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Old 02-17-2020, 11:30 AM
 
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Haha, this time around I think the squeegee men will be held to a higher standard

In these days and times I dont think anybody will settle for getting their car messed up anymore
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Old 02-17-2020, 11:32 AM
 
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How is this attributable to the mayor ?

This is common throughout the world. Best way to decline the service is a curt no thank you and the finger wave. It's definitely "opt out" and not "opt in."

100% Deblasio's fault.


When I was growing up, Squeegee dudes where everywhere.


Disappeared under Giuliani and Bloomberg.


Now they are back.
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Old 02-17-2020, 11:37 AM
 
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100% Deblasio's fault.


When I was growing up, Squeegee dudes where everywhere.


Disappeared under Giuliani and Bloomberg.


Now they are back.
You lived in Brooklyn

So you should know they really never left

Atlantic and Bedford
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Old 02-17-2020, 11:39 AM
 
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Around Port Authority of all places? What is this, a joke?

Call me when they are selling radios on the Cross Bronx Expressway like back in the day
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Old 02-17-2020, 11:53 AM
 
Location: New Jersey!!!!
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Around Port Authority of all places? What is this, a joke?

Call me when they are selling radios on the Cross Bronx Expressway like back in the day
That won’t happen only because the nature of car radios has changed. Aftermarket systems aren’t popular anymore. Most new cars come with really good sound already installed and there’s very little market for resale.

Where I work, “car hopping” is a daily issue. They never steal radios. They steal the crap people leave in their cars overnight.
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Old 02-17-2020, 12:11 PM
 
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You lived in Brooklyn

So you should know they really never left

Atlantic and Bedford

When I lived in brooklyn from 2006-2015 (was in the midwest for a while before that), I did not see a single Squeegee dude.
And I had offices all over Brooklyn (including East New York at one point) and rounded at multiple brooklyn hospitals, and did not see a single Squeegee dude.


I'm sure you seen one at Atlantic/Bedford, but it was literally armies of squeegee dudes everywhere before Giuliani.
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Old 02-17-2020, 12:13 PM
 
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That won’t happen only because the nature of car radios has changed. Aftermarket systems aren’t popular anymore. Most new cars come with really good sound already installed and there’s very little market for resale.

Where I work, “car hopping” is a daily issue. They never steal radios. They steal the crap people leave in their cars overnight.
Not radios per se but you know what I mean
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Old 02-17-2020, 12:18 PM
 
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That won’t happen only because the nature of car radios has changed. Aftermarket systems aren’t popular anymore. Most new cars come with really good sound already installed and there’s very little market for resale.

Where I work, “car hopping” is a daily issue. They never steal radios. They steal the crap people leave in their cars overnight.

This is true.


When I lived in Dumbo, they smashed my cars' windows all the time for fun and never stole anything. There was nothing to steal in any of my street cars, but smashing Yuppie car windows is just a fun thing to do for the adjacent project kids.
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Old 02-17-2020, 12:36 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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This is true.


When I lived in Dumbo, they smashed my cars' windows all the time for fun and never stole anything. There was nothing to steal in any of my street cars, but smashing Yuppie car windows is just a fun thing to do for the adjacent project kids.
There are a bunch of videos that show how easy it is to smash a window with the ceramic bits off broken spark plugs. Someone doesn't have to throw hard at all.
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Old 02-17-2020, 01:07 PM
 
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Not radios per se but you know what I mean
Rims are the new radios. Tons of cars nightly, around the city, have their rims stolen.

https://qns.com/story/2019/06/20/111...nd-douglaston/

And they are happening in low crime neighborhoods too, which I know you are always on the lookout for, so i'm letting you know.

you can't get any safer than the 111 pct
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