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Old 02-04-2008, 05:50 AM
 
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For your information hundreds of those wonderful souls who perished on 9/11 in the World Trade Center were from the suburbs of Long Island, CT, Downstate NY, NJ, and here in NEPA, including my native Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. Crime permeates everywhere and affects everyone---even some of the gated communities near me have become criminal havens. As a society we need to stop running away from our ills and start facing them head on. Considering I live two hours from Manhattan and four hours from Shanksville, PA, 9/11 was practically in my own "backyard" as well, so don't try to lecture me about poor taste. If anything was in poor taste it was in you pulling 9/11 into the fray to capitalize upon another tragedy to further your point of view after berating me for doing the exact same thing. It's okay for you to do it, but I can't?
Yes, but you and Drover are the ones who tried to ignite another flame war with city vs. suburbs. As soon as I saw your comments, I knew that this thread would turn into ones of those arguments. Hasn't that argument been hashed to death throughout many threads here on city-data? Neither you nor I will convince each other of our views, so let this senseless argument and debate go! People will live where they want to live and no one's opinion will be swayed by posts on a message board, certainly mine won't and I'm sure yours won't either. I have no problem with you choosing to live where you want, why would you care about where I choose to live?

And I was not debating who the victims of 9/11 were. I was merely stating a fact that this tragedy occured in a city, not the suburbs. Many victims of 9/11 were from foreign countries also. I'm sure that if had occurred in the suburbs, you would have been all over it with endless rants about terrorism in the suburbs.
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Old 02-04-2008, 06:07 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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No, we did not try to start a flame war. We didn't turn it into "one of those arguments." You did. Your overreaction to the point we were making is your responsibility, not ours.
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