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Sussex, NB - CE - Wednesday, July 12th, 2006 : goo

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This post is, in no way whatsoever, meant to insult the residents of the area I'm profiling. This is actually one of my favourite parts of town; it's interesting, there is a great deal of social cohesion (likely the most in what is largly a pre-suburban rural town), and, among a few bad apples, there are lots of great, hardworking people living here. If I were to ever move back to Sussex (which isn't going to happen), this is where I would choose to live.

The labeling of this area as "The wrong side of the tracks" isn't my own, it's a perception held by most people who don't live in the neighbourhood. It is true that to a middle class resident of the town, it would appear to be literally the wrong side of the tracks as the nicer part of Downtown is on the other side of the railroad track and it is indeed a little rough around the edges.

The contrast can be seen in the first two pictures:

The beginning of Park Street:

Downtown from roughly the same spot:

Nelson Street has always been somewhat of an anomaly in Sussex. Sure there are other older, somewhat rundown parts of town, but Nelson Street was always the worst. It's fixed itself up quite a bit in recent years. The road used to be so patchy from repairs that it was almost impassable and literally arced in the middle.

The end of Nelson street is marked with one of two of the town's grain elevators and the Co-op farm supplies store and gas bar.

We then make our way down the adjacent Park Street:

This is the livestock auction where once a week, cows, pigs, horses and other livestock are auctioned from one farmer to the other. I've been to them a long time ago, they're quite fun (auction day is often the only day many farmers "go into town" and buy their supplies for the week). The attached stables are a really neat maze (atleast for a kid). A drivers ed office is located beside it in the yellow building.

Across the street:

A view of the old railway yards and a bit of Broad Street. The Brick building at the far left is Hotel Sussex.

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parkse nb: 27th Mar 2007 - 04:49 GMT

its nice to see pictures of home. but posted under this lable it pissies me off. not only to dwell on this being the poor side of town, if you zoom in on the people you can see house numbers, and littel kids . you are giving up info on the streets where these kids live.use your head do you even have consent to relice these photos.if i can figure this out do you supose some sicko or pervert might figure it out to.my best freind's littel ones are in there i hope they are going to stay safe !!!!

CE: 27th Mar 2007 - 22:26 GMT

If you had read what I wrote at the top you would know that calling this area of town the "wrong side of the tracks" was in no way supposed to be an insult towards the area or the people living there. It is simply how the area is perceived by more affluent people in the town. You can not possibly deny that this is a lower income area compared to other parts of town.

Only on one house can you see a house number and even if you could on all of them, I hardly see how it is a problem. This is public property and anyone can go there and see the same houses and streets that I did. If I had posted the floor plans of the houses or the names of the people who occupy them, it would be something different altogether.

I fail to see how showing pictures of houses on a public street (even with children in the pictures) is "giving info on a street where children live". Look at any other post on this site and I'm sure every street shown has at least one child living on it as do most streets on this planet which aren’t occupied by senior citizens homes. I'm sure your friend's kids will be as safe as they would ever be.

EvilGentleman: 9th Oct 2008 - 15:06 GMT

I recall the same unfortunate small mentality when I used to live in Chatham, New Brunswick, now amalgamated with Newcastle to form the regional municipality of Miramichi. Most people were good decent folks, but there always had to be some busybody who thought they knew everything, and would try to tell everyone what to do. I always figured such people acted in such ways as an attempt to hide their lack of actual knowledge in most issues.

Smalltowngal2: 19th Apr 2010 - 20:11 GMT

Oh good grief!! what an idiot remark about what you've made a commentary on....actually....it looks a lot like my small town....but in the "good" neighbourhood hahaha...I'm sure the microscopic images of children will not incite any outside pervs.

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This is actually one of my favourite parts of town; it's interesting, there is a great deal of social cohesion (likely the most in what is largly a pre-suburban rural town), and, among a few bad apples, there are lots of great, hardworking people living here. If I were to ever move back to Sussex (which isn't going to happen), this is where I would choose to live. The labeling of this area as "The wrong side of the tracks" isn't my own, it's a perception held by most people who don't live in the neighbourhood. It is true that to a middle class resident of the town, it would appear to be literally the wrong side of the tracks as the nicer part of Downtown is on the other side of the railroad track and it is indeed a little rough around the edges. The contrast can be seen in the first two pictures: The beginning of Park Street: Downtown from roughly the same spot: Nelson Street has always been somewhat of an anomaly in Sussex. Sure there are other older, somewhat rundown parts of town, but Nelson Street was always the worst. It's fixed itself up quite a bit in recent years. The road used to be so patchy from repairs that it was almost impassable and literally arced in the middle. The end of Nelson street is marked with one of two of the town's grain elevators and the Co-op farm supplies store and gas bar. We then make our way down the adjacent Park Street: This is the livestock auction where once a week, cows, pigs, horses and other livestock are auctioned from one farmer to the other. I've been to them a long time ago, they're quite fun (auction day is often the only day many farmers "go into town" and buy their supplies for the week). The attached stables are a really neat maze (atleast for a kid). A drivers ed office is located beside it in the yellow building. Across the street: A view of the old railway yards and a bit of Broad Street. The Brick building at the far left is Hotel Sussex. Next in the series: Carwashes This article has been viewed 8727 times in the last 7 years parkse nb: 27th Mar 2007 - 04:49 GMT its nice to see pictures of home. but posted under this lable it pissies me off. not only to dwell on this being the poor side of town, if you zoom in on the people you can see house numbers, and littel kids . you are giving up info on the streets where these kids live.use your head do you even have consent to relice these photos.if i can figure this out do you supose some sicko or pervert might figure it out to.my best freind's littel ones are in there i hope they are going to stay safe !!!! CE: 27th Mar 2007 - 22:26 GMT If you had read what I wrote at the top you would know that calling this area of town the "wrong side of the tracks" was in no way supposed to be an insult towards the area or the people living there. It is simply how the area is perceived by more affluent people in the town. You can not possibly deny that this is a lower income area compared to other parts of town. Only on one house can you see a house number and even if you could on all of them, I hardly see how it is a problem. This is public property and anyone can go there and see the same houses and streets that I did. If I had posted the floor plans of the houses or the names of the people who occupy them, it would be something different altogether. I fail to see how showing pictures of houses on a public street (even with children in the pictures) is "giving info on a street where children live". Look at any other post on this site and I'm sure every street shown has at least one child living on it as do most streets on this planet which aren’t occupied by senior citizens homes. I'm sure your friend's kids will be as safe as they would ever be. EvilGentleman: 9th Oct 2008 - 15:06 GMT I recall the same unfortunate small mentality when I used to live in Chatham, New Brunswick, now amalgamated with Newcastle to form the regional municipality of Miramichi. Most people were good decent folks, but there always had to be some busybody who thought they knew everything, and would try to tell everyone what to do. I always figured such people acted in such ways as an attempt to hide their lack of actual knowledge in most issues. Smalltowngal2: 19th Apr 2010 - 20:11 GMT Oh good grief!! what an idiot remark about what you've made a commentary on....actually....it looks a lot like my small town....but in the "good" neighbourhood hahaha...I'm sure the microscopic images of children will not incite any outside pervs. Comment on this article.. 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