Certainly the population of NYC must have grown significantly in the past 65 years Economic stagnation in the 70s meant that the population of NYC has not alwa

Certainly the population of NYC must have grown significantly in the past 65 years Economic stagnation in the 70s meant that the population of NYC has not always been growing. And it definitely hasn't always been the city it is today - the subway had a terrible reputation in the 80s as a place of crime, so many didn't take it.