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Out of my Element
I spent a ton of time in Chelsea in 2022 and in March of this year and I didn't see any of the above, other than some unhoused people, which you see in every major city in America. We walked from Battery Park up to the middle of Central Park, over to the East side and to the Hudson River and back.
Most Trip Reports over at TripAdvisor mention the unhoused issues as well as lots of empty store fronts, but I'm not seeing many reports of crime (there was a pickpocket thread started last week as that did happen to a tourist), and you smell weed on and off, but I smelled weed here near LA yesterday, so again, an issue everywhere
What's unhoused? Oh you mean homeless.
I have been living in NYC for almost my entire adult life, and I have never seen it so bad. Every day, there are multiple reports of gun shootings; no borough and no neighborhood are spared. People injecting themselves with needles in broad daylight and in a busy area are common occurrence nowadays.