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Originally Posted by anon1
Also if you've been paying attention to crime statistics much more violent... its inexplicably been one of the hotter crime precincts in the city right now
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I've NEVER seen a more stupid and unknowing comment than that written above!
Here again, is another example of a forum member making comment about an area(s) that they have absolutely NO personal experience nor any factual knowledge of any kind whatsoever.
Its not opinion (opinion requires some knowledge), its not an educated guess, its not conjecture, its nothing.
There is simply NO basis in any way, shape or form to justify the quote above. NONE!
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OP, what hat did you pull these neighborhoods from?
Bergen Beach is a community of homes, mostly detached and semi-detached. It is ethnically white, used to be heavily Jewish. It has, for non-trendy Brooklyn, upscale housing built just before WWII, post WWII contemporary homes, and modern day mini-McMansions. It is somewhat isolated deep into Brooklyn near Kings Plaza and the Queens' border. It has water front homes with docks. My mother's old boss owned one. My old football coach lives there.
It is one of the last bastions of pure ethnically white Brooklyn, most of whom are natives. There is also an element of successful Mafiosa. I do not believe there are any racial minorities, nor any apartments which aren't a part of someone's home, nor much crime whatsoever.
If you're the type that might have lived in old Bensonhurst, certain parts of Staten Island, Gravesend, Marine Park, etc., and you have the money, but choose not to leave Brooklyn, then you might live in Bergen Beach. The place is a bit insular and survives as a result of its isolation and penninsular like topography.
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Manhattan Beach is an old pre war beach community of upscale detached and semi-detached homes right next to Sheepshead Bay. Quiet, heavily Jewish, with many religious types. There is also a large population of ex-Soviet Euros.
To the neighborhoods chagrin, it contains a very nice public beach. The neighborhood would do anything to make it private, thereby keeping outsiders and the public out. In the stead, they do everything within their power and influence to do just that. There are no public parking lots, street parking is GREATLY limited, and if I recall there is a Permit parking system and/or legal parking times which are incredibly limited. This is how, along with a good and demanding relationship with the local police precient, the neighborhood maintains its integrity.
There have been clashes with local police and youthful beachgoers from outside the neighborhood. As I said, there is a public beach, but the public isn't very welcome.
As a child, my Summer day camp frequented Manhattan Beach a few times per week. It is where I learned to swim and have incredibly fond memories. Except for the new makeup of the ethnic white population, Manhattan Beach is surprisingly unchanged. It is a vey nice place that most w/n know, unless you were already there. If my recollection is correct, Chuck Schumer used to have a house in the neighborhood.
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Hoboken is a small city in NJ, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Generally, it is in little way comparable to either neighborhood above. Hoboken is trendy, full of ole skool Yuppies and modern day Transplants. It has a lot of older modernized brownstone housing, as well as recently built apartment towers. There is a main street, Washington Street, that contains shops, bars and restaurants. All very popular with the youthful crowd. Hoboken also contains, Stevens Institute of Technology, a well known tech school. The city is accessable by public transport, NJ Transit Bus lines, and PATH trains.