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^ Geography. Being smack in the middle of a sea that was once thought of as an ocean, a lot of traders came through the area. Also its really just as close to Africa (if not closer) than it is to the rest of Europe. Its as far south as the northern parts of Tunisia and Libya. My wife and her family have very curly hair and are much more tan than the typical white person.
^ I guess but don't make me laugh. Black is black, whether they like it
or not. Their skin got brown somehow, and they shouldn't be ashamed
of it. All blacks are not as dark as some of them anyway and many blacks
are lighter than some italians even.
You could also look up the research yourself, there is plenty of it out there regarding the history/ethnic make-up of Sicily.Sicily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Long story short due to the influence of North Africa/Arabic persons (invasions, trade, etc...) there is a percentage of that blood in many native to Sicily. Hence you may see some features commonly associated with "blacks".
Have you seen it lately? I've seen far better American building projects in war-torn occupied nations.
Unless am on the "good" side of say Clove Road or some such, often just suck it up and go through NJ to get back to Manhattan. Yes, it costs about $14, but my nerves can only stand so much of the SI Expressway and then Gowanus.
I'll never forget reading Dick Cavett's autobiography years and years ago, when as a transplant Manhattanite, he once visited Staten Island and ventured to the beach, and being this was the sixties or perhaps early seventies, back then you couldn't swim in the water because of the oil.
But he and whomever he was with didn't know that, and went in to swim. When they got out, they found themselves covered in gooey black stuff.
And old time Islander looked at them, and said, "Yup. Oil."
I like SI better than the other boroughs but its gone downhill the last 10 years. The traffic, potholes are terrible and its filled with Moderator cut: offensive term fake/real wiseguys.
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I like SI better than the other boroughs but its gone downhill the last 10 years. The traffic, potholes are terrible and its filled with fake/real wiseguys.
How is SI better than other boros?
It's got the worst transportation systems.
It has fewer shopping districts
Road conditions are horrible and never get fixed.
Many areas have no local Fire Dept.
It cost money just to get back to your tiny boro.
SI also hit hard by Sandy as bad as South NJ coast lines.
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It's got the worst transportation systems.
It has fewer shopping districts
Road conditions are horrible and never get fixed.
Many areas have no local Fire Dept.
It cost money just to get back to your tiny boro.
SI also hit hard by Sandy as bad as South NJ coast lines.
I'm no fan of SI but the other boroughs are too urban and crowded imo. It also has the lowest crime rates. Most nyc roads are horrible and Sandy also affected BK and Queens. The majority population of SI nowadays came from Brooklyn . Unfortunately, Lots of people keep moving here.
Well then the people who care about that shouldn't move here. I for one couldn't care less about the availability of public transportation. I'm not interested in subjecting my travels to the limits of preordained schedules and routes. Obviously many people disagree with me on that one. If you understood that these issues are all subjective, you'd understand why people like me and proroc prefer SI over the other boros.
When I go to sleep, I want silence. I'm personally bothered by loud cars and music when it's time for normal people to sleep. Many parts of this city, even on SI, are not for me for this reason alone.
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