Talk:Philadelphia Badlands

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-First, the area described in the article is much much larger than what is considered "the badlands". & they described it as Northeast Philly, whih is incorrect. It is north Philly & doesnt contain fishtown & northern liberties. Second, the reasons for the decline listed, while may be contributory, are mostly opinion based and obviously slanted politically far to the left and ignore the primary catalyst of the decline of N. Philly which were the race riots in the 70s. Also the claim that a casino being built will make the area "all the worse" is an opinion which is the subject of controversy and is not share by most people.

Basically, this article has nothing to do with the historical context of "the badlands" in Philadelphia or the true causes of economic decline. The auther used this to spread their political opinions, not historical facts. 15:53, 24 May 2007 User:209.204.118.18

This author is way off. Fishtown and Northern Liberties are almost completely gentrified and show almost no evidence of the slum states that they used to be in. Both sections of town are owned by the middle class and North broad street is turning into the avenue of the arts north. 08:04, 5 June 2007 User:165.89.84.88

REPLY: Yes yu are correct. Fishtown & Northern liberties Are NOT part of badlands. They have been gentrified but badlands has Not. Wiki needs to re write this article correctly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.194.87.22 (talk) 15:43, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

"Gentrified?" Fishtown is not really that gentrified. Northern Liberties, maybe, but Fishtown, no. It is still mostly a working class neighborhood. And yes, areas of Fishtown have been considered part of the Badlands. Callmarcus (talk) 04:39, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Also they said its a part or NorthEast Philly which is way off. Its part of NorthPhilly. West Kensington/Fairhill. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.194.86.9 (talk) 13:52, 16 April 2008 (UTC)