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I briefly considered moving to Harlem for cheaper rents. Decided it wasn't for me. I recently took Metro-North out of Harlem, and waited on the platform for a good 15 minutes, overlooking 125th going East. It was truly depressing, and made me so glad I chose differently. I don't think I would have lasted in Harlem for more than a month.
I've been outside that stop probably 20 times this year (usually before noon on weekdays) and have observed the same phenomenon. The next stop on the 6 (138th St & Alexander) also has a large police presence, but I've never noticed any of the same problems.
I'll take "crack" in Harlem these days any day of the week rather than this "Meth" hell i currently live in rural South Carolina. I lived in Harlem during the early and mid-nineties but Meth Zombies are the worst. As a New Yorker, i rarley gave any looks to "Drugies". It's pretty easy to ignore them. I have been to San Francisco and Austin and there are far more strung out junkies there than Harlem. FYI I wouldn't "Gawk" at drug addicts if you value your safety.
that stop on the 4/5/6 has been that way forever. it's always interesting when I have to work in that area once a month.
the cops do not care about the residents doing drugs there. they are really only there to prevent mass chaos and to bust drug buyers not from the area.
also you can add pcp smokers to the list of what people are doing on that corner.
every time I am up there it's nothing but 50 year old unemployed men and women smoking crack and dust, shooting up dope, laying all over the sidewalks. a good portion of the people in the wheelchairs up there aren't even handicapped either. they are just using that as a cover to sell/use drugs.
For sure everything that is being said about this corner is true.
The Junkies also use the Pathmark there to recycle the Cans and Bottles they have collected and then undoubtedly turn that money in drugs.
People are just hanging out on the street, sleeping, doing drugs, whatever. It's a total free-for-all and I don't blame the cops for doing nothing. This is a societal problem and one that will only get cleaned-up (or relocated) if the residents of the area GET MOTIVATED TO DO SOMETHING.
It's actually pretty damn sad because the 125th Street Station of the 4/5/6 is a great way to access Midtown/Lower Manhattan and if this area was nicer....I could see a real revitalization of this area occurring but no one seems to care and they look the other way while the junkies and zombies rule the roost.
I would be interested to know who the Politicians are who are responsible for this area.
But, But, But I thought all of NYC was like Disneyland and everyone is some trustfarian hispter-yuppie and everyone has millions of dollars and rent is like A Billion a month and the only street activity is Paris Hilton wannabes walking out of Coach stores to go over to the Duane Read nestled between Starbucks and the Chase branch. After all, there's only a new thread every week lamenting how there's no "realness" left in NY.
But, But, But I thought all of NYC was like Disneyland and everyone is some trustfarian hispter-yuppie and everyone has millions of dollars and rent is like A Billion a month and the only street activity is Paris Hilton wannabes walking out of Coach stores to go over to the Duane Read nestled between Starbucks and the Chase branch. After all, there's only a new thread every week lamenting how there's no "realness" left in NY.
LOL! I have a sneaking suspicion the people who constantly push this gentry hysteria secretly want it. NYC is still NYC. working classes, rich people, and hood rats galore.
Maybe the city and/or police would rather junkies hang out in one place where they can keep an eye out on them rather than push them out and have them scatter throughout the city?
San Francisco seems to do something similar in a neighborhood to the southwest of downtown.
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