My thoughts on gentrification (New York, York: good schools, top, climate)
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lets add to the crime thread....whats the most violent crime you have seen?
for me the most shocking one is where i saw somebody get robbed in a pizza shop with a gun in broad daylight....while i was eating my pizza in my hometown, far rock.
i have seen people get stabbed before but for some reason the roberry sticks out as the worst.
I've seen a shotgun shootout take place right in front of my face.
A shootout at a basketball game that sent many people scrambling (hoping over fences, running for their lives, etc.) and it was a lot of people too.
The aftermath of when a woman fell off a terrace (many people say she was thrown off but IDK).
A brawl with like 30 people (not really a violent crime though).
I have a question...Is there any concensus yet on how the crime rate dropped so much during the 1990's in NYC? I am sure this has been debated before, but is there any consensus appearing? I understand that the gentrification of many neighborhoods is a factor. However, what about better policing? Could the police just being tougher (arrests for minor crimes, more executions of warrants, community policing, stop and frisk policies and tougher sentences) make so much of a difference? What do you all thing?
Even though I was just a kid in the 90s, I think the main thing that lowered crime in NY and many other inner cities was the crack game losing it's Midas touch (if that's what you wanna call it). The next generation saw the effects of what crack was doing to communities, the crack dealers openly having turf wars definitely was a leading factor, and add in the police getting tougher & being more clever in putting the dealers in jail: what all those factors, crime is sure to decrease dramatically.
Nice list, I was looking at some website and the 113th precinct came close to being the "murder capital" but it came in second after the 75th precinct, I forgot what year that was.
Nice list, I was looking at some website and the 113th precinct came close to being the "murder capital" but it came in second after the 75th precinct, I forgot what year that was.
Where'd you get this info?
You sure? I think it's too small to ever compete with the 75th, 73rd, 44th or 46th. Maybe you're talking murder rate. I would love to have a list like this based on murder rate. But the population numbers are hard to find.
I do know in terms of rate that the 41st was #1 in 1990 ...and 48th was # 1 in 1998. These were mentioned in old articles.
Nice graph! Looks like 41th that include hunts point if im not wrong? has kept on a steady high throughout the years and i once read an article in the times about it being americas most dangerous neighborhood. dont bite my head of if its not im just saying hunts point is not really much brought up on this forum tho.
Nice graph! Looks like 41th that include hunts point if im not wrong? has kept on a steady high throughout the years and i once read an article in the times about it being americas most dangerous neighborhood. dont bite my head of if its not im just saying hunts point is not really much brought up on this forum tho.
Pretty old article but kind of relevant just thought id include it
I won't bite your head. Hunts Point year after year produces the highest per capita crime stats in the city. So in essence, it may be NY's most dangerous hood. It is certainly in the discussion.
The worst experience I had in NYC was, back in the late and early 90's living in Queens. Wow those were the wild days, I was a young boy then. Even for what it is decent neighborhoods now days. Woodside/Maspeth Queens. My father was attack and robbed. My professor was beating outside the school. Among many other stories I heard and saw so much. It is a bless what the city is like now.
Back in the days it was lawless. and it was rare that people would report it. I'd say the city started getting better sometime in 2003
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