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Date Posted: 18:35:40 07/25/03 Fri
Author: MEEK
Author Host/IP: pool-151-205-178-223.ny325.east.verizon.net / 151.205.178.223
Subject: Re: It didn't have to be this way
In reply to: Moshe S. 's message, "It didn't have to be this way" on 13:50:05 07/13/03 Sun

>I grew up in Canarsie and left only few years ago, so
>you'll pardon me if I don't exhibit any of the
>dewy-eyed longing for the "good old days" that seems
>to be all the rage here. My most enduring memories of
>Canarsie aren't very pleasant ones. They are dominated
>by images of avaricious, block-busting real estate
>agents, and by cowardly "neighbors", who willingly
>submitted to their scare-mongering.
>
>If just a few more of you had displayed even a modicum
>of courage just a few short years ago, we wouldn't
>have any need for nostalgia web sites, like this one.
>We'd still be able to visit our old community in
>relative safety, without fear of being the victim of
>racial violence.
>
>Now, I know what some of you will say: My observations
>are "racist", at the very most, and "politically
>incorrect", at the very least--But God help me if it
>isn't the truth, as unpleasant a truth as that may be.
>
>Sooner or later, you people will run out of suburbs to
>flee to, and you'll be forced to fight for what little
>you have left (save for your dignity, which waved
>bye-bye to some of you a long time ago). You can run,
>but you'll never be able to permanently hide from
>what's chasing you.
>
>Moshe S.

God damn right.

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[> Re: It didn't have to be this way -- Robin, 19:48:31 07/25/03 Fri (AC86DAEE.ipt.aol.com/172.134.218.238)

I totally agree with you. I still live in Brooklyn near Canarsie and almost everyday in the paper I read about someone getting shot there. Its pathetic.

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[> [> Re: It didn't have to be this way -- Vincent Valenti, 20:08:28 08/29/03 Fri (ool-18bfebd9.dyn.optonline.net/24.191.235.217)

>I totally agree with you. I still live in Brooklyn
>near Canarsie and almost everyday in the paper I read
>about someone getting shot there. Its pathetic.

Same here. I got out of Canarsie in '98 and currently live in Mill Basin. But I'm beginning to see the same early warning signs here which plagued Canarsie a decade ago (many houses are going on the market here, more than before).

I would REALLY like to see some crime statistics of Canarsie from both 1990 and 2000, so I can conpare it with NYC's stats on the whole. I think the results would be VERY telling.

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[> [> [> Re: It didn't have to be this way -- Ravi, 09:16:33 04/12/11 Tue (cpe-74-64-3-113.nyc.res.rr.com/74.64.3.113)

>Yes, I knew you Vincent, your sister's name is Julie (she was good a good looking gal) Well, I moved to Howard Beach in 95 and the Zombies are not much here. It's a great neighborhood.

>I totally agree with you. I still live in Brooklyn
>>near Canarsie and almost everyday in the paper I read
>>about someone getting shot there. Its pathetic.
>
>Same here. I got out of Canarsie in '98 and currently
>live in Mill Basin. But I'm beginning to see the same
>early warning signs here which plagued Canarsie a
>decade ago (many houses are going on the market here,
>more than before).
>
>I would REALLY like to see some crime statistics of
>Canarsie from both 1990 and 2000, so I can conpare it
>with NYC's stats on the whole. I think the results
>would be VERY telling.

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