By Joe Clements | The Real Reporter
LYNN – The scorching fires of yesteryear are largely a distant memory and a ton of money has been put in to help this North Shore metropolis overcome the urban blight, rampant corruption and pernicious poverty that spiraled Lynn into despair during the 1970s and 1980s, its largest expo- sure in the 1990s a frequent spot on the tele- vision program, Cops, where the dark and crime-filled streets were on display to millions.
Finally, however, as the 2020s approach, the hardscrabble city is being reclaimed thanks largely to a flood of millennials escaping skyrocketing housing costs in Boston and Cambridge by migrating to nearby urban alternatives, that trend contributing to what Colliers International Executive VP Jeff Black declares “a New Day for Lynn.”
