own state that i grew up in, it makes me angry. yes, there's a lot of scary, ugly stuff in it, but there is much more, i still think, beauty and kindness and humor and people doing the best they can in often very, very difficult situations. it is a magnificent planet filled with fascinating and more often than not beautiful people. there are few american cities, places where things have gone as disastrously wrong as camden, new jersey. once a manufacturing powerhouse. home to the new york shipbuilding corporation. the campbell's soup company. and rca victor records. about 80,000 people live here today. that's the same number of people who were employed during its heyday. more than 1/3 of city residents live below the poverty line.