That is crazy. How far did you have to go on foot before you got a taxi?
It was about 0.75 miles to get off the Cross Bronx and back onto the surface. We took a taxi back into Midtown where it was safe(er). Even then midtown was a dystopic mess too. It was bad then and it is better now, but not for long. The dystopia that is the liberal utopia is not a place that normal people want to inhabit.