Those are anecdotes. You've put forth a conspiracy theory about manipulated numbers. I lived in NYC and there a lot on biz along with SF and yes, there are shitty areas, so you're right on tha5. But no, walking midtown is not bad. If you watch Fox any bad event in these major cities is played ad infinitum. My SF friends say avoid the tenderloin and the rest of the city is fine. Same w Seattle etc. But the right wing media is as bad or even worse than others at spinning anecdotes into systematic facts.
I'll take systematic data collection over stories any day. But look - we agree any crime sucks and people who get wanton on it need to be taken off the streets, in very direct ways. And we agree it's time we put the needs of the average citizen above those who perpetrate.
No.
Stats are that Manhattan was far more dangerous in the 90's, due to the crack epidemic. You simply have the facts wrong.
Did I say 90’s? I didn’t.
Manhattan was very unsafe in the 70s, 80s, 90s. Time square had drugs on every block.
Guilliani cleaned it up and from around 2000 to 2020 it was the one of the safest big cities I’ve ever been to. Gentrification also played a large part in this.
What is happening now is just criminal migrants being let into the city, as well putting a muzzle on NYPD, which makes all the crazy people run free without repercussions. Mayor Adam’s saw this months ago but he was afraid to stand up to his party back then.
Was joking around with a friends dad the other day. He grew up in nyc in the 70s, 80s and he said that now he feels right back at home walking down the streets.