tage 1

>Minorities move in

>Dollar General

>Cell Phone companies like Boost Mobile, Metro PCS, Cricket, pop up

>Smoke Shops start appearing (not cigar bars)

>Llanteras (tire shops) move in

>Used car lots (buy here pay here)

>Payday loans, check cashing, etc.

>start to see pan handlers by the free way or intersections

>“Luxury” apartments and multi family units being built over single family homes

>Light rail/trolly is expanding to your area

 

Stage 2

>homeless are starting to spread out

>Notice more people just wandering around and jay walking

>”We accept EBT” signs at stores

>petty crime increases

>you start to see more shopping carts around in random places

>bus stops always have people hanging out at them

>bike theft is more common

>trash is more apparent

 

Stage 3

>Homeless openly shoot up/use drugs in broad daylight

>homeless encampments are anywhere where there’s open spaces

>public parks are unusable and dangerous

>bus stops and light rail stations are hangouts for drug addicts

>Smell and see human shit on the ground

>Needle exchange programs are there or people are trying to promote them

>going to a gas station, you’re guaranteed to get harassed by hobos

>3am the city will spray the sidewalks and public transportation stops with bleach

>Cars are regularly broken into

>Corporate chain stores/gas stations move out because they don’t want anymore theft

 

Stage 4

>Homeless shelters are permanent structures, RVs, or cars

>graffiti starts in stage 3 but is now everywhere you go

>cops just don’t show up

>Probably changed with Uber eats and DOORDASH but pizza places won’t deliver to your neighborhood

>going out at night is dangerous

>basically lawless, but if you live in an area like this it’s probably dem controlled and YOU’LL get punished for defending yourself or your property

>the homeless look like the walking dead

>this is more of a stage 3, but windows are covered in tin foil

>homeless will defecate where ever

>blacks and spics will have clear cut territories (usually spics push them out)

>urban gardens (stage 3) have failed and are just another empty lot

>you’ve witnessed people fighting multiple times (also stage 3 but now it’s regularly happening)

>long time local stores close

>lots of abandoned commercial real estate

 

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