When I went to Newark 20 years ago the road I was on looked like an abandoned waste land. Today the area has multi level family houses and looks more like a walkable area. Ascetically it looks much better - if it’s really a better place to live I don’t know. It’s likely it needed massive investor cash to rebuild so I’m honestly not surprised.
I went to college in Newark from 2006-2012. Essentially the beginning to the end of the Booker era. Yeah they make a big stink about the new developments and how Newark was "Revitalizing" itself.
Nonsense: It was a dump when I started and was still a dump when I left. The thing is you don't realize it until you have gone to a place that has not had Newark's issues. Only then do you realize how much further they have to go.
