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Ever think of it, as in come to your wits' end and leaving this concrete and asphalt monstrosity with its areas resembling the third world, overcrowding, limited resources, decaying infrastructure, noise, tremendous expense, rude behavior, high amount of poor command of the English language, and so on?
Ever think of it, as in come to your wits' end and leaving this concrete and asphalt monstrosity with its areas resembling the third world, overcrowding, limited resources, decaying infrastructure, noise, tremendous expense, rude behavior, high amount of poor command of the English language, and so on?
Ever think of it, as in come to your wits' end and leaving this concrete and asphalt monstrosity with its areas resembling the third world, overcrowding, limited resources, decaying infrastructure, noise, tremendous expense, rude behavior, high amount of poor command of the English language, and so on?
I would if I lived in these type of conditions that you state, but I don't.
Thanks for the responses. I thought I would get flamed for such an OP, but my nerves are wearing thin here. It seems that even if you are a middle class person with an advanced degree perhaps, but don't work in one of these fields: 1) marketing and advertising, 2) financial services, 3) law, 4) medicine, that you don't live poorly per se, but can't get ahead. And what I mean by that is rather cynical: you are forced to live in one of the outer four boroughs, most of which are outrageously, pretty much sinfully, overcrowded, hugely expensive for what you get in housing and quality of life, with some resembling the third world. So as an upstanding person you don't want to go on welfare, but because of your situation can't save enough to move out to a more pleasant place in Long Island.
These days, I hardly even see any young homeowners. I walk around Northeastern Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk, and all I see are old or older people who made their money in better, more affordable times decades ago. I know several people that left.
My friend who is a social worker left because he couldn't take it anymore. We own cars, but he once said, if you live in the boroughs, you are trapped--trapped to your apartment and trapped in public transportation because many can't afford to have a car here.
I still see people aged 25 to 34 living like they're dorming still. It's bizarre.
I would if I lived in these type of conditions that you state, but I don't.
In the exact area I reside in Northeastern Queens, it is not like this. It doesn't mean I don't live around these conditions considering I'm not a shut-in and have worked in all the boroughs except Staten Island.
Where do you reside? You don't have to give your exact location.
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