A sober reminder for those who call the NYC of the 80's "better times" and other platitudes. I see it in all the comments of videos from that time. This is the past revisiting early 2022.
Really? In 1980s NYC, you could still have genuine friends and family and it was nowhere near as crowded as it is now since old neighborhoods have gotten bulldozed and replaced with multiple family apartment buildings. This city is a sanitized looking sham with no soul.
They call the 10 years of Ed Koch’s NYC “better times” yet call the four years of David Dinkins’ NYC the most dangerous in the city’s history. It makes no sense.
There's one big difference between the 70's and 80's crime in NYC and today. Much more guns today in NYC and more violent crimes today. Crimes back then were like graffiti!
@@Ax-vd7kk crack fell off, that was the reason, and NYC dealers either went to jail or fled to Baltimore,DC,VA, and everywhere else, where prices were higher,
Its amazing how that reputation still exists to the average person. I live 12 hours north of NYC and go every 6 months on average. I'm a 39 year old tall Caucasian, but I feel incredibly safe there. I've walked the streets of Bed Stuy, Ozone Park, Washington Heights all at 3am, etc and never felt unsafe once. However whenever one of my friends are going for the first time, everyone is worrying about their safety and safety is a big topic.
@@jaretwood9558 It depends on what part of NYC you visit... Tourist spots like Time Square and Grand central are generally safe. But when you go to certain parts of NYC, then you may be unsafe.
@@jaretwood9558 it's not like it used to be... No where near it. NYC would see 2,000+ homicides in single year 40 years ago. Now, it's only about 200 a year. So drastic difference in crime... NYC was a war zone back then. Up until the mid 90s, crime was up
@@jmfia2391 I agree, im definetely aware that areas are unsafe like E NY, Brownsville, Hunts Point, etc...But as someone who follows the news in NYC daily, there arent that many shootings, etc as you hear in Chicago, etc. Although im sure a lot of crime goes unreported.
@@destinilund4771 NYC once had a strong middle class presence. You could afford to live there making a working class salary. Entire generations of families knew nothing but city life and they were called city hicks. There also used to be a lot of manufacturing centered around Brooklyn. People moved to the city to start a new life with nothing in their pockets just by opening up a stand selling magazines or walking into a television studio pre 9/11. Maybe there is less crime today but it has become a city for elites and no opportunity for those who aren't highly educated with already money in their pockets. The upper middle class made up of doctors and lawyers can barely afford to live there.
@@destinilund4771 To speak of the opportunity. Think of guys like Larry David, Woody Allen, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel. Absolute penniless musicians, actors, writers, comedians who lived in Manhattan and Greenwhich Village, and were able to find immense opportunity for themselves without a penny to their name. That New York City is long gone. It was replaced by greed.
@@l.n963 I agree with you a hundred percent. This law that they created this bail reform state law is going to set up New York for years to come to become the city it was in the 80s.
Born 1980 bronx new york, shit was definitely wild when i was growing up as a kid. There was also a time in the 90s that people were getting killed over jordans and 8 ball jackets.
I remember Madonna's speech at Billboard Music Awards where she said New York was a scary place. that was 1979 and I didn't know that it was then unsafe in 80s.
I grew up 70s 80s nyc it was crazy but back then it was the norm i really didnt know anything else until 90s came around and it started to ease i think highest homicide was 1990 with over 2200 .crack started a even bigger wave around 1987 it was crazy
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@@newyorker6890 You love Mayor DeBlasio? With all due respect, where are you typing this from? A gated limousine liberal community in Scarsdale? If you actually lived in NYC it clearly evident this Mayor and the liberal judicial system, have turned NYC into an open sewer.
Happy New Year! It’s now officially 40 years since the year that was the REAL start of the 80s, thanks to the launch of MTV(with The Buggles’ music video “Video Killed The Radio Star”), the election of Ronald Reagan, and the marriage of Lady Diana and Prince Charles.
For those that have this weird affinity for Ed Koch keep in mind that he was mayor during this time and for most of the 80’s, the decade that is unquestionably the most dangerous in the history of the city.
This when my family moved. My early teenage years and my family moved to New Hampshire after my father was laid off. Looking back I am glad we did. Once you got into JR High and then High School there was less shelter because you left your neighborhood. By the eras standards I was no tough guy and I got to finish growing up without looking over my shoulder at school or walking somewhere. The kids in NH could;d be pretty scrappy but I had no issues there. I knew I wasn’t going to get thrown down a flight of stairs or mugged in the bathroom. I do have some great memories of NYC It’s where my family is from.
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First story... murder on Pacific Street in Brooklyn. My maternal grandma(with whom we were staying as we were visiting from Buffalo over the holidays) didn't live too far from there.
1981 ended up becoming the worst year in NYC up to that point with 1,832 homicides. 1982-1984 saw a decrease. The first half of 1985 it dipped even lower compared to the first half of the previous year, but the second half of 1985 a little drug hit the streets.....
Happy new year It’s now officially 40 years since the year that was the REAL start of the 80s, thanks to the launch of MTV(with The Buggles’ music video “Video Killed The Radio Star”), the election of Ronald Reagan, and the marriage of Lady Diana and Prince Charles.
Wow this is the trifecta for an expat Aussie . Channel 9 in Sydney pinched the exact dramatic music for their News intro . Channel 10 in Sydney tagged their news bulletins as Eyewitness News and Channel 7 in Sydney had the exact logo as the 7 logo on the screen here . Trippy.
I grew up in the former Soviet bloc (Czechoslovakia) in the 70s and 80s. And I remember as a child short shots from New York on the main news (there was only 1 channel) commenting on how terrible life is in the West and under capitalism. I see it wasn't easy. We had about 5 murders a year in that period.
@so Dumb it is not getting worse, there is no way that its getting worse, its way safer and better now 2010s to 2021 compared to the 70s -90s, much better nowadays
2:29 It's exactly the same today, with the virus putting countless tens of thousands out of work or out of business. Tempers are short today; and with fewer people on the street due to the pandemic, it is wide-open for criminal activity.
You’re saying that the police officers think that guns contributed more to the murders when the guns were 50% as a 1700 murders for that year just in New York city.
yup the first murder 2021 happened after midnight. same thing gonna happen again. wait till the snow storms are over and another lockdown starts. history repeats itself
@@jamesjones2173 Biden was one of the architechs of 3 strikes while he was a senator. and it didn't help black folks one bit! But "If you don't vote for me you ain't black!"
NYC had 433 homicides last year. NYC reached 2,245 in 1990. The 433 was a decline from nearly 500 in 2021. Still the number of murders in NYC is still down more than 80% from the peak in 1990.
Wow. Sad. Not much has changed. Crime increases everywhere because we are in the Last Days (2 Timothy 3:1-5) and the whole world is divided (Daniel 2:41-43). The truth is this: humans cannot control a thing, because wickedness control the world (1 John 5:19).
I was a infant I would of been turning a year old in September wow new york was cray cray back then let's not forget crack came on the scene things would go from bad to worse 🤦🤦
Coming from London we find it strange when you hear New Yorkers saying crimes getting worse in 2022 when you've seen those numbers in the past.....London is a very safe city compared, probably only for murder but everything else is similar.
@@vladimirputinforUSA You are so correct, I’m tired of people be saying that this generation is so bad and worse...back in the late 60s to the mid 90s..NYC was a war zone..today Times is a cake walk
1784!!!!! Omggggg that’s a lot cuz they didn’t have all the for basics and cc tv. A lot of people think twice cuz of that now thank god! Not to mention has set so many innocent free. Well probably almost break 1000
Yup I said the same thing. Give it 3 summers and watch the homicides go back to 2,000 a year. Get ya 🍿 popcorn kids because we finna see the greatest murder show in the land. Stay tuned..
NYC will never meet that limit again. Y’all saying it’s changing cause of the pandemic but it’s been nowhere near that and even when it was normal it was never dangerous
@@D_a_yyy #1 Nobody is praying it gets to that level. So relax Homie. #2 Ny will always be dangerous. Ny had too many elements to be a safe city. Also, most people in the city know that they don't even give you accurate crime numbers. So what ever is the murder toll for NYC, just understand that the real number is alot higher then you think. But we all have our own opinion.
blacksultan85 I wrote this a while back nobody wants murders n kios no but I hate that this city is programmed now I’ll take this b4 life being programmed on social media etc etc any day
