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View Poll Results: Would you live in Jamaica, QU?
Yes 15 26.32%
No 42 73.68%
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Old 02-17-2019, 04:52 PM
 
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Jamaica has a growing South Asian community especially by Hillside Ave.
It's already huge, they might already be the dominant group in the Northern part of Jamaica
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Old 02-17-2019, 05:28 PM
 
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I worked on Sutphin Blvd and 109th, way back when, (1990) for a short time. very residential, but to me, not nice at all. only went to the supermarket at lunchtime, never walked around, office, car and back, thats it.

there was nothing to do at lunch, luckily we had a lounge.


yawn!!!
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Old 02-17-2019, 05:57 PM
 
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It's already huge, they might already be the dominant group in the Northern part of Jamaica
Which South Asian group lives in Jamaica? (just curious):

Indians
Bangladeshis
Guyanese Indians
etc?
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Old 02-17-2019, 05:58 PM
 
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I worked on Sutphin Blvd and 109th, way back when, (1990) for a short time. very residential, but to me, not nice at all. only went to the supermarket at lunchtime, never walked around, office, car and back, thats it.

there was nothing to do at lunch, luckily we had a lounge.


yawn!!!
Well to be fair, everything was not nice in the 1990s. Even Williamsburg.
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Old 02-17-2019, 06:26 PM
 
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Which South Asian group lives in Jamaica? (just curious):

Indians
Bangladeshis
Guyanese Indians
etc?
All of the above.
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Old 02-17-2019, 08:29 PM
 
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Which South Asian group lives in Jamaica? (just curious):

Indians
Bangladeshis
Guyanese Indians
etc?
All 3, and more! There are even some Sri Lankans
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Old 02-17-2019, 11:29 PM
 
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North of hillside ave is where most Asians are (which is jamaica hills, jamaica estates or barirwood, but since prices have been going up, many are starting to move to the south of hillside ave.



jamaica
https://www.niche.com/places-to-live...-ny/residents/
  • African American
    53%
  • Hispanic
    22%
  • Asian
    15%
  • Other race
  • 5%
jamaica hills

https://www.niche.com/places-to-live...-ny/residents/


Racial Diversity
  • Asian
    58%
  • Hispanic
    18%
  • African American
    13%
jamaica estates


https://www.niche.com/places-to-live...-york-city-ny/
Racial Diversity
  • Asian
    36%
  • White
    24%
  • African American
    18%
  • Hispanic
    16%
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Old 02-18-2019, 06:36 AM
 
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I worked on Sutphin Blvd and 109th, way back when, (1990) for a short time. very residential, but to me, not nice at all. only went to the supermarket at lunchtime, never walked around, office, car and back, thats it.

there was nothing to do at lunch, luckily we had a lounge.


yawn!!!
Thats Southside Jamaica, not Jamaica proper. Yeah there's not much to do around there.
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Old 02-25-2019, 07:05 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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RIP Yeadon718. Im going to miss you posting on city data. Hopefully your family gets the right answers to the cause of your death!
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Old 02-25-2019, 08:33 PM
 
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rip yeadon718. Im going to miss you posting on city data. Hopefully your family gets the right answers to the cause of your death!
That's unfortunate news. RIP
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