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Originally Posted by niel
Can't say about Kensington in particular, but a lot of blame is usually placed on the crack epidemic of the 80s for the really rapid decline in many American urban areas.
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Most of the areas were blighted and in bad shape long before crack came on the scene. Crack just made it that much worse. Back in the 70's-80's Kensington was associated with poor white people using inhalants (huffing) and for the cheap and plentiful biker meth that was abundant at that time