Hicksville is gone? (New York, Bethpage, Newark: relocate, transplants, insurance)

[4StanleyCups]

Originally Posted by Jrock247

Huh? your complaining about low class people but you want to move to the Bronx? By the way, a gentleman never allows a women to wait for a train unescorted

Touche.

You get a rep point for that one!

[Dedalus]

She never takes the train without me, cause like a lot of people out here, she finds Manhattan scary.

People out here find a lot of things scary. Particularly the second generation LI'ers, who've never been anywhere else.

Factories...chemicals...they give you cancer...SCARY.

Brown skinned people...gang members...SCARY.

Anything different from them...they never heard of it...it's weird...SCARY.

The second highest rate of pedestrian traffic deaths in New York State...A-OK.

[Jrock247]

Originally Posted by Dedalus

She never takes the train without me, cause like a lot of people out here, she finds Manhattan scary.

People out here find a lot of things scary. Particularly the second generation LI'ers, who've never been anywhere else.

Factories...chemicals...they give you cancer...SCARY.

Brown skinned people...gang members...SCARY.

Anything different from them...they never heard of it...it's weird...SCARY.

The second highest rate of pedestrian traffic deaths in New York State...A-OK.

She finds manhattan scary?

I thought you were talking about the scary hicksville trainstation?

As for being scared of a cancer and gang members, thats called common sense. Something you obviously lack.

You hate LI, whats stopping you from moving? Your lily white ass would fit in perfectly on Jamaica Ave or Fordham Rd. :-)

[Dedalus]

Originally Posted by Jrock247

As for being scared of a cancer and gang members, thats called common sense. Something you obviously lack.

Yeah, well, whatever.

You love this place. Great.

You and everyone like you please stay here, forever.

[GCGuy]

Hicksville sucks. LI sucks. South Bronx is dope, ya'll. Holla at yo boy.

****ing LI, this place stinks like cocky. It's too crowded, no on wants to live here.

[4StanleyCups]

Originally Posted by Dedalus

The second highest rate of pedestrian traffic deaths in New York State...A-OK.

Just out of curiosity I Googled the NHTSA stats on pedestrian fatalities by state. It seems the most recent available online is for 2004, so that'll have to do. And the leaders are:

California 684

Florida 493

Texas 424

New York 317

North Carolina 159

Illinois 156

New Jersey 155

Pennsylvania 150


(Texas at #3?! )

[MollyMe]

Originally Posted by Dedalus

I was there yesterday. It's still there.

It has, though, morphed into an ugly, second rate imitation of Queens, without the subway.

The large office building there, where Chase used to be? They've got one major tenant left, AIG insurance. I'll bet that place is 75% vacant.

Perhaps, a little less focus on...BS, and a lot more on getting some businesses in there?

Sorry...never mind...no secret what I think...

I totally agree. Hempstead Turnpike is looking like QUEENS and sooo many cars!!! Ughhh, glad I just visit and don't live there.

[GCGuy]

Originally Posted by 4StanleyCups

Just out of curiosity I Googled the NHTSA stats on pedestrian fatalities by state. It seems the most recent available online is for 2004, so that'll have to do. And the leaders are:

California 684

Florida 493

Texas 424

New York 317

North Carolina 159

Illinois 156

New Jersey 155

Pennsylvania 150


(Texas at #3?! )

Seems to be the most populoous states where people actually live...shocking.

[exiledreplicant]

i've been living here for about 21 years now, after being here that long, at times i feel the need to go elsewhere. overall its okay, quiet suburban town with crimes down to a minimum. but i do agree, alot of it is getting overpopulated, commercialized,etc.

[4StanleyCups]

Originally Posted by GCGuy

Seems to be the most populoous states where people actually live...shocking.

Well, of course, but did you notice the anomaly in the list? Comparing it to the state population figures for the same year (2004):

California - #1 in population, #1 in pedestrian fatalities
Texas - #2 in population, #3 in pedestrian fatalities
New York - #3 in population, #4 in pedestrian fatalities
Florida - #4 in population, #2 in pedestrian fatalities (a little off but not much)
North Carolina - #11 in population, #5 in pedestrian fatalities

One could use those numbers to make a case for drivers in NC being "deadlier" than those in NY.

Either that or NC has some kind of "Yankee-Transplant Elimination Program" going on and they're using autos as the weapon of choice.