If that is indeed a load bearing post above, there should be a post directly below to carry that weight, and without that the sag could be the result.

But in 1925 the Walt Whitman Bridge to Philadelphia opened and the gradual exodus of money began.  

I carry a lot of the weight which is no problem and neither here nor there.

Why can't we attempt to make substantial changes gradually?

How were minorities to build wealth if the laws were unfairly holding them back, now you may have nothing to do with this, and i often hear people say well i didn't hold any slaves which is true but look at it this way. how do you compete in a race when some people are running with weights tied to their feet and others are unfettered.

My belief system hold no more weight then any belief system that places the Light of God's love at its heart.

It's been a gradual process that accumulated through many terms and with the policies initiated by many in an attempt to appease the general population.

I was treated prejudicially because of my weight.

We gradually acquired a few more and I bought him out about 20 years later. 

Your credit, net worth and ability to manage money will have more weight than your age, banks are less subjective.