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TIL that during the 70s and 80s, dozens of fires were set off deliberately in Hoboken, which displaced thousands of mostly Hispanic residents and killed 56. Investigators suspected that they were started by landlords in arson for profit schemes in order to sell newly renovated apartments to yuppies.

by /u/TheMemer14 in /r/todayilearned

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