Comments about asia

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mark jr harris : wild chicken europe and asia north american...

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Uncle B: "The way we were" - Pure nostalgia! Love it! This beauty reveals how far down the ladder America has fallen! The foreign stuff on the streets today, and the crap GM(America) foists on us nowadays......

in response to: 1970 Pontiac Grand Prix by Peter

needyjoovl: youou wuold not sayit about blacks or asians evrey creed and couler steels robs and cons but for some reason romneys seem to bother evrey naition proberly beceuse they are true surviers who are put......

in response to: Gypsy Beggar by steelisreal

CartLegger: Vespucci was more a self-promoter than a discover. His main credit was having gotten the first quote out about the landmass being a "new world" than a part of Asia. ...

in response to: Columbus Circle Nocturne by CartLegger

MAFDesign: I am an artist, my husband is in retail. We are Caucasian. We do not have a lot of money and we are looking for a house in Chicago. On a shoe string budget, this......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Frank C.: I grew up on the corner of 1330 Halsey and Irving back in the late 60's until I escaped in 1979. I had to run home from PS151,(On Knickerbocker) because of the racial attacks form......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

The Audacity of Attitude: Hey everyone. I'm a 29 year old white male who lives in Chicago and I rent an apartment in Lakeview a couple miles north of Cabrini Green. I drive by it almost every day and......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Franny Wentzel: I used to know and Asian kid in school who went by the name Poon Tang....

in response to: Truck Boner by Peter

EvilGentleman: Nice 1951 Batman excerpts there, Franny. Also from 1951: A "woody" was a wood-paneled truck. A "stiff one" was a drink. "Wang" was a name from Asia. An "erection set" was a toy related to construction. "Balls" were round objects used......

in response to: Truck Boner by Peter

anon (216.220.216.185): I was born in the early 80s in wyckoff hops so I was a kid for some the worst time but I loved my childhood had a bunch of buddyz male n female it is......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ontop: I've lived i Bushwick all my life. Bushwick has definitely changed for the better. A lot of caucasians are moving into Bushwick so i would say thats a big change. The value on the houses......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: speaking of jellyfish... [[http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/19/japan.jellyfish/index.html]]...

in response to: Bras on the Water! by CartLegger

ruserious: What is alarming regarding this thread are the deep undertones of racism, largely against whites. I don't understand where these misconceptions come from about Caucasians, whether it be upbringing, jealousy, or something else. I will......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Sheefa Roshan: really?does it happen in Austria? I have heard these things only in Asian countries....

in response to: Street Drama by melanie

Safia : The amount of ignorance on this page is unhumanely ridiculous! All of the comments downplaying the south side of Chicago is clearly sheer ignorance. Gwendolyn Brooks -- a very intelligent historical figure lived in South......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Ariel: lol awesome. Hobart is becoming very Asian, a lot of Asians live here. I guess I'll have to take a few shots of other towns around the place :)...

in response to: Far South by Ariel

EvilGentleman: Thai... should have known. (Or at least bothered to look it up). Well, at least I was in the vicinity of SE Asia. Thanks, Peter....

in response to: Hot Asian by EvilGentleman

CartLegger: Hee Hee. No, I'm part of the NYC-centric aspect of this photo blog, but I really savor the international aspect of CityNoise, that transcendent urban aesthetic that runs across the globe. Looks a lot more......

in response to: Far South by Ariel

Jana: Amusing... having been a massage therapist in the states for the last ten years, and having done some spa and hotel outcall work, I just have to laugh.. because we often got requests for ASIAN......

in response to: It Pays to Be Russian by Jorge

ChiPhi: Arrested Development, Thanks for the input. You are certainly entitled to your opnions and I respect that. I respect that enough not to call you names since that just dilutes an otherwise interesting......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Rick Day: reminds me of a pot menu in Amsterdam. them asians like their white wimmen....

in response to: It Pays to Be Russian by Jorge

David: IT's jumping a full day ahead, though!!! And no where on earth right now is it a full day ahead of now (I'm in Asia)....

in response to: Citynoise Date by David

R. Ashok Kumar: TREES ARE THE BEST DAMS:THEY DEFY GRAVITY! Dear Fellow Earth Residents: Electric Load Demand triggers DETERMINISTICALLY worldwide earthquakes because dams meet the load changes by building giant surge waves of pressure heads of 100 km/sec or......

in response to: New Croton Dam by CartLegger

TRUTH: GENTRIFICATION IN BRIEF http://www.enoughroomforspace.org/project_pages/view/198 Gentrification occurs in urban areas where prior disinvestment in the urban infrastructure creates neighborhoods that can be profitably redeveloped. In its earliest form, gentrification affected decaying working class neighborhoods close to urban centers......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Peter: ##For fans of European and Asian style casual outdoor peeing, it's a real treat!## now thats something you dont hear every day......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

anon (c-71-233-102-175.hsd1.ma.comcast.net): Pee-affirming dudes (and adventurous chicks...lol!) may want to join the following group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PPB15 For fans of European and Asian style casual outdoor peeing, it's a real treat! Something everyone needs to realize is that the English-speaking world......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Tasia: You guys scare me...

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

jEthRo a.k.a franz: i think mANila is the best because it's the most beatiful city in sOUTheast asia..bUT i think NEw YORk and LA and chicago must be at the top because all of their corners are far......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Keith Bernstein: I also remember two basement areas in PS 167 used as gymnasia and remember receiving polio vaccine in the east basement area, probably in 1955. Esther has brought up an old memory. During the 1952-53 school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jethro: I think phil. Makati is a nice city too. I think the city, economically along with there tourist attractions, are benefitely doing good of representing for south east asia. The city looks very beautiful (uhmm.. except......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

patfan: Sorry guys. I've lived on Kauai a very long time, and the chicken population absolutely needs thinning. I run a restaurant, and they jump on the tables, poop everywhere, and carry salmonella. ......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Steve - Albox, Almeria: If (en español) Si puedes mantener tu cabeza cuando todos acerca de usted Están perdiendo el suyo, y que culpar a usted, Si puedes confiar en ti cuando todos los hombres duda usted, Sin embargo, para......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

chiamattt: Asia seems to be all about door knockers!...

in response to: Things Seen Prior by chiamattt

BARON VON FANCY: Baron Von Fancy is not a man, he is an idea. And you cannot kill an idea. He has been called an artist. He has been called a maniac. He is a recluse. He never......

in response to: Baron Von Fancy by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

colavitos ghost: wow, these pictures give off a really warm, almost tropical feel. very interesting looking city. almost looks like a mash-up of a north-american and asian city....

in response to: Darlinghurst by Ross

chae sone: Mad cowed assemblymen. WHO REPRESENTS KOREA? The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Who Cares for Kensington: Everyone has someone else to blame and I guess that's the ameriacan way for losers these days. Buildings, streets and real estate agents do no breed ignorance, but sub-cultures do and Kensington is definitely a......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

chance: i've seen plenty of hispanic, philipino, and other asian men in the club. ...

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by Peter

Jamie: what, like this? [[http://neoliterati.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/zhang-huans-solo-show-at-asia-society/]]...

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

luna park: these were all snapped through a hole in the construction fence. the area under the scaffolding where i was standing smelled pretty awful and had recently been baited with rat poison, so i didn't linger......

in response to: Irak Crew by luna park

Allan: I have seen original wild birds called red jungle fowls that have been living in the wild since the earth was created. they live in India and Asia. The ones here are the feral ones......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Stasia: Just out of curiosity, what is the HA's stance on getting involved in domestic disputes? I have two friends who are being stalked and harassed by some loser who shows up at their houses......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by Peter

Montrealbunny: Please, please, please let`s see them EG!!! I just knew someone had something about it squirreled away in their hard drive, and somehow I`m not surprised it`s you! It really is gorgeous, eh!......

in response to: Montreal\'s Largest Mural? by Montrealbunny

BILROCK-161, RTW.: YET ANOTHER NEW-JACK, You are the same. It is obvious by the same imature insults you so freely hurl at someone you dont know anything about. I almost was going to be civil to you on......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

disillusioned: can someone explain to me how it is possible to make friends or have a boyfriend/girlfriend if you live in new york city, esp. williamsburg..it seems completely impossible since people are unfriendly and full of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Junito: Wow! It was hard reading all of that. Lets all study our cultures of the western hemisphere (e.g., Tainos, Aztecs, etc,.) We are decedents of moral, loving, industrious and spiritual people. We are greater then......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Marissa Chaplin: Hi Joanne That shop (next to hairdressers) near st. johns, was owned by the Smith family. They had 2 children, unfortunately the son was killed a few years back in a tragic accident. Then it was......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Giddie: I request at least a post of one city in Sub-Saharan Africa at least Nairobi which has a nice skyline in African standards. Despite having some weird shanties in the outskirts, Nairobi downtown area has......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

AsianDallas: Shanghai is better then NY, trust me that little skyline you across the river is only a small percentage of the buildings. The amount of high rises is literally sickening. Hong Kong does out do......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Kasia: thanks for some ideas of how to treat my parrot. i've had him for a week now and i can touch his feet when he's inside the cage but if gets angry or bored with......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

serlingrod: nah, I studied abroad in Tokyo last year and took a bazillion photos. I like to spread them out. What are you up to East Asia? ...

in response to: Harajuku by serlingrod

Gary: Much of what I read here reminds of comments about what gentlemen the German officers were in restaurants after they had invaded France! Listen here: The Hells Angels, each and every......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by Peter

chiamattt: The stamp is my name in Korean, but my girlfriend (Fashion Chic) had it made for me in the Qingdao airport...which is in China. [[img:24315]] [[img:24316]] The shell of the stamp is a snake. I was born in......

in response to: Osaka Part Five by chiamattt

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

Elicar: Yes, it is ONLY 12 hours. And it is a looooong 12 hours. You can only watch so much movies and can only sleep so much in those cramped economy seats. On rare occasions, my......

in response to: Alaska, From Above by Elicar

Tony: I disagree with your top 5 ...certainly Shanghai, Tokyo , Seoul and Bangkok have denser more impressive skylines than Toronto and Dubai! Several other Asian cities may be better too...yes it's true...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Chris Rodriguez: Im not (just a 12 year old) im an honor student at bishop laughlin memmorial high school. Peter if you feel safe good for you... how old are you things are different for a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Chiamattt: Oh there are a bunch of them on the sidewalk. Just so happens that I got only one of them. Heh, "dung" is pretty popular in Asia. Not sure why, but it is. ...

in response to: On the Way Home by Chiamattt

colavitos ghost: this park basically looks like a cross between africa and asia!...

in response to: Villa-Lobos Park by livia

Alexander The Thessalonikian: An ethnic group is characterized by the common language, customs, religion, inscriptions, area of origin and ways of education and living. By that means all the area of todays Greece was inhabited by Greeks since......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Coasiargobogattipsy: I just don't have anything to say these days, but eh. Today was a total loss. Pretty much nothing seems worth bothering with. I've more or less been doing nothing worth mentioning. I haven't been......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

chiamattt: Well to be fair, this was Qingdao, and the terminal was being renovated. The terminal tunnels were not in operation. Qingdao is not New York or London. I am sure taking pictures on the tarmac......

in response to: Qingdao, Part Fifteen by Chiamattt

Manoj: So here we go... what was supposed to be a topic about cheap sex and stuff has turned into a debate on racism... and further worse - apartheid! Well, having lived for 2 years now in......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

Mastaplann: That's a good point there about SE (South East) Asia. Indeed, almost all of them will boom specially the Philippines which Manila is its capital city. No wonder Euro contries are investing businesses there like......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

CartLegger: how long you been in Asia?...

in response to: Gun Farm by chiamattt

anon (localhost): In the next 10 years Southeast Asia's economic growth will be as phenomenal as that of China. In fact Australia is considering to join ASEAN coz they don't want to be left behind..It is a......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Craig: Great list. Couldn't agree more with the top 12. You have to love the skylines rising in the cities of south-east Asia. The skylines in some of these cities are just babies, can't wait until......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Gregorino: Who doesn't like Toronto it's way better then all these crapy cities. Yah, I bet they have great skyline but at least Toronto isn't crime central. Like most of these central american, asian, african, european,......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Marty Chavez hates Children: First of all, who are the "Concerned citizens of New Mexico" to say Graff Artists don't own anything of Value? Moving on, tagging, is a totally different thing than most of the art above, which......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

thomas: i have lived in bushwick for 4 months now. i am a 19 yr old white student. when i first moved there was the initial awkwardness of being new in the neighborhood, especially......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

King Gati: Wow, after reading all this for about 2 hrs or so..I gotta say I laughed alot with some of you ppl...I'm rican born in NYC..Boogies down bx..I read how bad was or is HP, ...About......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Osloman20plus: Hey, that isn't very much typical food where I come from anymore... Oslo.. Ok, we have hot-dogs still, but "nor"kebab (a mild, crappy version of real kebabs)/shis kebab and vietnam/thai/asian etcetera foods, and general international......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

Interested: Hi JNJ, Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

the real duplo one: i dont mind my photos being on here,im quite grateful.but when theres some bullshit poem thing about a city which i didnt write its a bit anoying.ive never wrote a poem in my life.wouldnt know......

in response to: I wanted to say something about the city by Duplo

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Dude: Wow...wow...wow....What else can I say.... It's truly amazing...especially Kuala Lumpur skylines... - Truly Asia - Congratulations Hong Kong!!!!!...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Børge: I don't think the fact that oslo is an expensive city has anything to do with the high crime number. It's also a fact that oslo is unique in norwegian matter. I live in the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

don't worry about it!: Coney Island is the safest neiborhood in brooklyn. I lived here for all my 15yrs and it's great. I go by myself alot of places and never had a problum. about the gangs their wannabes.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Robin Majumdar: Great write-up and nice to include the photos as part of the story. I went to Dawson on Saturday with my 3 and 5 year old boys, who placed a small African Violet flowerpot at......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Rest in pieces, you worthless shit. The girl, Anastasia DeSousa, was only 18 years old, and now she's gone forever, a permanent hole in the hearts and souls of the DeSousa family. Who the fuck......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

RobertR: [[img:15287]] Another picture of the bosporus bridge which connects the European with the Asian continent. This pic I shot out from the car window heading to the bridge. We drove with our Dutch car a......

in response to: Bosphorus Bridge by sen

James: Yesterday I returned to my current home city of Shenzhen after a week's stay in Tokyo. Since we fly into Hong Kong airport, that means I passed through 3 of the top 15 cities in......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

kman: Appalling is the lack of adventure, and negative reaction (dare i say somewhat disrespectful) and perhaps ignorance. Shark fin is extremely expensive considered a delicacy in East Asia kinda like caviar is for Europeans. Prices......

in response to: $95 For a Bowl of Soup? by EvilGentleman

don devolioni: the doc has asian prostitutes and crack delivered to his house,after he gets out of jail. but he never pays for paint....

in response to: Dr. Sex Graffiti by Legalize Life

Dave (a Bushwick native): I see it more as a class war than a race war. I'm from the last generation (born mid-1960s) of German-Americans from the Ridgewood/Bushwick area before the Great Exodus of the 1970s. If I claimed......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Tamara: to the Editor, It is best to put South Asia, as the first two pics are from India. Thank you for updating the location and I promise to keep it in mind the next time......

in response to: Sacred and Little Altars 2 by Tamara

EvilGentleman: I find it interesting to convert the demographic information for Bellevile found at [[http://www.bellevilleusa.com/demographics.html]] into actual numbers. The population of Belleville in 2000 was 2239, and broke down as follows: (including both politically correct and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

hello: i'm thinking of moving to brooklyn--the bush. i've been in the boogie down for about 7 years. just wanted to let everyone know---HELLO PEOPLEZZZ ALL OF NEW YORK IS CHANGING. FOR GOODNESS SAKES--I'M......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Robert: are all of you guys blind?? What about LA? Remember in the movie "Grand Canyon" one of the characters had a dream of flying around the LA skyline? Not a bad backdrop......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

George T.: Too bad one has to squirm and agonize before saying 'Chinatown' or 'Japtown' or whatever. A Chinese knows that he is Chinese, for heaven's sake. 'ID' my foot - or should I say fish head.......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

jack: they should call it 'asianation'. the fish heads are great for soups. thirty years ago a client of mine invited me to his daughters wedding. it was held at #1 canal street......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: Chris, I can tell you from experience, that while the majority of police try hard to do a decent job, cases of police overstepping the bounds of the responsibilities entrusted to them by the citizens......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE