Harlem, New York City

Harlem is one of the cities that are celled 'dangerous place.' But, looking there with google map, it doesn't really seem to be such a place. Is it an old story? I don't know. Harlem is a part of north Manhattan and is where many African-Americans live.

But, one reason why there are many unemployed people or why relatively more poor people live there is deindustrialization after World War II. Deindustrialization is such as an economic shift from factory to service sector. If you go to New York City, you see that there is no factory. May be there are, but almost no.

I have never been there, but many people say Harlem is a dangerous place. I understand there are relatively high crime rate where poorer people live. But, my image of such a city used to be like there are many dirty or half-broken buildings...etc. But, Harlem doesn't seem like.

Just, I wondered, because my textbook says that the unemployment rate among Black youth would be 86%. This seems really large number.