Ok "Bub" lol. See past. Then see current. A 150-year old example is laughable. And only Democratic controlled cities have "slums"? ALL major US cities have affluent AND poor areas. So under your logic the affluent areas are run by the "ultra prosperous" Republicans and all the poor areas are run by the "slum driven" Democrats. Haha, ok. Here's a newsflash for you.....there are poor white people too. And "slums" go back a lot longer than 20 years.