The 80s in NYC were still pretty bad although I suppose you could argue they stopped getting worse sometime around then. Yeah, I'd date improvement to the mid to late 90s. Boston probably about the same.
I lived in NYC for a summer in the mid-80s. I never set foot anywhere below about 90th in Manhattan.
You can actually pinpoint the moment in 1994 when the derivative changed. David Schwimmer goes from side character in season 1 of NYPD Blue who ends up dead trying to save an old lady from a mugger to...Ross.
I lived in NYC for a summer in the mid-80s. I never set foot anywhere below about 90th in Manhattan.