<p>@required_details</p>
<p>Yes, you are right. According to the 2000 Census, the bronx contains one of the poorest congressional districts in the country. But, as we have already mentioned, despite persisting poverty, crime in the Bronx has decreased dramatically during the last two decades: [Decline</a> in Bronx Crime Charts](<a href=“http://bronxda.nyc.gov/misc/decline.html]Decline”>http://bronxda.nyc.gov/misc/decline.html). And keep in mind that these statistics are averages for the Bronx as a whole and Fordham is in one of the Bronx’s safer neighborhoods.</p>
<p>And, you are also right that the Bronx went through some very rough times during the 60s and 70s. But, the Bronx is a very different place today, as is all of New York City: [BX</a>. IS BOOMING - NYPOST.com](<a href=“http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_QgDqiHeCfGgzh3XXlvGpYJ;jsessionid=B409BF6117093A573E55B4F93687FBDD]BX”>http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_QgDqiHeCfGgzh3XXlvGpYJ;jsessionid=B409BF6117093A573E55B4F93687FBDD)
<a href=“Celebrities Now Give Thonx for Their Roots in the Bronx - The New York Times”>Celebrities Now Give Thonx for Their Roots in the Bronx - The New York Times;
<p>Also, while I do have issue with some of the language used in the post you quoted, the author did have some valuable things to say (although Jerome Ave really isn’t that bad- there’s a good Vietnamese and Ghanaian restaurant my friends and I like. And the above-ground 4-train and St. James Park make it an almost scenic street)</p>