Editing Pine Hills, Florida (section)

=="Crime Hills Narrative"==
Into the late 1990s and early 2000s, Pine Hills' worsening economic decline resulted in the increasingly negative public perception of the area in local media, and public discourse.

In recent years, this pattern of unfavorable media coverage of Pine Hills has resulted in passionate discourse regarding the true causes and nature of the current state of the area, exacerbated by the generational divide of residents that lived in Pine Hills during its most economically prosperous time, and more recent generations of residents.

Negative psychological impacts of this online discourse, manifest tangibly in a significant decrease in homeownership, and the increase of non-residential property ownership in Pine Hills, Florida.

In most cases, former residents, and their descendants, react to unfavorable coverage with backlash, echoing negative stereotypes and discrediting successes of community-led efforts to address poverty-related crimes, and general insecurity. This phenomenon has since been coined, '''"The Crime Hills narrative"''' by Pine Hills Partnership Inc., a local 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the area.

In October 2020, local news reports indicated the area suffered a six-month gang war that had killed five people, including a three-year-old child.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=David |last2=Toohey |first2=Grace |title=After years of violence in Pine Hills, Orange leaders still searching for a plan |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/crime/os-ne-orange-pine-hills-gang-violence-response-20201008-wjrfibhrkbcqzcu2k7ko7lydkm-story.html |access-date=23 October 2020 |publisher=Orlando Standard |date=8 October 2020}}</ref> Although, the same period in question saw a significant spike in violent crimes, and notable shootings, across Orange County, and Greater Orlando.