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Old 06-02-2010, 11:41 PM
 
Location: Jersey Boy living in Florida
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My neighborhood of Forest Hill in Newark (well I'm not officially moved in yet, but give it a little over 2 weeks) has beautiful, well maintained architecture. There's a section of the neighborhood where old Victorian mansions very much compliment the city.

Forest Hill houses--


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Ok, maybe this isn't necessarily a ghetto, but they're in the commonly referred "ghetto city" of Newark.

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Weequahic on the other hand is a neighborhood in Newark with a pretty high crime rate (it's not the worst part of Newark though) but the homes seem to be very well maintained and deceiving.


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Forest Hill is an awesome neighborhood, hope you enjoy it. Nice pictures all around pretty much added to my Jersey pics lol .
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:43 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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When did you come over to the darkside?
hahahaha...very funny.

If this is the darkside, then its quite an awesome darkside.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:44 PM
 
Location: The Bay
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Wouldn't have known that.


I'm just curious though... what consistently makes poor neighborhoods on the west coast seem inviting compared to the equivalent neighborhoods on the east coast to east coasters?
Still wondering about this
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:45 PM
 
Location: Jersey Boy living in Florida
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Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York City:


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1092/...322f837023.jpg


http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...icecheck.1.jpg


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kulnm8Gjhh..._down_Sept.jpg

http://vlshomes.com/images/full/5436515a.jpg (broken link)
http://vlshomes.com/images/full/5436515a.jpg (broken link)


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/...c0541651ee.jpg


http://media.cdn-redfin.com/photo/79.../2137984_0.jpg

It is not a ghetto area, but I'm just showing you more pictures of houses in the city of NY.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:47 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Still wondering about this
well, if we're talking ghetto vs ghetto, then I think its because the West has much newer buildings in general and so comparable places in the Easet have dilapidated worse simply because they are much older.

Also, there seem to be many huge apartment blocks for lower income folks in the East and that does not exist in the West.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:48 PM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York City:


http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1092/...322f837023.jpg


http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...icecheck.1.jpg


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kulnm8Gjhh..._down_Sept.jpg


http://vlshomes.com/images/full/5436515a.jpg (broken link)


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3259/...c0541651ee.jpg


http://media.cdn-redfin.com/photo/79.../2137984_0.jpg

It is not a ghetto area, but I'm just showing you more pictures of houses in the city of NY.
Yes, its very pretty.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:48 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Why do some of the poor neighborhoods in the east coast/midwest have huge houses?
I'm sure this has probably been said before but I'm too lazy to read through the thread to confirm. But the basic answer is, these neighborhoods didn't start out as slums, they used to be upper-middle-class (if not outright upper-class) parts of the city. Most of those "huge houses" have since been subdivided into several rinky-dink apartments.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:50 PM
 
Location: Jersey Boy living in Florida
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Originally Posted by Nineties Flava View Post
Wouldn't have known that.


I'm just curious though... what consistently makes poor neighborhoods on the west coast seem inviting compared to the equivalent neighborhoods on the east coast to east coasters?
Weather.
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:54 PM
 
Location: St Paul, MN - NJ's Gold Coast
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Forest Hill is an awesome neighborhood, hope you enjoy it. Nice pictures all around pretty much added to my Jersey pics lol .
Thanks, I'm definitely looking forward to it!
I just used this thread to shed some light on Newark.
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ckh,
Syracuse looks so much better in person, I always feel like google maps makes most places look dreary (unless it's in an HD zone)
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Old 06-02-2010, 11:54 PM
 
Location: The Bay
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well, if we're talking ghetto vs ghetto, then I think its because the West has much newer buildings in general and so comparable places in the Easet have dilapidated worse simply because they are much older.

Also, there seem to be many huge apartment blocks for lower income folks in the East and that does not exist in the West.


It does in the cities...


there used to be a ****load of ugly ass projects in SF


Valencia Gardens

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Sunnydale Projects





http://www.aprisf.org/400Projects/405BBTour/2008/SD/images/20080823%20SUNNYDALE%20%28137%29_jpg.jpg (broken link)


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Portrero Hill Projects




http://sanfranciscostuff.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/potreroannex.jpg (broken link)





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