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Old 08-21-2013, 11:57 AM
 
Location: Bed-Stuy & Bushwick
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The photos where you see my blacks and my Puerto Rocs going berserk in the streets under the EL is from the 2nd day of the infamous 1977 blackout that wiped Bushwick clean off of the map. Thats actually Broadway near the J/Z Gates stop along The Stuy/Wick border.
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Old 08-21-2013, 02:30 PM
 
Location: Manhattan
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Totally agree. Several nice parts of NYC today were a $hit hole back when I was a kid in the 80's. When I hear these idiots say that Giuliani took away the charm, the grittiness, or the soul of NYC I just shake my head. There are two types of people that claim that NYC was a better place before Giuliani cleaned it up, 1. Thugs/Criminals 2. people that were too young to know what it was like.

Williamsburg, Fort Greene, Clinton Hills, Union Square, LES, All of Harlem, All of the Bronx and several other areas were dangerous places to be at night. It really changed a lot for the better and people should be grateful for that. There was nothing good about the city back then.
Just tell those types to move to Detroit if they want their realness. Most parts of that city are pretty much in exactly the same condition as NYC was then.
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