<p>Found this comment from a local Fordham-area resident:</p>
<p>I live in Fordham it is the Ghetto. No if, and’s, or but’s. There are some very bad blocks around there. My block happens to be one of the better ones. But as I’ve pointed out on this forum before there are varying degrees of Ghetto. Overall, Fordham is definitely not one of the worst ghetto’s in the city.</p>
<p>The interesting thing about Fordham is that there are quite a few young professionals (mostly Black, Asian, and Latino), myself included, in the area mixed in amongst all the ghetto folk. I see them all the time on my way to and from work. And it is a great shopping area. You can literally get anything over there. It’s an interesting place to say the least.</p>
<p>On a side note Jerome Avenue has to be one of the ugliest string of blocks in NYC. I’m talking mostly aesthetically. It looks right out of some gritty 70’s/early 80’s NYC movie scene.</p>
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