Urban decay
Urban decay is the process in which a city or area goes into conditions of disrepair or becomes decrepit or filled with blight. Urban decay involves white flight, population changes, depopulation, economic troubles, high local unemployment, higher than usual crime and political issues. Blight is associated with condemned properties, empty lots and deserted areas that often attract criminal activity. That includes squattiing in these buildings/homes,
Urban Decay Media
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Charlotte Street in the Bronx, New York City in August 1980. The terms "BROKEN PROMISES", "BROKEN TREATIES", and "DECAY" can be seen painted on the walls of these buildings.
Urban decay in the United States: Presidents Jimmy Carter (5 October 1976) and Ronald Reagan (5 August 1980) campaigned before this ruin on Charlotte Street in the South Bronx, New York City.
Packard Automotive Plant, closed since 1958. Detroit has gone through a major economic and demographic decline in recent decades.
An early slum replacement in Islington built by George Peabody in the 19th century
Many areas that suffered population decline from the 1970s still have signs of urban decay, such as this derelict building in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
Pruitt–Igoe public housing, St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1950s, this urban renewal project was built; it failed and was razed in the 1970s.
