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Originally Posted by islanders2021
I've been in and around CP since the 70s. Know it very well. Was a great place to raise a family I'd say up until late 90s. What happened? Well, like most of Queens, the single family homes were knocked down once sold and rebuilt by forgeign Chinese developers into McMansions holding 10 or more residents. That meant 10 cars now on your street. 10 more people now on your street that likely coudn't have afforded to live in CP before the McMansion went up. And, eventually, 10x mo problems! So now you've got poor Chinese, mostly illegal Central Americans + low rent Americans from places like Brooklyn/Bronx/Southern Queens that can now afford an apt in CP whereas they were priced out years ago.
This is why CP now sucks and how it happened. Hope the facts don't hurt anyone's woke feelings!
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The first time I have ever been to CP was 2008 and my first impression was that it's kinda dumpy. Doesn't help that it borders Whitestone. It's not a bad area but I don't really see why anyone would want to live there by choice.
It's probably the worst neighborhood in NE Queens except for Pomonok.
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