Posted on 01/03/2009 7:20:11 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
Yankee Stadium as you cite is a perfect example.
That neighborhood was not only like a wasteland, it was like a war zone, you just didn’t place yourself in it. Then somehow, it got all cleaned up.
Now, you can even walk a few blocks away to a bodega (mini market) and buy a beer before the game. I’ve done it many times and even a couple of times parked my car on the street.
The transformation was nothing short of miraculous. David Dinky was a nightmare and just incompetent. Oddly now when I’ve been up to the area for games, I don’t even think about how it used to be.
That’s how radically the environment of criminality has changed. Amazing.
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