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“Welcome to Fear City” was a pamphlet, published in 1975 by a coalition of public-sector unions calling itself the Council for Public Safety, was ostensibly a guide meant for tourists who wanted to avoid danger during their visit to the big city. To a current-day New Yorker, its rules for safe conduct are laughable: Don’t take the subway; never leave midtown Manhattan; stay inside after 6 p.m., no matter what neighborhood you’re in.