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Camden is a city in Camden County, New Jersey. Camden is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 77,344. Camden is the 12th most populous municipality in New Jersey. The city was incorporated on February 13, 1828. Camden has been the county seat of Camden County since the county was formed on March 13, 1844. The city derives its name from Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden. Camden is made up of over twenty different neighborhoods.
The city was consistently prosperous throughout the Great Depression and World War II. After World War II, Camden manufacturers began gradually closing their factories and moving out of the city. With the loss of manufacturing jobs came a sharp decline in population numbers. Suburbanization also influenced the drop in population. Civil unrest and crime became common in Camden. In 1971, civil unrest reached its peak with riots breaking out in response to the death of Horacio Jimenez, a Puerto Rican motorist who was killed by two white police officers.
The Camden waterfront holds four tourist attractions, the USS New Jersey; the BB&T Pavilion; Campbell's Field; and the Adventure Aquarium. Campbell's Field had been home to the minor league baseball team, the Camden Riversharks but is currently scheduled to be torn down. The city is the home of Rutgers University–Camden, which was founded as the South Jersey Law School in 1926, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, which opened in 2012. Camden also houses both Cooper University Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center. The "eds and meds" institutions account for roughly 45% of Camden's total employment.
Camden had the highest crime rate in the United States in 2012, with 2,566 violent crimes for every 100,000 people, 6.6 times higher than the national average of 387 violent crimes per 100,000 citizens. There were 23 murders in Camden in 2017, the lowest in the city in three decades, part of a sharp drop in violent crime since 2012.

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There isn't enough care for the elderly. Such as transportation and personal care. We have turned a blind eye.

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I believe. If everyone can come together as a community,we would be able to focus on the people that are more unfortunate. Most of the time it's our elderly that suffers.

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I think there should be more family entertainment an more fun family events for the community pf people to be able to engage in activities that can better their lives an future. There should be higher paying jobs especially in the healthcare. And students that are just graduating should be given more opportunities when they graduate. And they should offer a free weekend ride on public buses. There should be more neighborhood watch from the people who live in the area.

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Its a family friendly neighborhood an the house are big an beautiful with lots of nice scenery like trees an parks an lots of places for people to go as family outing. And its plenty of activity places for singles an people who do not have family. There is always entertainment in my city for the people to come out an feel like a community. And cost of living is not bad at all i think they make the cost of living affordable.

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