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I am from NY...and love NY and miss it. I lived in downtown Troy...and in Albany on central ave. This was back in the 90"s. I had some great friends there...had some great times. I remember going to fenders nightclub to go dancing and had so much fun. My friend owned a few cigarette stores right in downtown Troy...and we used to hang out there a lot and shoot the breeze. So I was exposed to some hardcore rough folks and incidents there in downtown Troy back then. I loved the area but was also witnessing a rapid fire change especially in Troy. Troy was getting downright deadly and wild. Seems like the area was getting overcome with inner city violent thugs from downstate. The crack heads and hookers were everywhere back then. The inner city thugs were seemingly running Troy. All the rural, country girls who grew up in the area....seemingly were all were pregnant from the thugs. I never saw more drug dealers walking around pushing babies in walkers...anywhere else in my life. Me and my friends couldn't understand why these girls were so naïve and willing to have children with these thugs. It was a downright zany atmosphere back then. The shootings..stabbings...the dope dealers all over downtown at all hours. Is Troy still hell on earth to this day? I was sad to leave but simply didn't want to live around such madness and insanity any longer. But there great aspects of Troy and the capital district. I sometimes wonder if I should head back there and give it a go. So what is Troy like these days?
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Troy doesn't seem as bad as how you described it in your original post, but it definitely still has its problems.
The city has come a long way with its downtown revitalization, but any further south than that, I wouldn't want to live there. Lansingburgh is misery as well.
It's unfortunate, because it could be such a beautiful place. Just not a whole lot of money there like what Saratoga Springs has.
^ I thought that Lansingburgh varies in terms of the further out, the better.
Yeah the areas that aren't set up like regular city blocks are, for the most part, fine. Just outdated and kind of ugly. But when you're anywhere on the grid of the area, which is the majority of it, it's not exactly a place I'd want to stay at long-term. Or even short-term lol.
I can't imagine that even in the best economy in decades much has turned around for Troy or Schenectady. Imagine how much worse it will be when a recession hits.
Police handled an armed robbery tonight in Troy. An hour later they were up in the Burgh after someone fired off 6+ rounds into somebody's 2nd floor apartment from the street. It's the same thing every night.
A buddy of mine was a cop there for a while. It's not a nice place.
I'm curious to know where you moved to escape Troy? I remember also that when I was on a bowling league and had to drive to Uncle Sams lanes that you didn't want to really drive through Troy because there was just nothing there. Now I am renting closer to Troy to be closer to Troy because it has a ton of walkable stores and shops. The bars are pretty decent offering pub and social bars to a few to dance. There are still sketchy areas of course of the days past, but they are being pushed out further with river street being built up.
I am moving to the area in January and was wondering about the area in general (where to live, schools, etc)
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