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so we now have what you call a slumlord, essentially. lloyd: yes, right. anthony: who s snapping up large numbers of buildings. lloyd: yeah. first of all, he takes out a huge fire insurance policy. so as he goes to these junkies, and he says, listen, you see that empty apartment on the top floor? i m going to turn my back. you take all of the lead pipes that are 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 the money, and they leave. anthony: i remember it well. i remember those few years. things were bad. are things, borough-wide, are things getting better? lloyd: is the bronx better? absolutely. there is more home ownership in the south bronx than had ever existed in history. that doesn t mean that we have reached utopia. we have not. how long it will take? i m a historian.
politicians making the south bronx a poster child for what was hopelessly wrong, would always be wrong, would never, we were told, get any better. so we now have what you call a slum lord, essentially. snapping up large numbers of buildings. yeah. first of all, he takes out a huge fire insurance policy. so, as he goes to the junkies and he says, listen, you see that empty apartment on the top floor? i m going to turn my back. you take all of the lead pipes that are 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. they collect all the money and they leave. i remember it well. i remember those years. things were bad. are things borough wide in are things getting better? is the bronx better?