I guess any place can improve depending on how you define that term. But hasn't the Bronx been in decline for decades and, actually, generations? If so, it will probably take decades for it to reach a threshhold where those who live there can state without equivocation that it has improved. I know thatthere are parts of Pittsburgh where I grew up that started deteriorating a long time ago and show no signs of improving.
I would say the Bronx is in better footing (due to gentrification slowly coming into the area, new investments) than many other traditional struggling urban areas like Detroit, Baltimore, parts of DC,etc. Each area has its pluses and its minuses obviously.
