Most dangerous street in Philadelphia
2.751.997 weergaven
6 jul. 2021
140K abonnees
Kensington Philadelphia Drug & Crime Problems
Violent crime and drug abuse in Philadelphia as a whole is a major problem. The city’s violent crime rate is higher than the national average and other similarly sized metropolitan areas.1 Also alarming is Philadelphia’s drug overdose rate. The number of drug overdose deaths in the city increased by 50% from 2013 to 2015, with more than twice as many deaths from drug overdoses as deaths from homicides in 2015.2 A big part of Philadelphia’s problems stem from the crime rate and drug abuse in Kensington.
Because of the high number of drugs in Kensington,
the neighborhood has a drug crime rate of 3.57, the third-highest rate by
neighborhood in Philadelphia.3 Like a lot of the country, a big part of this
issue is a result of the opioid epidemic. Opioid abuse has skyrocketed over the
last two decades in the United States and Philadelphia is no exception. Along
with having a high rate of drug overdose deaths, 80% percent of Philadelphia’s
overdose deaths involved opioids2 and Kensington is a big contributor to this
number. This Philly neighborhood is purportedly the largest open-air narcotics
market for heroin on the East Coast with many neighboring residents flocking to
the area for heroin and other opioids.4 With such a high number of drugs in
Kensington, many state and local officials have zoned in on this area to try
and tackle Philadelphia’s problem.
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Usually Western media only shows poverty in 3rd world countries, never
thought America has this as well.
This is so crazy, all this homeless people almost looks like a
theatrical performance unfolding on the street. Look at 1:42 and many others, not even the greatest movie director could imagine
these scenes!
This ain't no moviescene, this is the greatest country of the world,
Amerikkka!
The parts of US we easterners usually don't see in media. This is
definitely an eye-opener.
Looks like ancient Rome in the time of Tiberius Gracchus. He tried to
correct the problems, but was murdered by the wealthy and powerful nobles who
wanted to keep everything they had, and keep to keep taking from others,
perpetuating the horrible homeless problem they had at the time.
The land of the free and the home of the brave- sad state of affairs in
one of the richest countries in the world. You can tell a lot about a country
by the way it treats its poor and homeless 😳
