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Old photo: In the dark neighborhoods of New York in the 1980s, crime rates consistently topped the list

The Bronx, the northernmost of New York's five boroughs, has one of the highest crime rates in the country because its residents are predominantly african and Latin American descent.

Old photo: In the dark neighborhoods of New York in the 1980s, crime rates consistently topped the list

During the 1970s and 1980s, arson was common in residential areas of the Bronx, which only improved in the early 1990s after a major blow from the New York City government.

Old photo: In the dark neighborhoods of New York in the 1980s, crime rates consistently topped the list

In 1983, 800 Fox Street houses caught fire. There is an urgent need for houses to be rebuilt, because there is no more land to live on

Old photo: In the dark neighborhoods of New York in the 1980s, crime rates consistently topped the list

It's people at nightclubs, which smell of hormones and drugs.

Old photo: In the dark neighborhoods of New York in the 1980s, crime rates consistently topped the list

Old photo: In the dark neighborhoods of New York in the 1980s, crime rates consistently topped the list

Old photo: In the dark neighborhoods of New York in the 1980s, crime rates consistently topped the list

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