It was "an area too vast for the one-dimensional, hyper-violent-ghetto stereotype," says Cal State Northridge geography professor Ronald A. Davidson. "A cynical view would be that they exploited the city’s amorphousness and lack of definition to provide cover. And it seems to have worked. A 'problem area' in L.A. has vanished."
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