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		rdl on Jan 25, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Worst-Run Big City in the U.S. – San Francisco... I thought the big gains for NYC were 1970s to end-of-Koch, not 1993 to 2012. I still am confused how NYC became "escape from NY" in the 1970s and early 1980s.

rayiner on Jan 25, 2013 [–]

I didn't visit New York until the early 1990's, so I'm not sure what it was like in the 1980's, but my understanding is that violent crime peaked in 1990.

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