Why do people still live in Staten Island?

[BrooklynJo]

Originally Posted by xTiberiusx

My buddy lives in a nice area of the Bronx. And he will tell you, It is still clean and safe because the subway DOES NOT run in that area if the Bronx. Coincidence?

The 1 train in the Bronx, the 5 train in North Bronx and the R train in Bay Ridge do not approve of this message!

Oh yea and the Q train in southern Brooklyn also.

[l1995]

Originally Posted by BrooklynJo

The 1 train in the Bronx, the 5 train in North Bronx and the R train in Bay Ridge do not approve of this message!

Oh yea and the Q train in southern Brooklyn also.

South Jamaica and the bad parts of SI also disapprove

[nybklyn]

Others can say the same about the place where you live.

[l1995]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

Rampant compared to what?

Staten Island is more diverse than most of the US. Being conservative-leaning doesn’t mean that it’s fundamentalist bible belt christians. A Staten Island conservative is more often libertarian than the image of deep south conservatism than anything (they even have a lot of Catholics and swarthy southern Europeans, gasp!) and that doesn’t have to come with racism and homophobia.

I disagree, the Staten Island, NJ, and LI conservatives seem just as hardcore to me, just less religious. And I would call the conservatives of the NYC metro libertarian. For example: they tend to be strong supporters of stop and frisk, which is not by any means a libertarian policy.

As for Italians, Joe Machin represents deep red West Virginia and he's Italian. I don't think conservatives have anything against Italians or Catholics anymore.