    • @reardenbentley9622
      @reardenbentley9622 Год назад

      i grew up right next to norristown. driving through there to get to the king of prussia mall was always so fascinating.

    • @jonpike9991
      @jonpike9991 Год назад

      @@reardenbentley9622 you from RoFo

    • @From-North-Jersey
      @From-North-Jersey Год назад

      The unions got so out of hand the companies moved to non union right to work states.

  • @GeeEm1313
    @GeeEm1313 Год назад +4

    Campbells Soup left.

    • @From-North-Jersey
      @From-North-Jersey Год назад +1

      Greedy unions drove Campbells to right to work ,union free states.

  • @DIMP11
    @DIMP11 Год назад +19

    Funny how many NE and MW cities peaked around 1950 in terms of population and quality of life, Detroit, Camden, Cleveland, Flint, Dayton, Buffalo and more. Something went wrong clearly in the 50's, 60's and 70's. White flight being one of the reasons and more importantly Caucasian capital went out. African Americans were starting to get a level playing field in the mid 20th century with good manufacturing salaries. Then the focus in the US economy switched to Wall Street and reinsurance, mutual funds and other financial jobs that many of the AA did not have the education for or the money to afford to get educated. The good manufacturing jobs got shipped overseas to China, Mexico, India, Japan, Taiwan and later Bangladesh, Vietnam and the middle and upper class African Americans also left these cities, leaving an ill equipped under class of all races to try and cope.

    • @BTman58
      @BTman58 Год назад +1

      Also redlining by insurance companies(as well as the federal government) lead to people within those cities unable to qualify for loans for home purchase, home improvements, or opening businesses.

    • @From-North-Jersey
      @From-North-Jersey Год назад

      Race Riots drove the white tax base away and the cities turned into Democrat voter mills.

    • @njerzee911
      @njerzee911 Год назад

      OF course they 'flew' NOBODY wants to be around gangs, riots, fires, drugs et al. Nice prog dissertation though.....You left out WHY did manufacturing leave?? Not just camden, why? unions forcing higher wages/benefits where the companies could not compete. Politicians selling out to the highest bidder ( like now, with china and the j'harris crime family) etc. Again, great thoughts you have albeit hysterically out of touch

    • @derek20la
      @derek20la 11 месяцев назад

      The USA had a coup on 11/22/63.
      All major policy decisions since have been to the detriment of the average American.

  • @jeffnovorita3017
    @jeffnovorita3017 Год назад +4

    I know what happened. Same thing that happened to Gary, IN, Detroit, Memphis, Oakland, Newark.....

  • @rn257
    @rn257 Год назад

    Isn’t the Battleship NJ welded to the pier there as a museum? No mention WTF?

  • @elintocable0072
    @elintocable0072 9 месяцев назад +1

    My whole family is from here 😁👍.

  • @stuartlee6622
    @stuartlee6622 Год назад +2

    What happened? Integra

  • @paisan8766
    @paisan8766 Год назад

    I think it’s on the comeback a little bit. I mean it’s a small place

  • @CrystalClearWith8BE
    @CrystalClearWith8BE Год назад +2

    Camden, NJ is my worst pick of cities in New Jersey as The Garden State struggles. Following Camden are Trenton, Newark and Patterson. As a satellite of Philly, Camden have it's own metro division and the suburbs of Camden are getting worse too. Correct me if I'm wrong.

  • @evog35viii
    @evog35viii Год назад +2

    Isn't the Philadelphia Flyers practice facility located in Camden?

    • @RacerX780
      @RacerX780 Год назад +6

      No. It's located in Voorhees, which is probably like 20 min from Camden.

    • @evog35viii
      @evog35viii Год назад +2

      @RacerX780 ...👍🏽happy Friday the 13th then my friend!

    • @johnnyboy55
      @johnnyboy55 Год назад +2

      The Sixers practice facility is on the waterfront in Camden.

  • @chuckinhouston9952
    @chuckinhouston9952 Год назад +7

    Careful who you vote for

  • @angelbankslopez577
    @angelbankslopez577 Год назад

    Home sweet home. North 26th Street. Federal Street. Broadway drug way..

  • @falconinflight6235
    @falconinflight6235 Год назад +1

    Call out the culture.

  • @427bullis
    @427bullis Год назад +3

    Crime

  • @jaimerosado3896
    @jaimerosado3896 9 месяцев назад

    One thing for sure is that Camden is still far better off than East Saint Louis.

  • @georgeparowski1420
    @georgeparowski1420 Год назад +2

    Unsafe at anytime Night time or Day time. If you can avoid driving through it

  • @charlesdarwin7253
    @charlesdarwin7253 Год назад +8

    I have to point out that while Camden seems INCREDIBLE compared to Philly, the actual reason this city has less overdoses than than its Pennsylvanian neighbor is because everyone in Camden is too poor to afford drugs. When you're in Camden, New Jersey you can't get away from how bad it is, even at Walt Whitman's awkwardly placed home. You don't even have a Manhattan skyline across the river to make it worth the visit, for pictures.
    The only photographers who go to Camden are there for the pictures of rotting houses, the city was too poor to even tear down like they did in Detroit.

    • @r.pres.4121
      @r.pres.4121 Год назад +2

      I have heard that Chester PA is even more impoverished than Camden.

    • @charlesdarwin7253
      @charlesdarwin7253 Год назад +1

      @@r.pres.4121 Impoverished but still not in Camden.

  • @kodacres7820
    @kodacres7820 9 месяцев назад

    What happened? It is a ghetto, this is not confusing.

  • @shepgreenberg7659
    @shepgreenberg7659 Год назад +2

    White flight….

    • @From-North-Jersey
      @From-North-Jersey Год назад

      Don't say that like it was a plan, race riots happened and the white people who could afford to moved their families out of the burn zone.

  • @TheMrPeteChannel
    @TheMrPeteChannel Год назад +4

    What happened? Single party rule happened.

    • @From-North-Jersey
      @From-North-Jersey Год назад

      Democrats happened to Camden with a vengeance. The problem is the worse the cities fail the better the pay off is for the Democrats in terms of angry, loyal, straight party ticket, low information voters.

  • @jeffkadlec8264
    @jeffkadlec8264 Год назад

    That apology was pretty terrible, to be honest. That sounded like a racist apologizing, not a mistake that was apologized for
    But to say racism is just as bad as 100yrs ago is incredibly wrong.

  • @boxcarwillie167
    @boxcarwillie167 10 месяцев назад

    What happened? Just stating a fact, Its now populated by about 70% of black residents. Im not a racist, but I used to live in Camden. Just stating a facf.

  • @bill-nj6fc
    @bill-nj6fc Год назад +6

    its a zoo, animals live there , thats what happen

  • @kramalerav
    @kramalerav Год назад

    To be fair, you can’t exactly blame Campbell’s for not wanting to use fresh tomatoes grown in The Garden State.

  • @StLouis-yu9iz
    @StLouis-yu9iz Год назад +6

    With de-suburbanization truly beginning to dawn in the U.S. it's only a matter of time before Camden surpasses its former peak! :]

    • @r.pres.4121
      @r.pres.4121 Год назад +1

      Only certain older cities are going to enjoy that revitalization. Whether or not Camden is one of them is highly unknown at this point.

  • @markroessner6300
    @markroessner6300 Год назад +4

    What happened? Democrats!

  • @Mncrr
    @Mncrr Год назад +5

    Everyone knows what happened. It’s just not politically correct to say

    • @coleheister7390
      @coleheister7390 Год назад +2

      an over abundance of surplus farm equipment ?

    • @leechjim8023
      @leechjim8023 11 месяцев назад

      The Elephant in the room!

  • @mikey291145
    @mikey291145 Год назад +1

    Demographics

  • @TacitusKilgore165
    @TacitusKilgore165 Год назад +1

    Nothing nice...

  • @rentslave
    @rentslave Год назад

    1619

  • @From-North-Jersey
    @From-North-Jersey Год назад +2

    Democrats happened to Camden.

  • @rodra72
    @rodra72 10 месяцев назад

    Keep voting for democrats

  • @georgegeorgopoulos2405
    @georgegeorgopoulos2405 Год назад +4

    The Democrats Party.

  • @mcarlkv53
    @mcarlkv53 Год назад +2

    um....a certain race....

  • @MrKevinEaddy
    @MrKevinEaddy Год назад +12

    Democrat Rule… That’s what happened

    • @wmw3629
      @wmw3629 Год назад +4

      Typical right wing hatred

    • @hoopsheavenpa
      @hoopsheavenpa Год назад +6

      @@wmw3629you’re confusing “right wing hatred” with facts

    • @r.pres.4121
      @r.pres.4121 Год назад

      W B Jones those are not facts that is right wing propaganda as usual.

    • @astralclub5964
      @astralclub5964 Год назад

      @@wmw3629 Rather than resorting to name calling, let’s have a contest. I’ll name all the long term Democrat held blighted cities, and you can try to find a long term Republican held crime-ridden hell hole. Guess who’ll win easily?

  • @johnanderson4203
    @johnanderson4203 Год назад +12

    Liberalism is what happened

    • @wmw3629
      @wmw3629 Год назад

      Typical Republican ignorance

    • @johnanderson4203
      @johnanderson4203 Год назад +1

      @@wmw3629 typical liberal/democrat ignorance

    • @r.pres.4121
      @r.pres.4121 Год назад +1

      Wrong it is corporate greed and abandonment that happened.

    • @johnanderson4203
      @johnanderson4203 Год назад +3

      @@r.pres.4121 your correct Liberal/Democrat policies and politicians