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Ron: Hello again Teri, I had to smile when I bumped into your posting here. Something I didn't mention in my recent long e-mail was one time when I was playing on the Eastern Parkway mall and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Man from Oslo: If you mind your own business, you'll be safe here in Oslo. I know, I've lived here for 24 years. And the small amount of violence that actually happens to innocent people, are basically caused......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Juergen (an immigrant): Dear EvilGentleman, it seems I'm the first one in this blog that MOVED into one of the Benny farm houses ( in the Prince of Wales section) and up until now I can only say it......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

j davis: The main problem is letting in immigrants who do not want to assimilate into Norwegian culture but want to change Norway into an islamic state. They were already a problem when I lived in Stockholm......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

anon (c-69-139-11-88.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): hairsy: can,t remember the hot dog stand. I did remember cassidy's candy store at palethorpe and cambria; spring water from wissonoming park; seeing president kennedy at front and sterner st. if you get a......

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

RN1980: My question to all you HATERS is: What makes your town/city so much better? Every community in this country as problems with drugs and poor "white trash" or "illegal immigrants". The photos posted......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

CaptainVideo: What you are doing is no different that all white communities banning together to keep blacks from moving in because they are afraid that they will bring crime and lower property values. Humbolt is not......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Jade-en-Ville: EvilGentleman, I have learned a great deal from your pictures and posts over the past few years. This post prompted me to respond, mainly to lend weight to your comments to Canadian-Canadian. EvilGentleman's perspective is, in......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

GuRu: This town is like americas butthole. If there was something to actually do in town, maybe it wouldnt be so bad. LIke, say, reopen the teen center. That might cut down on the crime, and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Larry: My town used to be okay. . . but now it is swarming with illegal immigrants and criminal activity. The town next to us has even more illegal immigrants. For the most part it is......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

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

one more comment: ok, i got to this site by accident but it caught my attention so I continued to read. I should have gotten out the dictionary to make sure I spell everything right so you dont......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Western Kansan: If you think Hutch is bad, you should come to western Kansas. Take your pick of Garden City, Liberal, or Dodge City; they are all being taken over by the Mexicans, many of whom are......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

little ukraine: "Many of them cross the burning desert illegally to enter the [oil] rich country in search of a better livelihood." it really is amazing how this statement (particularly if you remove the word 'oil')could apply to......

in response to: Sometimes a Picture Has Nothing to Do with the Story by Sohail Moughal

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

Brooklyn-Pete: Bushwick is not the worst neighborhood in Brooklyn, it's definately no Park Slope but it is not as bad as some would have others believe. The neighborhood is very noisy and extremely filthy on many......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Armstrong: All this talk of crime is interesting yet Bushwick is changing everyday. It is inevitable. I think it will change for the better, remaining a mixed neighborhood demographically and economically. It is closer to Manhattan......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Josh: Both A-Gjengen and B-Gjengen are run by criminal elements within Oslo's immigrant Pakistani community. Both immigrants and ethnic Norwegians are their victims. The Norwegian police have been criticized for not having taken stronger......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

maybetoday: I don't know much about the rest of Missouri's architecture. Because of St. Louis' role as a prominent hub for immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century to the early-twentieth century, its architecture is quite varied.......

in response to: Old North St. Louis Pt. II by maybetoday

Armstrong: I just got an apartment on Starr St and Knickerbocker so I a little bit resent rosecoloredglasse's last comment. at the same time, I'm a realist and yes, that area would be considered blighted by......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John: Well the reason from the sudden Crime wave and violence is because of the Muslim immigrant groups who migrated to Norway such as the pakistani gangs the Albanian gangs and the Moroccans who are all......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

jj: It invariably IS immigrant crime. No wonder the US wants to put a wall on its southern border. Excuses can be made; rationalizations can be offered. It's always been shown that immigrant......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

upfromflames: BD: I truly appreciate your response. Maybe that is why I posted it. Thanks for taking the bait! Your perspective is clearly rich in experience, and me, well, I am a non-NYer who has just......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

anon (localhost): Poor old fred maybe the council can give him one of those new houses which are going to cost us £3,000,000 no wonder the bloody council tax is going up. I suppose fred will have......

in response to: Dancing Fred by clarky

upfromflames: ** The Urban Ecology of Arson** The power of the Wallace's interpretation is its integrated systems approach. just as flames cannot burn in a vacuum, the flames of July 13th did not arise out of nowhere.......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Cuban Refugees? I never heard that angle before! I always thought it was Puerto Ricans spilling over and displaced form Williamsburg...interesting. I guess they moved on from the area. Nowadays, by the way, Bushwick is......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Bean: I see Drunken fights in Bergen (Norways second largest city) every Friday and Saturday/Sunday, But the situation is different here, Oslo got these immigrant gangs that chase eachother all the time making trouble. About the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

just a thought: just a quick comment ~ i agree that there is a major problem with employers taking advantage of immigrants, especially illegals. Is it ironic that it's Mexicans that are doing construction in 90 degree......

in response to: We Are Not Criminals!!!! by Rabblerouser

jeeff: the cab must have been doing something funny because it got dragged into the streetcar-only right of way there on spadina. but to be fair, i've seen both good and bad cab drivers, and......

in response to: Crunch by jeeff

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

Tony: I WAS born in a house on Bushwick Avenue and Halsey Street. My father and mother were both immigrants from Italy, They left italy for the new world to improve their lives and to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Canadian-Canadian, why do you say: ##"Half of NDG is immigrants on welfare already."## That seems like a pretty narrow-minded view. Do you have something against immigrants? And I seriously doubt your numbers, since most people......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Chris Erb: From the information I've been given concerning apartment rental in Montreal, the city only has a 2% vacancy rate for low income apartments (prices that low income families, students, or new immigrants can afford). ......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Canadian-Canadian: Wow. There are TONS of vacant apartments in Montreal at low-low rents. Half of NDG is immigrants on welfare already. There was no need to spend taxpayer dollars on this. And i'm sure in......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Genaro: Susannah, I have to give you, half-a-ditto on this one! You have to understand that their were many Whites who and are still really racsists, especially the ones of the establishment, along with most of......

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

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.

elaine: nice post. in london our chinatown is still chinatown, but then i think it really is actually chinese. it is very central, and i think the chinese residents have enough of a time trying to......

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

Pat: I'm doing research on the White Star Lines - the RMS Baltic, in particular. My mom was an immigrant to this country in 1928, and I'm trying to put a history of her journey together......

in response to: Cunard White Star Lines by Peter

jack: true. but many immigrants came to this country and they all worked and pooled their money into the family by buying property and other needs. every family had a savings bank. granted......

in response to: We Are Not Criminals!!!! by Rabblerouser

EvilGentleman: ATTENTION INS: It has been brought to the attention of the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee) Department of Immigration and Hospitality that you have been residing in our nation illegally. As our Constitution has no provision automatically granting......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

jeeff: elicar - how about the reservations up north where people continue to be stuck without clean drinking water and reliable infrastructure? how about the saskatoon police (to name only one notorious department)? the amount......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

anon (p54907093.dip.t-dialin.net): Hi I'm half German. I live in England and have done for 3 years. I like a lot of the people there, as you do in every country you meet good people and bad people.......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Peter: geez. considering that i just finished reading __fahrenheit 451__ this morning, im totally ripe for some good alienating, dystopian news fodder... thanks sine. so... is [[wiki:Durham Tees Valley Airport]] in some redneck/back-woods part of the uk......

in response to: Stupidity Is a Virus by sine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Strewth! What the feck is happening? How ignorant do you have to be to condemn someone for their choice of very mainstream music? These days, London Calling or The Immigrant song is hardly revolutionary (and......

in response to: Stupidity Is a Virus by sine

Tyfoid Kid: That taxi driver must have really good ears. Most of Immigrant Song is pretty hard to understand unless you know the words. He probably didn't like his tip so he thought "I'll show......

in response to: Stupidity Is a Virus by sine

EvilGentleman: On May 5 of 1989, I was in the middle of a long road trip with my best friend, Mike. We were in San Diego, California, after having driven 5000 miles through two Canadian provinces......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Elicar: If America has almost closed her borders, Canada has opened hers. Not only do we accept qualified immigrants with open arms, we have legislated that certain groups be given (more) equal chances in the public......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Peter: i am growing very leery of how insular, provincial and xenophobic america is becoming... it smacks of fascism and... dare i say it... prewar germany. after all, every single one of us living in america......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

EvilGentleman: jack, if there is any subject that people need educating on, this is it. Keep up the good work. And thank you for your service to America. While I am not personally an American, My......

in response to: Burning the Flag by jack

jack: ok calm down. people who hate are a very small minority. ordinary people tend to keep silent on many subjects. this country is free for all peoples. but the laws must......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

jack: thanks for your comments, its appreciated. joe and i were sister's favorites. i did not know that at the time, i found out at our 47th reunion. she knew we were from......

in response to: The Meatball Caper by jack

michelle: What comes around goes around. It didn't stay Polish, Italian and German. It won't stay Puerto Rican either. Humboldt Park community was incorporated into the City of Chicago in 1869, the same year that saw......

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

gringa latina: Well, here I am again. I wrote my last post in Spanish I guess as a sign of respect to all of the latino residents of Humboldt Park and to write as a "white......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Margaret: Hi, I'm finishing up my senior year at Northwestern in Evanston. My parents are immigrants from Eastern Europe and I have spent most of my undergraduate career interested in communities and increased educational opportunities......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Sigh: Immigrant invasion? This country was made of and built by immigrants. Look around - you're surrounded! ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

SamFarber: popasmuf: 1st Feb 2006 - 22:43 GMT I can't believe this lady didn't expect some kind of reaction when she did this. Go literally block down the road from this incident and there are logans and rancid......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

anon (CPE000129ff6803-CM0014f8633a9e.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): Good for her! It is all about being a pig and not caring or respecting our precious environment. Littering is totally NOT cool! If this girl is a single mom and working very hard as......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Leah for mayor!: popasmuf: you said: "I love the market with the immigrant shops and fruit stands but the low-rent psedo radicals gotta go." I could not help but noticed your mistake. Below I have corrected it for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

popasmuf: I can't believe this lady didn't expect some kind of reaction when she did this. It would be like me going up to her and ripping her headphones off her head, because I have a personal......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Krusty: To:saskatooncycling@yahoogroups.com This kind of article just drives me nuts. It's just another case of that god damn CBC forwarding it's socialist agenda and attempting it's usual "social engineering" by reporting on some insignificant action of what was......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Feminist: As a feminist, I have to congratulate the driver for doing one thing. He didn't discriminate against this woman before he beat her senseless. When he was choke holding her, he didn't see......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

I heart Kensington: People have to get thier facts straight. he was driving a 4 cylinder car NOT an SUV. He's as Canadian as Don Cherry NOT an eastern european immigrant. She started the whole thing by overreacting and throwing food......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Chucky: A message to Canadian messengers: recent immigrants from eastern european countries don't take getting garbage thrown at them lightly....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

matt: the silver ring hasn't been the same since it moved downtown. well, since tim fired me, really. ybor used to be a great place because you had all these immigrant groups banding together......

in response to: The Columbia Restaurant by sine

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

Gravedigger?: My fondest memory of Bushwick goes back to 1972. My dad and I went to Most Holy Trinity Cemetery on Central Ave to see my grandprents grave. A coupel of guys tried robbing us inside......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Jeremy: Jamie your a right twat, you call the irish racist i've lived here for 6 years in a modern diverse multicultural society that does a lot more for its foreign immigrants than my home nation......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

jeeff: your english is ok but you seem to have a problem with preconceptions. regarding "you americans" this website actually represents a group of people from a variety of countries, including active groups from canada......

in response to: Exremist school.. by Rune

Marc: great writing, really fascinating pics-- reminds me of the watts towers in los angeles, made by one guy over 20 years out of rebar and concrete- he used the nearby railroad track to bend the......

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

Jamie: It would be if they had bothered to build a store too. Alas it is merely a distribution centre, and we must still travel as far as fine nottinghamshire to partake in frenzied ikeamania. All......

in response to: Motorway Haiku: UK (Part One) by Jamie