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When I first moved to NYC it was a dangerous place. Walking down 42nd street from Bryant Park (6th Avenue) to Port Authority (8th Avenue) was like nothing it is today. Drug addicts, prostitutes, homeless, and miscellaneous ruffians were out and about. Today it's name and portrait artists, pictures and lights of Disneyland.
What was interesting to watch was the change from angry NY to the Disney NY. I always said that I believed it was a nicer place because people were all getting paid. Everyone was getting a piece of the pie from the ground up to the top of the skyscrapers.
Now, I'm seeing people pissed off again. The other day I watched someone bump into someone crossing the street and small yelling match started with the lady pulling out a pair of scissors in preparation to attack the man. A traffic officer broke up the fight by approaching the man and telling him to walk away.
I remember in the tumult of 80s in LA. I knew people who would make your car disappear across the border for a few benjamins.
No doubt that we should see an increase in these types of crimes and crime as a whole.
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