Comments about ghetto

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Brodidly AB: Bushwick!! What can I say? It can be an interesting place to live in and it can be a nightmare. To all those who are contemplating moving to Bushwick, on the serious tip you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Humboldt1: Gentrification is being caused by yuppies and professionals from the east moving further west, displacing current long-time residents. The park itself is beautiful and a true gem in the Chicago Park District, but is......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Xavi: Humboldt Park has its social ills (and as you can see from the rest of my diatribe, there are specific historical/social/political reasons why) but it is a ghetto struggling to maintain the rich social networks,......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and......

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

local: theres about 15 ghetto birds ready to go out at any minute anywhere in LA.. Hollywood is pretty ghetto by the way....

in response to: Hollywood by Sketch

eric guerra: Its me again. No matter how bad it is, it is still my birth place, St. Josephs Hospital, lived on Preakness Ave for half my life, then moved one block away to Ryerson ave. I......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

tasha: i curently reside in the projects the philadelphia housing auth. i go to school and have a job but still proverty stricken i believe the book portrayed good image of the projects. people who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Born and Raised in NYC: Incredibly condescending comments but coming from a Canadian I'm not surprised. Never judge the majority attitude of any given place by graffiti since the majority population are seldom represented in the sentiment expoused it's usually drawn/written......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

birdy[kirstiem92@gmail.com]: Kay, first off, if you would have gone a tiny bit further down Main Street Scott, you would have found Sooner Fashion Mall. Or you could have continued going down Interstate 45 headed towards Moore,......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

riiiiiight: i was born and raised in bk. i just checked out a new "luxury condo" developement out there a whim (when i was told my rent was being jacked up another 300 bucks). ......

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

kaylaahidley a.k.afroot loopz: to all em people in 505 burque alburczazziiiiii keep your headz up and keep beleiving in yourself damian,michael,david from T.C.K SOUTHSIDE -SOUTH VALLEY AND DIZ IS FROM YOUR HOMIEZ REPPIN THAT 505 BURQUE KAYLA,MELINDA STAY......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

Rodent: Oh yeah, and I see CG projects on that ghetto TV show GOOD TIMES....

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

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.

Jason: I'm sorry to agree with Gentrification, The old Southeast Side used to be a mecca of beautiful homes with flowers and families enjoying life in the 1970's-early 80's. The area was majority Irish, Serbian......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

corsakti: just to clear something up again; i was tryin to badmouth humboldt park and the puerto ricans who live there. As I grew up, we lived in a rented house there for years and were......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Xavi: Most of the eastern part of Humboldt Park until the mass Puerto Rican migration of the 1940's and '50's was Jewish and Polish, with some German and Italian elements. When those ethnic groups were......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Anonymous: If I was a parent I would not send my kids to this school. The majority of kids don't wanna learn and they're typical common ghetto trash. They disrupt classes and prevent other students from......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Sam: I remember when this neighborhood was Italian. My grandmother owned a house on division street between Chicago and North Avenues. The neighborhood was beautiful and the houses well maintained. The Our Lady of......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Genuine brooklynite bushwick baby: I am so proud of where i come from.Most people say bitches in bushwick are dumb.Never that Never me ,I just see what i see and i will always be me.Growing up in the hood......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Xavi: I live in Humboldt Park, in the Paseo Boricua commercial strip. Reading through most of these comments, I have this to write: In order to understand the state of Humboldt Park and the Puerto Rican......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

PEMA: are those like industrial strength milk crates. why arent they cracking under all that weight???? guess im just not that ghetto...

in response to: Retro Ghetto by Jayce

ROB: Show us the ghetto part too.................lolz...

in response to: Subways and Trains by Andy

RickC: I wish we would stop refering to Bushwick as the Ghetto. It is a community in transition. I was there when it was great and celebrities such as Jackie Gleason lived on Chauncey Street. Will......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

joey: what's a ghetto bird doing flying over hollywood ?...

in response to: Hollywood by Sketch

Brandon: Uhm. why that place looks ghetto :S Toronto Montreal :) My home ...

in response to: halifax 6 by hool

zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate).......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

robert: I agree 100%. I dont think Brooklyn is a borough for something like that and Coneyisland is always gonna be a piece of shit no matter what they try to do. People from places around......

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

iman: jack, the baldies ended a long while ago. and your right, it's not like brooklyn is a ghetto, maybe there are some people who live that way, but if you just live like a citizen......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

Anonymous: Coney Isalnd has alot of family memories for me and many others. It has been there for many years and i enjoy taking my children to a place where my parents once took me......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Krissy: I was born and raised in Paterson NJ, even though it has changed a lot and today is more known as ghetto, i still love the city i was born in. There are beautiful sights......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

BDweller: My friend Mike graduated from JHS 111 in the early seventies. It had already acquired a rough reputation by then, as I recall. Like Pierre said, the gang/thug threat was present. All......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

LR: Here's the lick from a lincoln park reared and raised guero who kicked it in HP (east of Cal) back in the late 80's/early 90's....Oh yeah, and before people are dismissive, let me state that......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

C0S1: SANE R.I.P THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUVE BROUGHT TO THIS CULTURE YOU BROUGHT BEAUTY TO THE GHETTO SMITH THANK YOU FOR KEEPING YOUR BROTHERS NAME ALIVE XTC IS THE ILLEST GRAFF KREW OUT THERE PROPS TO - AOK,BYI AND......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

P.Y,T: Hey Look I Live In Bushwick All My Life Im 22 And Bushwick has changed now there used to be alot of people here and chillin but things change during the years yea but i......

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

Thomas H: I grew up on Stanhope and Knickerbocker lived there and around there from 1951 to 1966. I remember Knickerbocker shops and Bargin Town on Broadway.I remember sleeping on the fire escape and hitten two and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

nick: sarnia is mostly people getting hit by cars , the stupidity of people and the way it is one huge ghetto...

in response to: Sarnia by zagg

from starr st.: 1st. off upfromflames, i am going to my storage space and look for my pics and send them to you. now i was born and rasied in bushwick. PROUD of it.just as proud......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I agree with you Rich. I would love to live in a world where people can coexist peacefully along side one another. All I am saying is that most people make generalizations of people based......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Greatest bomber ever = biggest loser ever: Without question JA has bombed more shit than anyone ever. He's the Michael Jordan of graffiti. But graffiti is a sad and pathetic vocation. This is a person who had the resources (maybe not the intelligence)......

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

itsreallyrubbish: Santa's Ghetto is on Oxford street, right next to Tottenham Court Road station. It's really rubbish, I thought it was a load of sixth-formers trying to be banksy....

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

crlsgll: This conversation about Bushwick is great. I love reading the personal narratives that fuel each story and shed light in our differences; which is a blessing in disguise, for if we all agreed then this......

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

DREW: hey guys, cabrini green is still pretty bad and violent, you just don't here about it as much because its smaller. If you don't believe you can check this website out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7xzKVVrT8 go to......

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

Dane: I have been conducting research on the Horner Homes since I read Alex Kotlowitz' book "There Are No Children Here." It is a fantastic book, however the stories are filled with grotesque images of anti-hope,......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

JNJ: Everybody is missing the point here and underlying factor. I grew up in Humboldt Park. I lived there for 32 years. Yes, it was stressful. However, I had allot of fun......

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

duwon: yup aint no0o 1 fucken with newark naw mean we go0o to0o hard for any nikkas out there so0o hatas just fall waii bak naw mean thats how it is if u aint frm the......

in response to: Pet Bird Paste-ups by Peter

Grant: You could come and you would, generally, be safe. But interviewing people is different than "walking through". If you actually wanted useful interviews it is sometimes helpful to have a contact or a......

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

WindyCity4life: Their is no glory in public housing,especially in Chicago.Of course I think it's wrong that CHA is making those people live on the streets.For some reason public housing will always be a problem in cities......

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

eric guerra: I was born an raised in paterson. I moved to Tampa about 8 months ago. Even though paterson is the ghetto, it was my home. I miss it. Libbys is still there, right next to......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Tahra: Today is September 7, 2006. When will santas ghetto, open again, so I can check it out for myself? Other then his website, where else can I find information on 'Banksy'?...

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

Steve: 44.Whistler tips. Go through any area that may be considered ghetto, ever trailer parks, and you may hear these. http://www.thatvideosite.com/view/39.html is a news story about them that is inadvertently(sp?) humorous thanks to a man named Bubb Rubb.......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

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

willynelly: Old neighborhoods that at one time were nice for people to live and work in.It has happened from one end of this country to the other,when blacks move in and take over a neighborhood.Go to......

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

ZooPaul: Right on Anon The only rational response to conflict is the restoration of harmony. I was born in Canada of Catholic parents from the Republic of Ireland, and came to Ireland when I was 4. I remember......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Proud Bushwacker: I grew up on Wyckoff and Cornelia (BK) on the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood. To tell you the truth, my mom put me in schools in Ridgewood, the schools have always been better......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

The Truth: You wanna see a real ghetto with black,white and brown people go to brazil Then maybe you will stop bitching....Even the ghettos in new york are rich compared to the rest of the world All americans have......

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

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

Jamie: i've just sat and read this entire thread end to end and i have to say, i think there are a lot of sticks being firmly grasped by the wrong ends. Northern Ireland is a......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

shandy: I'm white and my place in Bushwick was the first I moved to when I came to New York. I had no idea what neighborhood meang what, I moved there firstly because my friend lived......

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

force: nah nah nah.. yall got it allllllllll wrong sweet hearts.... 1st of all.. ghettos n slums never change.. white civilizations will never change.... coney island is ghetto.... u aint realizin it... cuz u focusin on......

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

Joe: I've lived on Jefferson btwn Irving and Knickerbocker for a year. It's gotten a little better just in that time. We moved here because we got priced out of our old neighborhood, Park Slope. Our......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

cookie 10: My family moved to Brighton Beach in the 60's and coney island in the 70's. In the 60's it was beautiful. In the mid 70's both Brighton and Coney Island had turn to sh*t. All......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Elicar: "##Church and Wellesley is a gay-oriented community located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is roughly bounded by Gould Street to the south, Yonge Street to the west, Charles Street to the north, and Jarvis Street......

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

Zoila: Lived in Bushwick all my life. Seen the worst, experienced the worst, seen the best, experienced the best. I am in college now. Quite possibly the most opposing place to Bushwick. It's......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (mail.tweezerman.com): There are still parts of Bushwick that are ghetto..that's basically the case whereever you have housing projects. Housing projects cannot be gentrified. The people complianing about those saying that a white neighborhood is safer......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: lol jamie! check the comments on [[1680:this entry]]. blech! {yummy taco} is one of zillions of "ghetto-chinese" places that are a phenomenon in {brooklyn}, that though they serve cheap, fast (and often low-quality) chinese take-away,......

in response to: Building Slice by Peter

fallsroadfra: I have to agree with reggie to a certain degree. I once read an article, in News Week I think, it claimed that belfast was probably the safest city in the world for women. I......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

Jono Cono: Pure ghetto......

in response to: Grime by Elliot

EvilGentleman: RE: Jury I demand a retrial, it is obvious right from the opening statements that the jury was decided before the trial, and the jury selection process was too impromptu to be properly effective. And by the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Vidal B UK Manchester: I watched a documentary on the bushwick projects/ghetto about 8 years ago and it looked and was very very ghetto. Fiends overdosing and getting clapped up and 9 year old cats blazing dro, Sick! ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

ian: Of course this photo is real. I don't even like photoshop. There are some extremely ghetto, broken up old parking lots -- basically just stripes laid on top of demolished building foundations. The east side of......

in response to: Self Injury Club by ian

drum: public service ghetto style...

in response to: Worst Graffiti Evar... Again! by Peter

Jamie: isn't it! it looks a whole lot more ghetto than i remember it...

in response to: Satan's Front Door by Jamie

vanessavargas@yahoo.com: i have lived on menahan street off of myrtle ave for a little over a year now. Let me tell you now that bushwick is the next williamsburg...and if your thinking of moving here,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (217.205.0.17): Full Listing here SANTAS GHETTO OPENS IT DOORS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR AND IS OPEN FROM TODAY UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH. The ghetto is a street level free-for-all art gallery that brings you some of the most feared names......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

Soaxtica: Dallas Graffiti Abatement Plan.. :P Looks like the 2 types of cameras to be used seem rather ineffective aside from spooking a few people. According to the website, the cams don't lead to any prosecution. Doesn't......

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Like What! by Tick Tock

adam: nah.. i used to live in glen rock where i went to h.s. 93-97.. so we used to drive over the bridge (there are only 2 or 3 bridges that lead from bergen county to......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

ted357: Ya'll crazy to an extent. I'm moving to HP soon. I'm moving because I can't afford no other shit on the north side. I'm a white boy from the south side. Damn, I understand some......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Former Bushwick Resident: I am a 36 year old hispanic female. Lived all my life in Bushwick. Four years ago, I decided to move to New England and escape the city. I was a single mother of 3.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Santas ghetto ho ho HO?: hello fellow people is this santas ghetto thing on in 2006 coz im going to london and i would really appreciate some tips on where to go....Santas Ghetto looks like the one thing to look......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

nice one: there's plenty of go go bars in every ghetto with rules like this to keep the thugs and knucleheads out so the place wont get shot up. Probably not always effective though....

in response to: Philadelphia by Mad Jane

Witness...: There will always be others- people who will in a perverted fashion misuse the fabrics & the dynamics of a society. The ills of a society will always look "attractive", "alluring", and "inviting" to those......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: I keep going thru this site and I find so much BS I was just reading some old comment from Jan from EL viejo de arriba....Yo' viejo you need to stop brown nosing the USA......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

L: i dont see a point to people that like gangs and that rep for gangs but i dont thinkt hat s its right when the cops find out that someone is in a gang and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: thats why i had to include them... even though the photos were sorta bad/blurry. the whole grocery looks pretty funny, actually. its sorta ghetto,...

in response to: C-Town Grocery by Peter

Jamie: Forgot to mention. That last one was taken inside ##Santa's Ghetto##. Someone posted [[808:something about it]] on citynoise a while back actually....

in response to: There is Always Hope by Tankist

banksy fan: The Ghetto offered a unique opportunity to view some cutting edge art including Banksy's ##"That Christ painting"##. The image was controversially dropped from Bob Geldof's Light up London campaign in 2003 but has since been......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

Santa's Ghetto: Adjacent to Soho Original Books 121-125 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0EW ...

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

Jamie: I've never been there, but been to the waterside (loyalist area of derry) a few times which has a similar feel to it. Menacing murals, red white and blue painted curbs and such. never got......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

steelisreal: when i first moved to london i lived in the ghetto, kennington near brixton and oval. after about 6 months i realized that i wanted to live somewhere more fun closer to the nightlife.......

in response to: Worldcup Party by Steelisreal

Angel: I am puerto rican male who raised in Uptown. I am researching humboldt park for a group project. I don't understand why people are using this website to criticize each other. That is......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ms. ghettoblaster: the simple things are always hard to use. ...

in response to: How to press the walk button in Amsterdam by corsakti