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Jaywick The Most Deprived Town In The UK In The Week The Government Launches Its New Welfare SystemJAYWICK, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 03: A general view of dilapidated properties in the seaside town of East Jaywick, the most deprived place in England, on April 3, 2013 in Jaywick, England. The Government's 2011 'Indices of Multiple Deprivation' measure ranks Jaywick as the most deprived of all 32,482 small wards in England and Wales. The area also has the greatest number of young people not in employment, education or training; one third of 16 to 24 year-olds claim Jobseeker's Allowance, compared to the national average of 6 per cent. Changes to the benefits and tax system which came into force on April 1, 2013 have included a cut in housing benefit payments for working-age social housing tenants whose property is deemed larger than they need and council tax support payments now being administered locally. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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Youth Unemployment Reaches Its Highest Level Since 1984ACCRINGTON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 12: A cat walks across a delapidated street in Accrington, Lancashire on October 12, 2011 in Accrington, United Kingdom. The latest unemployment figures have reached a 17 year high as new figures, released by the Office for National Statistics, show that 2.57 million are out of work. The figures also showed that jobless 16 to 24-year-olds hit a record high of 991,000. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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Discovery Of Historical Slave Dwelling RevealedUPPER MARLBORO, MD - MAY 9: A 150-year-old slave dwelling, which will be be preserved and restored, is shown during an event marking the restoration and preservation of the dwelling May 9, 2005 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The dwelling, part of an active tobacco plantation in the mid 1800's, will be restored and turned into a community center by developers who plan to build a subdivision in the area. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Ohio Residents Gear Up To Vote In Crucial Swing StateWARREN, OH - OCTOBER 28: Graffiti adorns the front of a condemned house on October 28, 2012 in Warren, Ohio. Warren, located in northeast Ohio, was hit especially hard by the recession and the home foreclosure crisis. President Barack Obama is scheduled to hold a campaign rally in nearby Youngstown on Monday. Political analysts have predicted Ohio voters could potentially decide the upcoming Presidential election. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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Rising Sea Levels Threatens Coast Of Maryland's Hoopers IslandCHURCH CREEK, MD - OCTOBER 09: An old dilapidated house sits abandoned near tidal wetlands October 9, 2014 in Church Creek, Maryland. Several islands and property located at sea level in the lower Chesapeake Bay region are slowly eroding away as sea levels rise. Officials have projected the sea level will rise several feet over the next century leaving many of the Chesapeake bay's lower islands underwater. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Run-down Stratford Primed For Olympic DevelopmentLONDON - APRIL 20: Rubbish and abandoned cars lie on the road in the Marshgate Lane Industrial Area on April 20, 2006 in London, England. International Olympic Committee inspectors are in London this week to scrutinise the city's preparations for hosting the 2012 Games. Hosting the 2012 Olympic Games is expected to transform the area into a state of the art sporting hub, but hundreds of businesses will have to relocate as they are due to be bulldozed to make way for the Games. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
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Inside Hulme Hippodrome An Old Music Hall Looking To Be RestoredMANCHESTER, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 09: A view of the dilapidated interior of Hulme Hippodrome, which local community groups hope to save from disrepair on September 9, 2013 in Manchester, England. The Grade II listed building in Hulme which once hosted Laurel and Hardy and The Beatles is on Manchester Council's buildings at risk register. Built in 1901 the theatre is now owned by a church group and rents out the auditorium to The Youth Village, a social enterprise group who are eager reopen the theatre as an arts centre and hub for local community groups. Full renovation of the building is likely cost around GBP 20 million. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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Utica, NY Struggles With Poverty Rate Twice The National AverageUTICA, NY - MAY 14: A former bank remains in disrepair on May 14, 2012 in Utica, New York. Like many upstate New York communities, Utica is struggling to make the transition from a former manufacturing hub. The city's individual poverty rate is twice the national average with an unemployment rate of 9.8% as of February 2012. Citing Utica's weakening financial margins over the past two years, Fitch Ratings downgraded its credit rating on Utica by two notches to a triple-B, two rungs above junk territory. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Jaywick The Most Deprived Town In The UK In The Week The Government Launches Its New Welfare SystemJAYWICK, UNITED KINGDOM - APRIL 03: Rubbish is discarded in front of dilapidated properties in the seaside town of East Jaywick, the most deprived place in England, on April 3, 2013 in Jaywick, England. The Government's 2011 Indices of Multiple Deprivation' measure ranks Jaywick as the most deprived of all 32,482 small wards in England and Wales. The area also has the greatest number of young people not in employment, education or training; one third of 16 to 24 year-olds claim Jobseeker's Allowance, compared to the national average of 6 per cent. Changes to the benefits and tax system which came into force on April 1, 2013 have included a cut in housing benefit payments for working-age social housing tenants whose property is deemed larger than they need and council tax support payments now being administered locally. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
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English Heritage Launch Their Campaign To Save Britain's Industrial Heritage SitesLYNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: A old miner's boot lies on the ground inside the delapidated Lynemouth Colliery pithead baths on October 17, 2011 in Lynemouth, England. The grade II listed building, that was used as the miners baths and medical centre, is one of the industrial heritage sites on the English Heritage At Risk Register, which is their largest research project into the condition of England's industrial heritage. Almost 11% of grade I and II industrial buildings are at risk in England. English Heritage is offering to help owners, developers, and heritage rescue groups to preserve these industrial sites as visitor attractions. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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English Heritage Launch Their Campaign To Save Britain's Industrial Heritage SitesLYNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 17: A general view of the delapidated shower cubicles of Lynemouth Colliery pithead baths on October 17, 2011 in Lynemouth, England. The grade II listed building, that was used as the miners baths and medical centre, is one of the industrial heritage sites on the English Heritage At Risk Register, which is their largest research project into the condition of England's industrial heritage. Almost 11% of grade I and II industrial buildings are at risk in England. English Heritage is offering to help owners, developers, and heritage rescue groups to preserve these industrial sites as visitor attractions. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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New Orleans Still Recovering Two Years After Hurricane KatrinaNEW ORLEANS - AUGUST 17: Stairs and a gate surround the slab of a former home in the Lower Ninth Ward August 17, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Many heavily damaged homes have already been removed from the Lower Ninth. The city faces an August 29 deadline to notify federal authorities which properties it wants demolished. Homes that were only damaged are on a list of 1,700 condemned properties causing confusion and fear among residents who say their homes need not be demolished. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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New Orleans Still Recovering Two Years After Hurricane KatrinaNEW ORLEANS - AUGUST 17: A destroyed keyboard sits in a church in the Lower Ninth Ward August 17, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The city faces an August 29 deadline to notify federal authorities which properties it wants demolished. Homes that were only damaged are on a list of 1,700 condemned properties causing confusion and fear among residents who say their homes need not be demolished. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Run-down Stratford Primed For Olympic DevelopmentLONDON - APRIL 20: Car parts lie in a car yard near Pudding Mill Lane with the buildings of Canary Wharf in the background on April 20, 2006 in London, England. International Olympic Committee inspectors are in London this week to scrutinise the city's preparations for hosting the 2012 Games. Hosting the 2012 Olympic Games is expected to transform the area into a state of the art sporting hub, but hundreds of businesses will have to relocate as they are due to be bulldozed to make way for the Games. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
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Londons Olympic Site Facing Radical ChangeLONDON - FEBRUARY 24: Rubbish floats in the River Lea near the site of the London 2012 Olympics in the East London borough of Stratford on February 24, 2006 in London, England. Hosting the 2012 Olympic Games is expected to transform the area into a state of the art sporting hub, but hundreds of businesses will have to relocate as they are due to be bulldozed to make way for the Games. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
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Remants Of British Military Base Illustrates Complex Iraqi HistoryCAMP HABBANIYAH, IRAQ - JANUARY 30: The exterior of a dilapidated British cinema is seen on the ground of the American-occupied Camp Habbaniyah January 30, 2006 in Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq. 'Habbaniya' was a British-built airbase, created during the British occupation of Iraq in the 1920s and kept for strategic reasons even after Iraq became a sovereign country in 1930. When Iraq staged a coup and declared an alliance with Germany in April 1941, Britain and Iraq (with German help) fought a two-month war for control of Habbaniya, which Britain won. British forces finally pulled out in the 1950s, but the battered and neglected churches, pools, and theaters that remain are reminders of Great Britain's long and stormy experience in militarily occupying Iraq. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)
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Ellis Island Hospital Complex To Be RestoredNEW YORK - JUNE 3: The delapidated and overgrown exterior of one of the hospital buildings is seen June 3, 2003 in the not yet restored Ellis Island hospital complex. Save Ellis Island!, a foundation that serves as the National Parks' fundraising partner is launching a national five-year $300 million fundraising campaign to restore this building along with 29 others primarily on the south side of Ellis Island that have been closed to the public since 1954. (Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)
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Residents Of Condemned Houses In Seoul Try To Prevent Their DemolitionSEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JANUARY 7: Inhabitants of condemned housing watch the demolition of their homes, January 7, 2004 in a run down neighbourhood of Seoul, South Korea. Protests against the demolition became violent with petrol bombs being thrown as the residents made a last ditch attempt to stay in the homes which they have hardly dared leave since they were earmarked for destruction. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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Damaged Broadacast Equipment397825 01: A damaged television dish lies in disrepair is in the compound of Radio Afghanistan and Afghanistan TV November 28, 2001 in Kabul. This dish was damaged by fighting and was never repaired during the Soviet Union's involvement in Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. Afghanistan TV went back on air immediately after the Taliban retreated from the city of Kabul. It broadcasts news programs in the evening and Afghan drama programs, interpersed with broadcasts about the life of Ahmed Shah Massoud, the leader of the Northern Alliance who was assassinated in northern Afghanistan shortly before the September 11th attacks in the United States. (Photo by Phil Goodwin/Getty Images)
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Mare Favela Remains Occupied Ahead Of Presidential ElectionsRIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 10: Cats sit in a delapidated section of the occupied Complexo da Mare, one of the largest favela complexes in Rio, on October 10, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. There is one running pipe of water for dozens of residents in the area. The Mare favela is currently occupied by Brazilian military soldiers. Brazilian President and Workers' Party (PT) candidate Dilma Rousseff faces Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) challenger Aecio Neves in a run-off election on October 26. Rousseff's Workers' Party has developed social programs assiting millions to rise out of poverty yet Brazil's economy has sputtered as of late. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
