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The entire southern portion. That's where I was raised. It was rehabbed in the 90s (graffiti removal, burned and abandoned buildings renovated, vacant lots filled with cheap mcbuildings, etc) and now gentrification is taking hold. Very few areas look slightly similar to the craziness of the 70s, 80s & early 90s. Totally different world now. It was literally a concrete jungle when I was a kid. You could go on adventures just traveling through all the burnt out buildings, hopping roofs, playing hide and seek through the labyrinths of the basements and courtyards and shit. Now you'll get a trespassing charge for setting off a roof alarm lol. Cameras everywhere, NYPD turned it into a police state.
Much safer now, much more boring tho. Still the murder capital of NYC, but relatively safe for a poor city in america unless you're in the mix of certain people. Generally, if you stay away from the bad elements these days, you'll be left alone.
There are certain rare blocks that were fixed up cosmetically but remain war zones. Webster Avenue between 183rd street and 188th street is one of those blocks. You DO NOT want to live there unless you want to witness murder, drug and mayhem.
The Bronx is the poorest congressional district in America, with astronomical rent prices. Last part of ny that gentrification could start in, that's how shitty the bronx is lol. So those cars you see 9.9 times out of 10 belong to a drug dealer, scammer, jack boy etc. Ain't no decent jobs in the bronx, at all. Almost everybody is involved with crime in one way or another just to survive.
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