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* The very first lines of the very first episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987}}'' (set in New York City) are reporter April O'Neill saying the following to set the mood for her coverage of a current bizarre crime spree:
-->'''April:''' Crime. It's something we take for granted. It's simply a day-to-day fact of life in the big city.
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* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'', with recurring plots having just about any of the other animal characters in the city being criminals or simply unfriendly. The Telltale Games play with both its older image and with gentrification, the latter being directly referenced by the reforming of Grandpa Stinky's dive bar into a trendy modern one run by his Granddaughter, which the lead characters [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks lament]].

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* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'', ''Franchise/SamAndMax'', with recurring plots having just about any of the other animal characters in the city being criminals or simply unfriendly. The Telltale Games play with both its older image and with gentrification, the latter being directly referenced by the reforming of Grandpa Stinky's dive bar into a trendy modern one run by his Granddaughter, which the lead characters [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks lament]].



* Hubert Selby Jr.'s ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' portrays the titular borough in the late 1950s as a WretchedHive of prostitutes, {{drag queen}}s and criminals. It was quite shocking when first published in the early 1960's.

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* Hubert Selby Jr.'s ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' ''Literature/LastExitToBrooklyn'' portrays the titular borough in the late 1950s as a WretchedHive of prostitutes, {{drag queen}}s and criminals. It was quite shocking when first published in the early 1960's.

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