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Originally Posted by Keke25
Hempstead went down hill because of Roosevelt field mall. It took alot of stores out of business. TSS moved to Roosevelt field for a while. There was another department store in hempstead but i cant remeber the name im only 25. They would not hire kids from Hempstead especially if you live on Terrace because they felt you will steal. talk about stereotyping. anyway. stores were taking away , and renting killed hempstead as well. When you have more renters than homeowners they dont care about the property and wont treat it the same way as a home owner.
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The Department store that you're probably refering to is A&S. And yes, Roosevelt Field did contribute to the demise of downtown Hempstead, and most likely other downtowns in Nassau. Losing those businesses killed off a significant % of the tax base. I remember when I was a kid (I'm 44) my relatives from the Carribean would visit and loved to walk the downtown to shop. I always looked forward to it.
I do agree that there still are areas of Hempstead that are still OK. Usually populated by hard-working families who just want to live in peace; Like most others. It's a shame that there are those who would prey on these good people. They are so many reasons why things are like this, mostly economic and social. I don't have any simple answers to the problems there, but nothing will change unless the current residents force the local politicians to take real action. We'll see if that ever occurs.
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