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02-09-2010, 02:23 AM
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Location: southern california
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you could be right. but i have had family from there and have known friends that lived there, your story and theirs dont jive. however i am glad you are having a good experience.
some people just dont get mugged. invisible repellent. im not one of them.
american mind set, if it didnt happen to me it didnt happen.
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02-09-2010, 02:19 PM
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NYC has it's dangerous areas like any other city. I don't care if I am on the UES @ 3am or the worst housing project in the city, I never let my guard down.
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02-16-2010, 08:24 AM
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Location: LI, NY
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I think the bottom line, besides being street smart and aware, is to look to the root of all of this..WHY are there kids/people just proudly hanging out on the street all day/all night? That boredom and possible poverty definitely does something to people, causing some aggression, etc...WHY is this ok? Projects were not built to be collections of people who want to hang out all day...they were built to provide affordable housing for people who are WORKING...I think, instead of talking about how great someone is for being so hard for living in certain areas, people should buck up and change things for the better...this many not be a popular opinion, but it's more uplifting than comparing bad precincts in terrible neighborhoods...
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02-28-2010, 12:22 PM
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Location: Earth Wanderer, longing for the stars.
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Jobs are diminishing for people who are on the lowest social/economic rungs. The lowest of these groups have a 30% unemployment rate. People making $150,000 or more (or was it $300k?) have a 3% unemployment rate.
What does a society do with these people who probably cannot be trained for much and for whom there are fewer and fewer employment opportunities available?
I do think anyone on government assistance who is able bodied should be doing some work in return for it - assisting in cleaning and painting in government buildings, washing off graffiti, picking up litter, washing dishes, etc.
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03-02-2010, 07:10 PM
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where in BK is brownsville?
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03-02-2010, 09:32 PM
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brownsville, bklyn:
Last edited by Viralmd; 03-03-2010 at 05:53 PM..
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03-03-2010, 06:41 AM
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Location: The Netherlands
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here
you can find it by simply googleing it...
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04-01-2010, 12:31 AM
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Location: Brooklyn, NY $$$
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Quote:
Originally Posted by amazinmets73
Exactly. There are no dangerous areas in NYC anymore. I don't understand why every few days a new thread will pop up asking whether and adress in BK Harlem or the BX is safe to live. Everywhere in NYC is safe!!
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this must be sarcasm. |
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04-01-2010, 01:22 AM
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Location: Brooklyn, NY $$$
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cyrusjul
Well all I have to say is that I hang around all over the city. Even in some neighborhoods that some here tell people to stay away. Even sometimes at 2:00 am walking around. Nothing bad has ever happened to me. Maybe one day, but nothing yet. I have been here for almost 10 years already. Now when I used to live in Philadelphia, I got victimized like three times and many people I know have been victimized more often. Believe it or not NYC is overall very safe. People who lived here all their life need to go live in other cities like Philadelphia to see what I am talking about.  |
um i have tons of family in philly - north philly also and they have i know people their who have never been victims of crimes yet when they were living in flatbush they were a victim of crime over 10 times |
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04-01-2010, 07:14 AM
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Haha lol NO bad areas in NYC? Must be a joke...
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