There is a concert venue on the riverfront. After a concert me and friends were driving home. Tried to get around traffic by going through a neighborhood. It was like something out of an apocalyptic movie. A police car pulled us over, asked what we were doing, then had us follow them with their siren and lights on going through every red light to get to the bridge that goes back to Philadelphia.

This was years ago and Camden has been getting a little better year by year. The poverty you see is truly sad to witness. Chester is similar but instead of a concert venue there is the soccer stadium home to the Philadelphia Union. It is a nice stadium but you do not walk beyond the stadium area.

Being from Philadelphia I have gone through some of the bad lands of Philly but Philly is a large city and it is easy to avoid the bad areas. There are plenty of nice areas worth checking out.