Hopefully we take out Toronto. But in 1977, I was running a McDonald's in a high crime area of the Bronx. The Bronx was burning. It was massive flight in the 70s. A million people had already picked up and left New York City, many of them from the Bronx. And they went into nearby New Jersey and Westchester and Connecticut. They couldn't, they couldn't get out quick enough, but some on fixed income, all they did was put more … (42:35–42:41)
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