Urban decay (also known as urban rot and urban blight) is the process whereby a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude. It may feature deindustrialization, depopulation or changing population, restructuring, abandoned buildings, high local unemployment, fragmented families, political disenfranchisement, crime, and a desolate, inhospitable city landscape.
Since the 1970s and 1980s, urban decay has been associated with Western cities, especially in North America and parts of Europe (mostly Britain and France). Since then, major structural changes in global economies, transportation, and government policy created the economic and then the social conditions resulting in urban decay.
The effects counter the development of most of Europe and North America; in countries beyond, urban decay is manifested in the peripheral slums at the outskirts of a metropolis, while the city center and the inner city retain high real estate values and sustain a steadily increasing populace. In contrast, North American and British cities often experience population flights to the suburbs and exurb commuter towns; that is, white flight. Another characteristic of urban decay is blight—the visual, psychological, and physical effects of living among empty lots, buildings and condemned houses. Such desolate properties are socially dangerous to the community because they attract criminals and street gangs, contributing to the volume of crime.
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History
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Urban Decay is a 2007 horror film directed by Harry Basil and starring Dean Cain.
Plot
Cab driver Stan slams into a homeless man who gets up and walks away, leaving behind a scarf covered with writhing maggots. Obsessed with the mystery, Stan hunts the ragtag figure through the city, discovering a trail of mangled, half-eaten victims, and an urban legend: Puss Head was a sewer worker who came back from an uncharted tunnel changed into something both living and dead. Parents warn their children that the shuffling zombie will get them if they stay out on the streets too late. But as the body count rises, Stan finds that the legend is alive and hungry.
The rent comes up and the hammer down There'll be no reprieve The artists and the working class are quietly urged to leave It's the dawn of a brand new prohibition And there's no place for you Pack up! Move out! They'll beat you black and blue Urban decay! New shades of grey Urban decay! Throw the culture away Urban decay! Make the poor man pay Urban decay! If they had their way there'd be new homes for the poor At the bottom of the East River Their urban renewal is our urban decay What once were family neighbourhoods or back streets full of dangerous hoods Now one and all are shopping malls Parking lots with disco balls Bring me your tired, hungry, and meek yearning to breathe free Now S.O.D.! Diversity! Is Starbucks and a Burger King Urban decay! New shades of grey Urban decay! Throw the culture away Urban decay! Make the poor man pay Urban decay! If they had their way there'd be new homes for the poor At the bottom of the East River Their urban renewal is our urban decay You can whitewash the halls and lock all the doors But there'll be rats in the walls and roaches under the floors Sanitize and eradicate This dirt ain't gonna wash away Those who thankless run the cities names and faces will be known For those from who there's been no pity there'll be no mercy shown Out of sight and out of mind but the problems only grow Heads up! Hit the deck! The whole damned thing's gonna blow Urban decay! New shades of grey Urban decay! Throw the culture away Urban decay! Make the poor man pay Urban decay! No fuckin' way Still dirty after all these years Still scary after all this fear Still dirty after all these years
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... yard started a few years ago when someone dumped a pile of old tyres across the street from his house — not an uncommon occurrence in a city that has become synonymous with American urban decay.
</p><p>Mud, dust and stagnant water now mar these recreational spaces, reflecting a broader trend of urban decay fueled by rapid and unplanned construction.
Aiken Standard
14 Nov 2024
Aiken Standard
14 Nov 2024