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Bea: This article was or mostly the comments was very interesting to read, because right now I am an norwegian in California, I love California, and the prices, Omg, It is so cheap here, never experienced......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

Galloping Greg: I love how half the people in this thread seem to think its a human right to have access to affordable strip-clubs. Come on, guys. Sex sells, and these are for-profit places. It just plain starts......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Galloping Greg: I love how random the prices seem. $2.21, $4.43, $4.91, $1.64....

in response to: Hot Chick $5.90 by EvilGentleman

Tex: I've always focused on the job first and foremost, location second. If you make good money you can always travel to spend time with loved ones, but you have to make the time. I......

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

yana : i agree the IGA is a bit expensive, but doesn't IGA stand for independent grocer's association? if my money is going towards smaller farmers and not some big chain like super C, i'd pay extra... do......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

adam: any kind of public transportation increase to red hook would make rental prices skyrocket ...

in response to: Red Hook Trolleys by Peter

EvilGentleman: Hmmmm... wonder why this page is suddenly generating so many hits? Someone must have put a link somewhere with a good deal of traffic. I have a thought more making tickets more fun. How about making tickets......

in response to: Best Costco Moment of 2008 by EvilGentleman

Kyli: Hi..I have a very good friend I met in Texas she was an exchange student from Norway I have known her for 11 years now. I have been to Norway 3 times and it never......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

GamerNic: Just a thought in regards to this particular arcade (as an ex-frequenter of it): The owner has started overcharging games (rather, reducing playtime where at all possible without reducing prices), and when asked about it,......

in response to: Ye Olde Arcade by EvilGentleman

Fred M Pohl: I think light rail is a good thing especially where you're situated with the high gas prices and you have a alternative to get to and from work or shopping and you speed along when......

in response to: Light Rail by dostoy

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

EvilGentleman: Peter, when I working at a gas station as a young man in the late 1980's, I used to get all kinds of customers pulling up and asking stupid questions like: Do you sell gas? Does my......

in response to: Ye Olde Arcade by EvilGentleman

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

Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

warren from boston : been going to super for 26 years. club still has some hot girls. not as good as years ago.Prices skyhigh... Nighttime much better. VERY OVERPRICED....

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Todd: LOL I wouldn't doubt it he is, was and always will be behind the rising gas prices! ...

in response to: Satan\'s Gas Station by CE

AcEs BhG: yeoo the scrap yards prices aren't that jacked up the paint is but every marker I get from their is good priced I don't remember the exact price but I'm goin their now so peacee......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): probably, pubs, clubs and bars and cheaply constructed housing sold at extortionate prices !!!...

in response to: Demolish the Railway Arches by Andrew Smith

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

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

OtAnewYorkk: whats the prices like cus today i was goin to hit that place up and fucking never got the chance too i heard the prices are mad expensive tho...

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

Jamie: Yes. That's clearly not a Banksy piece. Congratulations to the mainstream media for putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5. That's not even an AK is it? And one of the 'girls'......

in response to: Banksy Work Painted Over by Islington Council? by Jamie

Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments. Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit......

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

NewYorkDave: Bobby I: Thanks! My Dad must've been selling pretzels around the same time because he bought and sold them for the same prices you quoted. His "route" was Onderdonk heading south; he tells me that......

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

nancy: that old space is still empty...we need a cheap little fruiterie there...the prices at that IGA really are astronomical!! Its also really disorganized...and their organic section sucks..notice too, that anything that is on sale......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

jeeff: "block-busting" is a little different than what you describe, and probably not exactly what went on here. in the US, real estate agents would leave pamphlets and things in target neighbourhoods warning that minorities......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

the in: wow this is a hot issue with many different sides to it. First I'm white and poor and a hipster. My first choice was to live in Williamburg. But the prices there have gone up......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril et al, Yes now I remember and heck it was a short period as a flower shop :-) I remember only too well Cyril Bagshaw SENIOR and his chippy, was it 6d [six pennurth] of......

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

Bob: I have lived in Lawrence, KS as well. I have traveled this great land of ours extensively (Driven through every state east of the rockies and south of New York) I am not saying all......

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

anon (cache-dtc-ad08.proxy.aol.com): It's about 2 blocks away from the Voyager terminal. The Taj Mahal hotel's even closer to the terminal and also has lower prices, though it's not as nice as Kent was. Kent looks like it's......

in response to: Kent Hotel by CE

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.

Peter S: I have bought a couple of brand new bikes from Uncle Jacob, and have also had good experience with getting repairs done by them at very reasonable prices. So he is definitely a legit......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

unsure: Actually, as I look back on what I wrote, and after reading every single comment on this page (whew!), I realize that I do need to spend more time in Bushwick and see how I......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jeremy : I wish I had a time machine. Id go back to the early 1900's when Luna, Steeplechase, and Dreamland were up and running. It would seem that every other ride you see in amusement parks......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

D.Bennet-lived in 1943 apt 606: I grew up in the Henry Horner Holmes a.k.a. the Hornets i live in 1943 4 trey i also grew up with pharoah and laffy and that movie portrayed them as innocent fun loving children......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Djrobluv: I lived in EO for 15 years 1980-1995 South Harrison St & Webster Pl. Boarder of Orange and E. Orange. When we first moved to EO our block was quiet not too much going on......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

John Dereszewski: The recent "pretzel post" brought back some very dear - albeit fattening - Bushwick memories. When I served as District Manager of Community Board 4 in the late 1970's, I would walk to our......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Me: Well, I for one moved back here after being gone for 23 years in a place that was so dang expensive(California) rent 1,400 a month. Median home prices 600,000 and that would get you......

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

Dani B: The Maple Leaf is perfection. All establishments should be this incredible. Awesome people + great prices + fun karaoke + crack laced joints = One of the best nights you'll spend in boring Toronto...

in response to: Toronto Dive Bars by JayEastsider

VL: So, that's why. I have just been to that store in St Henri yesterday, and thought that it looked a bit empty for that time of the day (10 customers on a Sunday late afternoon?).......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

Sandra: I stayed in Northern Ireland for five years,and found the scenery beautifull,and house prices were cheap. The weather is awful,with rain most days,The people are friendly,However Racism does excist,and unless you are irish then you are......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Frank S. Besner: I was just at the IGA on Charlevoix, tonight and boy can I vouch for your statement, CE. Prices at these chains are through the roof! I especially love how they compulsively try to con......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

iman: the prices are going up too damn much. my parents keep talking about moving to north carolina because of the high taxes over here. every governor and senator have said that they're going to lower......

in response to: Housing Got You Down? Turn to History for Hope by upfromflames

CE: I bought a bottle of wine from there once. Their prices are terrible....

in response to: Scarface Convenience Store by EvilGentleman

my visit: I travel from a small community north of Toronto to New Brunswick 2 times a year and on average i spend a month in your beautiful province and at about a week each time in......

in response to: Sussex Stationers by CE

Josh: I have been in Oslo several times over the past years and have liked it less every time. Norway has become fantastically wealthy, and this wealth has mirrored itself in a cultural vulgarity which......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

dimeadozen: Thank you to everyone for this discussion especially The Truth and those following who elevated the discussion. I moved to Bushwick very recently and completely randomly. Although I work hard, support myself and am forced......

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

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

name unknown: I have lived in sussex for 15 years. I finished high school in 1997. From 97 to the present time I had to travel out of town (moncton) to work. And now I work in......

in response to: Sussex Stationers by CE

anon (localhost): Yes...this is the Birmingham....where the tragic bombing "4 little girls" occured. In some ways, I think the focus of the world made most of us look at ourselves and re-evaluate our attitudes...thus dealing with the......

in response to: Birmingham Alabama by dfwtiger

Chris: Brilliant store. My girlfriend loves the clothing selection and prices, whilst I would recommend the piercing area to anyone, anytime. Friendly staff, low prices and a huge selection in both sections, check it out....

in response to: Taxi Taxi by groovehouse

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I have attended various universities in both Chicago and Puerto Rico. I am currently a student at the University of Puerto Rico, and at one point I was Trying to recieve my BA from......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Marc: When I visited Sussex, probably twice this summer while on a Farm Apprenticeship, I couldn't help but notice the small-town quality there is here. The mural campaign should be good enough to revive Sussex.......

in response to: Sussex Stationers by CE

joey: high prices for cheap liquor. looks like that's all they sell is booze. not even a lotto sign or other imagery. an industry of inebriation. a lot of crimes go down at liquor stores....

in response to: Love Liquors & Wine by Peter

EvilGentleman: Frankly, some of your comments bewilder me. You are preaching to the choir. If you look at my comments dated July 26th, you can see my closed mindedness in action. I even suggested I would......

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

EvilGentleman: My life has become so good, that unfortunately, I have had to give up having fantasies, since they are constantly being exceeded by reality. Such are the prices we pay to be fortunate. I do......

in response to: Everything Looks Perfect from Far Away by zagg

EvilGentleman: Oh, no doubt it is a prized delicacy, or it would not be on the menu at all. I think most of us are aware of that. But most people would respond to the prices......

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

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

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

Susannah: Before Park Slope (yes - Park Slope) became gentrified we had what were known as block busters, landlords who made the neighborhood unbearable to live in through various means, crime and social tension would escalate,......

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

affordablehousingnow: I agree with the last post. Affordable housing, not inflationary prices for bushwick. Let's not push all of the people out of Bushwick like they were pushed out of wburg, etc. ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

I.T.U.C.: Plague pits! that explains the huge flocks of Rooks then. The Village itself, has the tweeness of all the Village suburbs of London, and the property prices to match too…...

in response to: A Hidden Gem from the Past by I.T.U.C.

Fa11en: What a bunch of bullshit. Especially that last entry by Tenda. Just because someone is white means they're not "allowed" to live or exist in a specific area? Ever heard of reverse......

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

Sally: Today is memorial day in America. THEY ARE HOLDING PARTIES AND BBQs and HAVE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN THE ABOUT 2 WORLD WARS WHERE I LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, NOT TO MENTION THEIR OWN TROUPS IN THIS LATEST......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

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

EvilGentleman: Hmmmm, interesting... I should look up Concordes online, but I have a personal vendetta with those crooks at eBay, and I have no idea who else would sell them. And I wonder how much it......

in response to: responsible persons by elaine

jeeff: elicar - the vast majority of poor people don't own their own homes outright, they're at the mercy of landlords. when an area starts to gentrify, it creates upward pressures on rents. landlords......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

indykid: "i want to live in a hut and write, and have a stove heater, and at the end of the day go the 100 yards to the pub for a well deserved guinness and a......

in response to: Day out in Danger Nose by elaine

RonO: I worked at this plant from 1980-1984 when we were working 3 shifts and building 300,000 cars a year. At that time GM was manufacturing the X body car which was highly in demand because......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

S: Elicar, if you think those prices outrageous check out some of the prices in other parts of the city. I have a family member living in the Annex. He bought the house 25 years ago......

in response to: Count Your Blessings by Elicar

ketchup-wrappers, not hamburger patties.. part 2 : my friend really had little choice but to switch to a combination of (a) home heating oil (b) used transmission fluid , and (c) old engine oil, to power his vehicle. gas prices were way......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Isabella: as someone who moved away from the Govan area last year I would just like to say that I miss the Govan area and its people, I miss its freindliness and its culture, yes......

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

elaine: yeah, i like that topsy turvy world of cheap shit transiting into prescioussss when abroad. i knew someone who went to australia and wore her doc martens to work in a chippie - eminently sensible......

in response to: A Pint of Stella at Half by sine

Laura : Haha- this one too. I love the little paper triangle cups that the water comes in. They then put them in little metal cup holders. It's great. The prices aren't vintage, though :( ...

in response to: Upper East Side Neon by GGP

ILL City EFX: n3, yo homie. no problems here. Who u talkin to bout keepin it real? U don't know me & I don't know U. My keepin it real is wakin up at 7am and ridin to......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

Your Own Worst Enemy: Some know the system, some don't. A few systems that are known very well in HP - drugs - how to sell them - how to run them - how to avoid getting caught and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Cincinnati: Was doing some research and stumbled upon this blog. My o my the hatred people. It makes me glad my 'Mick ancestors (local terminalogy for Irish descent) came to the states. Cincinnati......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

elaine: By the way, lots of people of all ages complain constantly about where they live - or about where I live, for better or worse reason. My friend Lucy lives in Edinburgh and pines for......

in response to: Postcard From Suburbia by Anonymous

ian: Houston. Hermann Park straddles a gritty neigborhood on the east and a fairly posh one on the west. I've always thought these stables were an incredible oddity, given it's right near downtown.. I guess depressed......

in response to: Postcard From Suburbia by Anonymous