slum lord essentially. >> right. >> who is snapping up large numbers of buildings. >> first of all he takes out a huge fire insurance policy, so as he goes to these junkies and says, listen, you see the empty apartment on the top floor. i'm going to turn my back. you take all of the lead pipes in there, but i have one request, please. before you leave, turn on the water, and the water comes down driving everybody else out. they then hire an arsonist and sets fire to the building. they collect all of the money and they leave. >> i remember it well. i remember those years. things were bad. are things borough, are things getter better? >> is the bronx better? absolutely. there is more homeownership in the south bronx than ever existed in history. that doesn't mean it is utopia. how long it will take? i'm a historian, i look in the other direction. i would say my crystal ball is