Here in Warren County, our human trash collects in one, bedraggled
downtown area – South Main and surrounding streets, Phillipsburg or P-burg to the locals. If you
meet someone who says they are from that area, you can probably ascertain that
they live in Section 8 housing, are of limited intellect, and may also be the
product of inbreeding. My impression of downtown P-burg is that drug use is
pretty much rampant, and there's a pedophile around every corner. No joke about
that. If you go on the NJ Megan's Law list, you'll see scores of kid-touchers,
all living in downtown Phillipsburg.
People who live in the better parts of Warren County
don't really care to speak of this, but it's there, lurking in the shadows.
Now, I'm not saying that *all* South
Main residents are druggie trash and/or sex offenders. There may
be some respectable, hardworking families living down there. I don't really
know, because I avoid the area like the plague. I don't know what scope of that
region is truly horrific versus simply some honest, blue collar people who are
just trying to live a humble life. But I will say this:
There is a reason why houses in that vicinity currently go
for the bargain price of $40,000.00. Yes... a future slumlord's dream come
true. The last time we drove through there, we were attempting to find a
steakhouse or something, in the commercial part of town. My husband cut down a
side street, and within seconds our car was swarmed with the lowest form of
humanity... zombie-like, slackjaw individuals lurching toward us, tripping over
garbage in the streets, making little effort to get out of the way of our
moving vehicle... one guy actually TOUCHED our car as we were going by?? My
husband's mood turned foul, and we ended up high-tailing it out of town,
settling on the Phillipsburg
diner where we were seated at a table next to 12 obese individuals. The food
was godawful.
Now don't get me wrong. There are some really lovely parts
of Warren County. It's just that downtown P-burg,
specifically South Main Street,
is not one of them, and you deserve to know that.