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On July 13, 1977, the power went out in New York City. What happened next depended on who and where you were. "This is the greatest," said a twenty-year-old in Rego Park. " People aren't afraid to come out of their houses. There are so many people on the street, nobody's getting mugged." "I want to go home," a Brooklyn [...]