Sure, Hoodlum.
The former "bad" areas in America are becoming gentrified as people with money are moving from the suburbs back to the cities now.
First thing they do is to force law enforcement/government to do their jobs and enforce the rules on the book about safety.

People in "bad" areas or in good areas that some losers are trying to ruin can do the same thing; monitor the area you live in, call police on the losers, force officials to enforce law and safety codes. Some people sit by idly as the area they live in slowly decays. Me? the First sign of bullsh*t, I'm trying to get you out of the neighborhood. Either conform to the rules of the area, keep paying steep fines from the township, or beat it.