Brownsville section of Brooklyn in 1971

[Black Hans]

NYC lokked like a total dump back then. Some of these houses look like they were melting

Disgusting

 

[cjlaw93]

Basically what I'm saying, I think a big reason why NYC was so dangerous back then, was it was basically a bunch of grimey, tough down south nikkas, put together on a small, densely populated island living on top of each other, forced to survive.

Basically just like Chicago and LA

 

[BrothaZay]

Basically just like Chicago and LA

I would say LA is a little different.

The crip n blood shyt is really what made LA dangerous

 

[cjlaw93]

I would say LA is a little different.

The crip n blood shyt is really what made LA dangerous

Those people were from the South too that's what I was getting at

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

South Bronx in the 70s is the craziest shyt I ever seen

shyt looked like Syria after all the bombings.

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Born/raised in excelsior then pops bought a crib 5 min away in ingleside heights.
Excelsior still not gentrified

Really? That's incredible. Because I never see black people in SF that don't look like they just work there

When we're these buildings built and how did the destruction occur?

I'm not sure about the Ville, but the south Bronx it was arson. Building Owners were tourching their buildings for the check. It's went on for well over a decade. I suspect some of that ocuurred in Brownsville

 

[CashmereThoughts]

South Bronx in the 70s is the craziest shyt I ever seen

shyt looked like Syria after all the bombings.

You'll see white people walking around their now

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Basically what I'm saying, I think a big reason why NYC was so dangerous back then, was it was basically a bunch of grimey, tough down south nikkas, put together on a small, densely populated island living on top of each other, forced to survive.

White flight and segregation definitely created those conditions your describing.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

NYC lokked like a total dump back then. Some of these houses look like they were melting

What's crazy is that we used to play in those lots and abandoned buildings like they weren't lots and abandoned buildings

If my moms and pops only knew the stuff I did

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Nycs highest murder rate was in 92. Nyc started to change in the mid to late 90's

But in the 70's and 80's Jimmy Carter declared the south Bronx a disaster area

Historians said it was in worse conditions then auschwitz

That year was actually the 4th highest NYC murder rate. Regardless, you're on point, that's why I consider surviving the NYC Crack Era as a badge of honor, for real.

 

[sfgiants]

Really? That's incredible. Because I never see black people in SF that don't look like they just work there

It's cuz that neighborhood is on the far southwest end of the city, far from downtown and the other "trendy" neighborhoods. And last I read the black population in sf was like 6% shyt is really just white and Asian now with some Latinos still in mission/ and other neighborhoods scattered around

The most famous "soul food" spot in the city is owned and ran by an Asian woman

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

The test of a real niqqa

 

[dtownreppin214]

@SkiHatDaGawd you grew up in bville?

 

[dtownreppin214]

it'd be nice to see a 2017 version.....

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

@SkiHatDaGawd you grew up in bville?

Nah, had family and hung out a whole lot there. Second home.