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adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Humboldt1: PlGrd, Nice to see you are back from CityData. I was starting to get really down about black renters in general, but have had a new renter (black family) in my suburban place in Itasca......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Wendy: About a month ago, I took our little dog out for "last call". We walked down our front steps to the sidewalk. About twenty feet away stood two raccoons. The dog started barking. ......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Double A: I found this looking for old info about Sleepy Hollow. It's a shame this plant shut down the way it did, but like one person said, at least they got relocated or a severance package.......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

BethAnn: Ugh...I hate living in Jacksonville!! My husband is in the military and we had to leave wonderful San Diego to come to this dump! I am not black, but this place is so racist it......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

ChiPhi: True Morgan693 that due to some nuture and nature aspects of our upbringing, it may be easier for some to "pull themselves up by the boot straps". However, the excuses and crutches have to......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Jim Dinger: Wow,my sister lives in Yuba and I was bored so I googled and would up here.My sis is living in Yuba with her boyfriend Chad and their 2 daughters. Might go down to see her......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Amy: I have a family of coons living in my neighbours tree. They come out every night and tear our trash open if they can. Id rather my kids see them and be amazed, and watch......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Melissa: I'm a single female living in Bushwick. All the bad descriptions of the area may seem daunting (like the history of Maria Hernandez park or Knickerbocker ave), but honestly the place is a gem.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

dave in mlwaukee: Thank you for the stirring and poignant photos. Sadly, this is how this cemetery has looked as far back a I can remember, going back to my youth in the 1960s and 1970s. But the......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Story: Hi, I am an artist living in Hackney, London in the United Kingdom. Me and a friend are looking to spend 3 months in New York next year doing the galleries and looking into artist......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Leviathan: "Jess: 24th Dec 2007 Hey, I used to work at Soho Zat back in 1983. I loved it. They only hired punks" I worked there for only a few weeks....before that however i lived in the joint.......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

JoseFromIrving: I was born and raised in Brooklyn during the 70's, 80's and 90's. I lived on Irving Avenue between Suydam and Hart St. I left in 1992 and moved "upstate" and I must tell......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: wow, over 50 posts here and pic's, we have a thing about cemeteries, we the living view it as a scary, deserted area. some of us who are older see it as our next......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Kim: These photographs are so lonely and yet so lovely. Thank you so much for sharing them. If you ever publish a book, I'll buy it. Cemeteries get abandoned when they're all filled up or their......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

mitch: Hi Rich... What an amazing thing ... All through jr. high, high school and part of college I worked in my dad's store (Maiman's Pharmacy) and of course I knew Johnny and Herbie really well. I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Diane Roberts...: Great ideas Rohinton...would like to see an article on "The Pav" on the boardwalk...meeting place to hundreds of teenagers in the late fifties early sixties. I grew up on 3rd Ave having an extremely happy......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

Nick Snewf: I live on the corner of Bushwick and Granite in the Biko Transformation Center. My only complaint about living in Far East Bushwick is the lack of a neighborhood bar (that is licensed and which......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

usmcsniper1: It really is wild to hear about all the good memories people have about Eastern Pkwy. We moved to 1098 Eastern Pkwy directly across the street from St Matthews Church. My aunt attended catholic school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

iman: My whole family grew up in Bushwick, and I used to love going over there to see them when I was living on Long Island. And it definitely has gotten much better. It truly is......

in response to: Bushwick: the Next Hot Neighborhood? by upfromflames

vanessa: I lived at 277 Menahan btw Myrtle/Irving. LOVED it. So sorry I moved. Living on Putnam btw Bushwick/Broadway. =( No likey....

in response to: Menahan by Peter

Richie Rubin: AJS,I knew several folk who were murdered in old`hood',yep,it did change..for`da woyst',WE probably can't walk da streets safely @ nite..anymore..& chain-link fences/bars on many of da b'ldgs I usta play/hang-out in[esp.on St.Johns pl.]a sad state OUR former living quarters/spaces......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

diann L: come on...its wonderfull its nature...if these birds are living here in Staten island...maybe..well...we live in a good, healthy place..leave it to the birds..LOL they better hide this Thursday....yikes!! ...

in response to: Wild Turkey Parking by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

rachamim ben ami: Wow! People are still riffing on this crap? ##"Hells Angles are evil!/Hells Angels are great, they make our block safe!"## What a bunch of garbage. Either way no one here seems to know one way......

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

Kaeleen: Well, hello stranger...lol Ahhhh.... the good ole days of being in yuba. :) I loved the 2-day dances.I and Denise would go and do the polka's...lol we had fun dancing in our socks and sliding......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Dennis: We have been wondering about these houses since squatters were living in them in 1972. We were in La Jolla last week and my wife heard the following story: These buildings were originally life guard......

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

Del Prophet: Born in Woodward and lived in Buffalo as a child. It has always been a friendly town with real folks living there. Has not changed much as most small towns don't evolve much but......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

Red Flag alert: I'm a tenant in a building that had windows installed by Park Slope Windows & Glass (hereto to be referred to as "PSWG"). Overall impression: very negative. Red Flag #1: My landlord had to repeatedly call......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Peter: yes and yes... good call! yeah those are the elevated {atlantantic ave} tracks you see in the distance. in spite of all this meat, i go to this block because one of my favorite {vegan}......

in response to: Masonic Meats? by Peter

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

Mime: [[img:29384]] This is right across the road from an Irish pub I used to frequent and across from the Marina. I think they're building a high-rise dwelling type structure "with ocean views" and all that shebang. They......

in response to: Missing Tooth and Open Sky by upfromflames

Uh-huh: As a Torontonian I am apalled, embarassed, but not surprised that so many Torontonians are mouthing off on this site, and almost as many Montrealers. This insecure self-obsession comes of living next to the most......

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

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: What memories these posts conjure up! Although I can't remember exactly what Judy O looked like, I do remember her as tall and pretty and all of the boys in the class thought so. I'm glad......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ron Taub: As an ex-Brooklynite, living in the Midwest, it makes me very sad to see that wasted pizza. Bet it would have been delicious. If anybody who knows how to make NY Pizza wants to get......

in response to: Pizza to Go and Gone by CartLegger

Bea K.: Just goes to prove there's good and bad 'no matter where we live' and that includes Bushwick. For those who've moved on to "safer areas" (whatever that constitutes these days, as I most certainly 'don't'......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

deeds: Kool Rah...I came up in Doddtown too. lived on girard ave. lived in that apt from 1970-1983...moved to WO then for high school. i loved living in doddtown...best memories from then. spent every day of......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

dena: I have lived in the Humboldt Park area all my 50 years and seen many changes for the better yet the gangs are a big problem still in our community and schools in the area......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Humboldt1: I am happy to get rid of all the gangbangers. I have confronted drug dealers and will surely do it again. I do not want the kids on my street living around this......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

jan: My grandparents (Rankin) and my Mom later (Raney) lived on Barren Island for a lot of years-they brought their houses by boat to "Bergan Beach" to continue living, They had to leave because of Floyd......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

joseph g. klinger: I spent all of my youth in the Bushwick section and I can remember when it was getting ready to rain or if the wind was right you could smell the creek for miles but......

in response to: Newtown Creek by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Mary: if the raccoon was living under my house or at the back of my yard or behind my shed that would be an easier solution to take it and dispose but when it lives in......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

kauaichick: I DO live here and I LOVE the chickens. I wake up at night and I smile and try to fall back to sleep. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I'll sleep when......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Marybel Perez Ridley: I lived in Sunset Park from 1962-1989 I moved to the midwest and I visit alot still have family there. I grew up going to sunset park and had a lot of great memories.......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

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

Faith Allen: I love this. It seems as though he is sharing his lounge with us. A public living room!...

in response to: My Paris by Ilona

anon (c-66-229-236-128.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): it looks great ill have to come and see it all on my next trip back to Brooklyn were i was born and raised Now living in Ft.Lauderdale,Florida larry2.0@comcast.net...

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

Megan: Hello, I have recently relocated to NY and am living in Bensonhurst, near Bay Parkway and 66th. I was wondering if I could get people's opinions on how safe it is for a single, white......

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

Gem One Inwood NY: Is this swan from 225st Broadway TVS/ lans brother? used to hit 1 lay ups & Ghost Yard A line with KM/Ki/ST/Gor/Kren/Kev/Dino/Ski/ LMAD Living Madness 207st Inwood NY......

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

Antoine Whitfield: yo, I get a rush nostalgia when i hear you all talk about the the old hood... i didn't realize our shared history and how diverse we are as people "Bushwick Bred". Wow, i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Kaeleen: Hey Michelle- I knew the Wallaces very well and my best friend was Denise.We rode horse ALL the time and ALL over as well as with Amy Rynes.Have tons of pix of Yuba and us......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

geraldine: just been reading all the comments with a tear in ma eye. Stayed in housten street 1948 went to st. margarets school with my brother bobby (Diack) mr downie h/master. Fr Rawlings was the priest.......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

EvilGentleman: I hear ya. I used to love watching the heavies and the swing-wings take off from Plattsburgh when we would be shopping there back when I was a kid. And as a former base brat......

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital.......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Dusty : Hey all, that's some great work. This is gonna sound odd, but my church needs a good street artist for a project they're doing for hamilton kids. Nobody has to admit to anything, but if......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

I must be boring and illiterate: Apparently since I was raised and educated in Belleville I am an illiterate and boring person. I left Belleville like all young people, went to college, worked in Manhattan for 8 years and decided......

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

vickie : I was living in Texas at the time of the Murrah bombing. As I watched the coverage on television, my eyes filled with tears, not just for the victims, but for the way Oklahomans......

in response to: OKC - June 9th, 2007 by Brad

Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

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

scared with eyes wide open: believe what you see. They want us to see it. It cost them billions to build this airport that wasn't really needed, No paints a giant mural for public display without prior......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

BillH: Liz when you were born I was 24 and living in Colorado so I am a "few" years older than you. I am probably about the same age as your parents. Where did you......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sam: What is so very interesting to me in a sad way is looking at that area from Live Search (msn.com)....most blocks are empty..is here any project going on there to rebuild..the last time I was......

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

Sam: Okay poteto..I think I know who you are...there is only one family I can remember living on 2200 block of Emerald St. and moving to Dauphin St......

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

Sebastien: Tokyo is "as dirty as hell?" I must have missed that while living there for seven years and thinking everyday how amazingly spotless this city of 25 million could be. Seoul, on the......

in response to: Chungdahm by chiamattt

transplant: Older neighborhoods near downtown - Riverside, Avondale, Springfield, etc. make it easy to use your car less and get out into the world more. If you are really open-minded you can always find like......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Marie: I grew up in LaJunta and when I hit college, I learned that I had gotten a great education. I was far ahead of the other students in math and science and history. ......

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

Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington......

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

krimzer kkk: im a filipino but living in montreal! and here's my top 10! 1.montreal,canada 2.makati,philippines 3.seattle,usa 4.toronto,canada 5.sydney,australia 6.chicago,usa 7.hong kong 8.new york,usa 9.calgary,canada 10,san francisco,usa...

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

Thom Cartmell, US Army Retired: I grew up in Kensington. Susquehanna and Trenton Aves in the 40's and 50's Went to HB Hackett Elem School, and Penn Treaty, Jr High. Palm Movie House, Kent, Midway, Iris (Military in Uniform got......

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

Lou Romero: Thanks UFF, your response was almost totally on the money, except for the "poor Puerto Rican families" part. Many PR families were hard-working and wanted a better living conditions as well as good schools, many who......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

RonS: hairsy-mike o'd was my age joe was a little older,I think joe still works for wallace roofing on front st.I saw june branagan a few years back,june and terry were living around front & westmoreland,terry......

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

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used......

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

Me: Re to living in Hutchinson You are bi-polar and I want to let you know there are medications for it....

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

gotout: i moved away more than 20yrs ago be honest hutch is boring. i come home at least once a year to visit family. things are getting pretty ratty there. the neighborhoods need to do like......

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

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

surviving: hutch is safer than a lot of big cities, and the commute to work is not so bad,(hour wait traffic jams etc.) I have traveled and it"s not fun to set ,......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Sandy, you must live on my street. Just yesterday, I wrote almost the same thing to the Daily News and today they called me to consider it for publication...I'm in the 25th also. Wow, RonS,......

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

adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they......

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

serlingrod: moral of the story, everyone - deindustrialization ruined these neighbors that so many people who grew up in them loved so much. hard economic times and social/political injustice has transformed them into hotbeds for illegal......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Ok Joseph I'm sorry about your father, that he went through that. He didn't move from here after that, that speaks volumes. My mother and I were in a similar situation, we found our 84......

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

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

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

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

Joseph Bridge: beautiful response serlingrod...you paint a rosy picture of kensington... you must be an artist type. lets talk reality here. business investment in kensington: mom and pop stores, laundrymats, stop and go...for that 40 oz,......

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

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

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

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

Tex: Yes, there are a lot of people up there that are unemployed for whatever reasons and are having to live with relatives, parents, etc., in order to stay there. As far as them moving away,......

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

carol: kensington has become a hell hole because of slumlords, section 8, and an abundance of sub humans living off government subsidies in filth ,drug stupor,and ignorance....

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

Snoop: reading about these buildings is one thing and living in them is a whole different story...i lived in these projects for 10 years at 120 north Hermitage and it is not like that book there......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

A Free Mind: Sharon, thats a touching story, i felt the hairs on my neck stand up. The thing is as Karlo said, What life would ur son want you 2 live after his death? (not as you......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are. What a lot of you need to do is......

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

Tex: The point is for most wage earners if you want to make good money, you won't be living in Hutchinson, Ks. ...

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

Tony Harrison: My great great grandfather John Morris is recorded as living in Gerrards Court in 1841. Can you tell me whether this is now Gerrards Close? ahvem@internode.on.net...

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

Janice P.: I lived in Kensington on East Dauphin St. from 1941 until 1962. I attended H. A. Brown Elementary and Penn Treaty Junior High. Both excellent schools at that time. I then moved to......

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

bighouse: This is totally unreal. People go on about living conditions and so on. Why is it that people who get things for free and so on expect free forever?? I get no......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

Allison: Well, I was born in Flatbush and even though I've been out for 20 years the place still gives me the willies whenever I return. I live in Manhattan now and am constantly amazed at......

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