Why Did Camden So Hard To Break?

Did you know Camden, New Jersey was once a wealthy city. Yes, that is right. The city that is now known as one of the most dangerous cities on the planet was once wealthy. Who would have thought, Camden of all places, to be at one point wealthy. You probably want to know a lot of things, like how did Camden become broke and how it became so dangerous. Before we get into the things you really want to know, we have to first know certain moments that occurred in early Camden days. In 1828, Camden became an official city and was growing rapidly. The city grew to a town of 1,143 people. Camden had it all, from businesses to great transportation. Camden was known for streets like broadway, stores, and Cooper’s Ferry which was things that put Camden on the map. Cooper’s Ferry started because people needed transportation from Philadelphia to Camden so a guy by the name of William Cooper created a ferry service which made the city valuable. Camden got it’s name from William Cooper’s grandson, who chose the name after the earl of Camden. Camden was also known as “the biggest, little city in the world”. The City was growing like crazy, between …show more content…
Camden slowly started to decline, and the reasons were because better and bigger things were in the making. Camden started to decline when the Cherry Hill Mall opened and suburbs started popping up. The mall had basically everything Camden had, but simply in one full building. Camden also started declining after World War ll when people were affected by job loss and property value decreasing. The last straw to Camden’s decline was the riots, people started to rapidly move out after that. Nobody wanted to be somewhere it was not safe anymore, so people started to move further away from