Authored by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog,
In 2024, virtually all major U.S. cities have certain things in common. First of all, if you visit the downtown area of one of our major cities you are likely to see garbage, human excrement and graffiti all over the place. As you will see below, some of our core urban areas literally look like they belong in a third world country. Most of our politicians don’t seem too concerned about doing anything to clean up all the filth, and so it shouldn’t be a surprise that rat populations are absolutely exploding all over the country. In some of our largest cities, the total rat population is numbered in the millions.
Meanwhile, rampant theft, out of control violence, endless migration, predatory gangs and the worst drug crisis in the entire history of our nation have combined to create a “perfect storm” of social decay that is unlike anything that any of us have ever seen before. Millions of law-abiding citizens and countless businesses have been fleeing America’s largest cities, and property values in our core urban areas have been absolutely crashing. We really are in the early stages of a full-blown societal “collapse”, and things just keep getting worse with each passing day.
In this article, I want to focus on the three largest metropolitan areas in the United States: New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
John Williams recently took his camera with him as he walked through downtown Los Angeles, and he described what he witnessed as “hell”…
Decades of failed policies have transformed one of the greatest cities in the entire country into one of the worst.
At this point, theft has become so rampant that even the ultra-progressive politicians in California have come to the conclusion that something must be done.
So several bills that would “crack down on shoplifting” have been introduced in the state legislature…
Shoplifters beware.
The California Assembly has introduced a comprehensive package of seven bills aimed at addressing the rising concerns over retail theft across the state.
One of the key initiatives is Assembly Bill 2943, jointly authored by Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D) and Speaker Robert Rivas (D). The bill targets serial retail thieves by introducing a new crime with penalties of up to three years behind bars for possession of stolen property with intent to resell. It also allows for the aggregation of similar thefts from different victims to charge grand theft, under specific criteria.
Hopefully something will get done, because right now a criminal in the state of California can “literally walk into a retail store every single day of the year and steaI $949 worth of merchandise” and never spend a single minute in jail.
Los Angeles has become a paradise for shoplifters, but many would argue that things are even worse in the Big Apple.
As I discussed a few days ago, New York City has “a $4.4 billion shoplifting economy”.
And approximately 90,000 packages are stolen in New York City every single day.
This is just one of the reasons why we have seen a mass exodus.
Countless New Yorkers have already left for greener pastures, and lots more are thinking of leaving…
About 7 million New Yorkers plan to leave the state, a new survey revealed this month.
In a new Marist poll, 37 percent of New Yorkers—roughly 7 million people—said they plan to move away. The number was slightly more concentrated among Republicans, as 46 percent said they plan to leave the state compared to just 29 percent of Democrats.
Unsurprisingly, many of those that are fleeing are heading to Florida…
For many, Florida remains one of the top places to move, but Southern states in general have been recording the biggest influx in transplants.
According to Realtor.com, Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Tampa and Orlando remain some of the top locations for New Yorkers to start again.
I wouldn’t want to live in the Big Apple either.
The rat problem alone would be enough for me to move.
It just continues to escalate, and politicians are now proposing to use “rat contraceptives” to deal with “the millions of rats lurking in subway stations and empty lots”…
In New York City, the idea to distribute rat contraceptives got fresh attention in city government Thursday following the death of an escaped zoo owl, known as Flaco, who was found dead with rat poison in his system.
City Council Member Shaun Abreu proposed a city ordinance Thursday that would establish a pilot program for controlling the millions of rats lurking in subway stations and empty lots by using birth control instead of lethal chemicals. Abreu, chair of the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management, said the contraceptives also are more ethical and humane than other methods.
Unfortunately, New York City doesn’t have the worst rat problem in America.
That title actually belongs to the city of Chicago…
Chicago has once again been declared the rattiest city in the U.S. according to Orkin’s annual ranking.
Los Angeles surpassed New York on this year’s list now holding the #2 spot and bringing the Big Apple down to #3, Orkin shared.
Other notable shifts included Houston, which moved 10 spots up to #20, and Charlotte, North Carolina that rose 16 spots to #21.
Somehow, the rat problem in Chicago has gone to an entirely new level in 2024.
In fact, one local resident says that it is now the worst that she has ever seen in her entire lifetime…
A resurgence of rats has gotten out of control in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood, multiple residents explained Friday as they called for city leaders to take further action.
Diana Gazda, a resident of the Far Northwest Side community for seven decades, said she has never seen an infestation like it.
“We never had a rat problem like this,” she stated. “I’ve been here 71 years in my house.”
In addition to being world famous for rats, the Windy City is also world famous for violence.
In Chicago, you can be gunned down at any time of the day or night.
Nobody is safe, and that is especially true for police officers…
A Chicago police officer was shot to death early Sunday in Gage Park on the Southwest Side in what sources are saying was an apparent carjacking.
Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert about 2:55 a.m. and found Officer Luis Huesca with multiple gunshot wounds in the 3100 block of West 56th Street, a police spokesperson said in a statement.
Huesca, 30, was driving home from work, according to city officials. Huesca, who was still wearing his uniform, was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
So which of these cities will completely collapse first?
I think that is a very good question.
They are all headed downhill very rapidly, and they are all being run by radical leftists.
Of course the exact same things could be said about dozens of other U.S. cities.
For years, I have been warning my readers about the “cultural transformation” that has been taking place in America.
How we raise our kids really matters.
We have been failing them for decades, and now the consequences can be very clearly seen in the streets of our major cities.
A horrific societal collapse is upon us, and yet this nation continues to refuse to change direction.
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Im hoping all three at once.
Exactly.
All of them plus a few dozen more simultaneously, God willing.
Nests of the evil. Modern Sodom and Gomorrahs.
Baltimore, Detroit, Memphis and Atlanta have the highest black populations. I wonder if this will qualify for cause and effect.
Surely some academic has discovered but will not divulge what the cause is. Truth would be treated as politically incorrect in the extreme, which is of course why they will continue along the same dead end paths to destruction.
I really think the depopulation project will focus on people of color. They’ve proven they will vote for anyone who kisses their asses and promises (yet never deliver) of free shit.
The whole video above was this guy walking down the street talking with picture in it. Horrible video.
Naah,it’s either climate change or White culture. I forget which trend is leading this week.
Detroit has actually been pretty good, our Dem mayor and PD have kept the trouble down, believe it or not. Our last PD chief was really good. He tried to run for gov and they squashed him cause he was repub. Violent protest when Chief Craig announced his gov run.
They just tried to do a slow roll traffic jam against the Israel thing and made 5 arrests and gave out 35 tickets, and towed a bunch of cars. Word on the street is the mayor wants to run for gov, we’ll have to wait and see.
Detroit also squashed the Soros prosecutor in the last election, sure that has helped out.
Agreed, from a former Detroiter now in suburban Shitcongoland. Duggan was a fucking write in and won. Oh yeah, and he’s White. Remember Kwame Kilpatrick? The D isn’t perfect, but has cleaned up some(ish).
Memphrica is not nearly as bad as any of the three in the article. Crime is out of control, but it doesn’t seem to have the horrendous homeless problem that you see in the videos from LA, SF or Philly.
The obvious truth of that statement will be scrupulously ignored by American Pravda because it badly interferes with the “Diversity Is Our Strenth™ suicidal
horseshit narrrative we have shoveled into our faces every day.
Which one hasn’t collapsed into third world shithole status?
Right. They’ve already collapsed.
They almost all have one thing in common.
Swarthy communist leadership.
Newsome is the only nominal white commmunist.
Exactly my thoughts. Even some of the libtards on the Anchorage city council are doing there best to make us into another commie shithole.
All of them. It’s all going according to Deep Shekels plan.
Afraid so…But it generally depends on the percentage of Blacks in the city’s population…Phoenix and Tucson are doing OK…
Rooting for my home town. Go Chicago. I will be visiting family there for first time in 5 years.
The rat part gives me fond memories of working in remodeling in Chicago. The place we were working on had a collapsed Garage in back from lots of snow that year. I am hauling in sheetrock,and I am kicking at this 2 foot long rat that’s on my route. There was obviously a rats nest under the garage. The good old days.
Thats a heart warming story.
I was born in that niggerhole state too but escaped when 17.
Avoid the Groid. Avoid the illegal migrants. Avoid the Muzzie fuques. Avoid the …..oh hell, just stay home. The Ragheads frequently block access to O’Hare so be careful with that. Nobody fuques with Midway so that might be useful info. Every mono del portico over 10 is carrying a full auto Glock but a 10/22 with a thumbhole stock is illegal. No logic or reason anymore there. Also, if you will be driving anything and need to park they now have parking meters which require some kind of account and credit cards etc. Check that ahead of time. Why? Because Rastus Hakeem Jones would saw off the parking meters and take them to break into at home to buy crack. Don’t rent anything electric. Rastus is now stealing all the car charger cables fo’ da coppah, to buys dey crack.
I have family to pick me up, and I arrive while they are all sleeping at 7 am. Thanks for the update.
I went to Chicongo once. Once…
Me too…………felt like I was in Wakanda at the airport.
Good luck! Let me know when you’ll be arriving and leaving. I’ll be waving “Welcome, AK John. Goodbye, AK John.” I’ll be a speck in the airplane window.
I say NY first. And what will the Democrats do after all the Republicans move out? Move out too because they won’t be able to stand the city without the influence of the conservatives.
Don’t care what happen to them. I do want to see the wreck happen.
no one does, but that wasn’t the question. The question was which one will fail first. That means the questioner thinks they will all fail.
NYC will be first because they are pretty much an island. LA second, Chicago third.
Here’s your future:
But if you have the time – here is China:
Two big issues I saw within the first 30 seconds: it’s in china (and all that that implies), for heaven’s sake; all the people are wearing the face diaper — outdoors, indoors, everywhere …
They do so because they follow the herd. Nothing is what it appears to be!
Peter, you can’t tell the truth about China here, the trolls will immediately attack. The CCP has a large payroll.
Ah, thanks for the heads-up BL – I have so much else to do without worrying about CCP Trolls LOL!
The air is beyond filthy ,Anthony. On top of that they are going through another round of people dying suddenly.
Who really gives a shit?
Who indeed! I am happy in my bubble – 🙂
On the other hand:
Can you now see why the ‘useless eaters’ have to be culled? Quote from a globalist, recently interviewed by yours truly.
My money would be on the proposition that Norway would be a 3d world shithole in less than 3 years … while Nigeria would be a civilized nation from the get-go because — surprise — Norwegians are already civilized.
That’s da truff, Nurse T. Best thing to do is quit shipping kneegrows all over the planet so things can get back to normal. Round ’em up and send them to Izrahell since it is their agents who dumped them on everyone else. The little hats have way too much say so in shipping these days.
My tribe BL – if you live 60 degs N you really have to work to survive – I know I’ve been there! 🙂
You can tell some people and they will say you’re crazy. It’s right in their own words.
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And it doesn’t take that many to wake up! https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world
BlackRock Plan for America
Step 1 degregade the culture homogeneity
Step 2 depopulate the area
Step 3 devalue the properties
Step 4 buy up real estate for pennies on the dollar
Article is paywalled, so a screenshot is all I got….
BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink “you have to force gender & race and diversity & inclusion.”
Those people who would kill Fink don’t have to kill him. He is a hard target. The people that work for him –not so hard.
(((Larry Fink)))
Yep – it’s all in the plan: https://cdn.getmidnight.com/6908ab1f9a9ecdaba4ee2509cb3451aa/files/2023/01/Silent-Weapons-for-Quiet-Wars-An-Introduction-Programming-Manual-Operations-Rese.pdf
Drowning is horrble up until you just accept the inevitable. Then you can relax and watch the pretty bubbles. I can’t save America. I can prepare and protect my family.
No need to drown if you can swim.
Ammo up and start treading water.
Our woods and fields are many and we will pick off the urban scofflaws like rats fleeing a burning dump.
If ya build your high blinds early enough, mother nature wraps em up real nice , 20 feet up with 600 yard views and interlocking fields of fire…its a beautiful thing. Stay frosty.
I like to plant Poison Ivy around my watch stations.
Blackberry vines work nicely.
Yep withering fire
“This is just one of the reasons why we have seen a mass exodus.”
Funny thing about mass exodus as a result of theft is as the exodus goes so goes the exodus flow of thieves behind.
In Texas it’s only been a few months since for the first time a wal mart attendant at a self check asked for a receipt as I exited with a paid for pack of brew. Happened again at another wal marts checking a jug of motor oil in my basket. Did I check the jug on a separate “scan” , the attendant asked. No, all on the same I said. I questioned the second attendant that surely in a state as great as Texas and the store being located more “rurally” people don’t steal out of the store. All the time the attendant said. You would be surprised what they walk out of here with.
The first incident occurred in major metro hell area which stood to reason why the thefts happen, Joe Biden.
Why be a chump and pay for anything in this niggerhole ?
Baltimore will be first before the other 3rd sheets holes
Baltimore always been a 3rd rate fake ass city.
Baltimore was a MAJOR slave trading hub.
It’s always had a plethora of Africans, so, it is much like Africa.
A shithole.
Ha ha – welcome to the shithole! https://austrianpeter.substack.com/p/easy-living-in-south-africa-icj-ruling?sd=pf
I don’t like city people for the most part. I do think NYers are tougher than LA flakey puffs. Chicago is the asshole of the midwest .
So the asshole of the universe could be Houston? Just a hunch although Portland , OR is one different place for certain IMO.
You are correct. I’ve lived in both cities.
Houston is a monkey-poxed winker. Portland is a toothless meth mouth.
They cleaned up San Francisco in a month for the Chinese visit when it suited the ruling class. The money sent to Ukraine could have cleaned up every major US city. Degrading and destroying everything is part of the Sabbatean Frankist plan.
Yeah, they could have cleaned all the scary gang graffiti from the overpasses and bridge abutment retaining walls in Dallas. Scary because one probably does not want to have vehicle problems passing through Big D.
To your first sentence, funny not funny that. Still wondering where they were housed.
You can make a short term change with enough resources. you can’t afford to cover up irresponsibility for long.
As a hard rule for myself, I avoid large crowds. Cities are the largest crowds. Do not care which city collapses first. I remember the good ol’ days of the 70’s when NYC went bankrupt. Wonder if it will be a repeat champion?
There are a lot of shitholes. Jackson, Mississippi. New Orleans. Baltimore, Phillie, Houston (to be fair, it went really to shit after Katrina drove the scum to Houston), any number of CA cities, Newark, etc etc etc.
when the shit hits the fan they can always eat the rats. Or vice versa.
Nice to see you again Lipoh 🙂
Seconded.
I.wish the Nu Yoorkers would stay the phuck away from Florida, they are just going Voot for.the same leftist Marxists who ruined NY because “this time it will be different”
who cares as long as they all get just what they deserve for what they have done?
The Civil War in America is already happening. Cities like Chicago, Oakland, San Francisco, and Detroit, are already lost. A few States are still part of America, but they are being over run by immigrants as part of the war. Unless the people wake the fuck up and begin to fight, they are going to wake up in a prison camp that used to be their country. Your Government are traitors and the are your enemy. Unless you fight the enemy, the enemy wins by default.