Now, red-liningbasically means that the economic tapsget switched off to an area and what...

Now, red-lining
basically means that the economic taps
get switched off to an area and what you had,
very quickly, from about
the mid-80s onwards, from about
the mid-80s onwards, was this rapid
urban degradation
of old buildings like Ponte. [narrator] There was
no electricity, running water
or any municipal services. [Auerbach]
Residents started to simply throw their rubbish
into the central area and eventually you had
a giant pile of trash
five-stories high. [Mitchell]
What ends up happening is what would be referred to
in the United States
as "white flight." The white residents leave, The white residents leave, and crime moves in. And so Ponte becomes synonymous with crime
rather quickly