Dystopian New York City

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There were abundant dystopian aspects of New York City in the 1980s, when crime, crack and AIDS produced a perfect storm of anxiety about the fraying social fabric. At the time, New York was experiencing a record crime wave (in 1989 the city averaged 36 murders a week) and fear pervaded the city. The Central Park Jogger case was a perfect vehicle for that fear, and the media pounced. In 1989 things were very different from contemporary times with a stop and frisk. On an average week over 30 people were killed in a week. Rapes was brought up and so was all crimes. This was the moment that crack hit the street and was more addictive than cocaine. According to burns “Housing projects dotted their landscapes. Billed as “urban renewal” and constructed