Comments about suburbs

There are 63 comments about "suburbs"

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

YourOwnFault: For all of you who left for the suburbs, you have nobody to blame for the decline of Kensington except yourselves...you abandoned it! You chased after the imaginary American Dream of a big car and......

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

joey: i think we turned off of canal rd into a driveway leading to some gravel business truck loading zone. i almost felt like a trucker in the kia suv rental car we were driving. you......

in response to: Cleveland in May by joey

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

colavitos ghost: if those "suburbs" are only a block away from a "very urban part" of town, they can't realistically be called "suburbs" then, can they? for me, a "suburb" is much more than just a style of......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

D.Bennett: Damn it`s like every time get on here i see a new paragraph about someone who has died from the hornets and often someone i new like (tony Wood aka Nuke i......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

QNS4Life: Ive lived in flushing my whole life and went to school at Brooklyn Tech in Ft Greene which was once completely burnt out and is now becoming gentrified. Maybe we dont have so much......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger. I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would......

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

Mike: My grandparents owned a bar at Front & Cambria in Kensington for years-until the late 70's. As a child in the late 60's/early 70's I could walk the block alone-everyone looked out for each other.......

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

unsure: I'm reading very mixed comments on here about the safety of the Bushwick area. Some people are saying there's a ton of drug dealing and that people have actually gotten shot on their block (i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

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

CE: I actually haven't been taking a lot of photos lately. Just not super inspired or maybe still overwhelmed by Montreal. I have been branching out a lot more lately as far as exploration......

in response to: RCA Building by Cinic

Bonnie: I too lived on Wilson Ave., between Cooper and Moffit Streets -- in the 1950's. We lived on the 3rd floor of one of the cold water railroad flats, right down the street from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

PhillyGuy83: People exaggerate so much about New York that its sickening. If you are from a picket fenced suburb and want to know if you'll be safe in some inner city neighborhood then more than likely......

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

Jimi P. Haze: Hi, I've lived in 4 different cities in the "Kanto plain" region (mentioned in the excerpt from this website) for twenty years, and the following excerpt from the website is not true: "looking north across the suburbs......

in response to: tokyo skyline by jeeff

cristina : I'm a young, Puerto Rican girl who was born and some-what raised in Humboldt Park.(on spaulding & wabansia) I live in the southwest suburbs now, since all the gang-violence and poor public school system was......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

vvargas: all this talk about bushwick being unsafe and that only ppl looking to flip their properties are going to encourage you to live here is nonsense. change starts somewhere and it has already started.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

LicieLove: I'm a chicago native reading this book for the first time, I'm 20 now. I grew up on the Southside in Inglewood, but I went to private schools my entire life. And at 8......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

The Chi-ster: We need to see the bigger picture here. Its almost heartbreaking to see people of a common struggle wasting time and lives with petty arguments. I am boricua, I stayed on Kedzie and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

procyon: weird and cool--i also like the second one best. the playground (or what i assume is the playground) looks like the lunar lander. are these from a camera phone, or was it just the fog......

in response to: A Graveyard & A Playground by ghostofgrandin

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

aer suzuki: yeah, although you really only see them on capitol hill, which is just a neighborhood within seattle proper. i wish there were more in my area, but i think they get cleaned up around here.......

in response to: The Other Side of Stop - Part 2 by aer suzuki

Davalos: I'm Mexican and looking to buy a condo on Armitage and Sawyer. The biggest concern is how safe is that area for me and my wife. I'm moving back in from the suburbs.......

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

Sirhcbre: I find it's best not to rely on nostalgia, it tends to be deceptive whereas it likes to leave out many of the bad parts of the past and glorify the good. Before God......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

peacefrog: As an American who has lived in Canada most of his life, visiting the US and especially NYC is a harsh reality check, and a reminder that the ravages of racism are still alive and......

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

wackojacko: Check the police blotters of NY papers. Brooklyn, especially the bad parts, IS bad. Even in the bad parts, what are the chances of something happening? Pretty low. Chances still higher......

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

EvilGentleman: Yeah, we were lucky here in Montreal yesterday. It was only 93F, but with the 61% humidity, it felt like 115F, according to Environment Canada. The Jordanians in the apartment next door to me told......

in response to: Come On! Feel the Illinoise! by ghostofgrandin

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.

Endorsement: If it's vicelord it'll sell like hot cakes. You can find lots of stuff about folks (including complete books on GD & Crip lit just go to ask.com if you think i'm lying even a......

in response to: Gangsta Hat Protractor by M. McConnell

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.

Penpusher: Here's the thing about the geography of NYC. Everything radiates from Midtown. During the late 90s, the Giuliani era, NY developed a reputation as being a safe city, a clean city and as Rudy claimed,......

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

Amanda: Im a white girl, 23, and I moved to Brooklyn from the suburbs of Massachusetts. I have been all over Brooklyn, in whats considered the "bad" areas, and I honestly think its hysterical that people......

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

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

Micah: I can't wait to get back to Edmonton (18 days!) and take pictures of my commute! I've tried doing that here in Moncton but crappy camera + not much to photograph on the way......

in response to: Riding into Work by Tyfoid Kid

Get out of your car, buddy: Hey Jenna, I think we are on different wavelengths. Toronto is in fantastic shape. The region is not (this includes former suburbs that have been amalgamated, where you can't seem to get your bus).......

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

Bullish on Toronto!: Man, that city is kick ass!! You people have no idea how good you have it. Just look at the growth you guys have experienced. Something right is happeing there. I was......

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

EvilGentleman: Ow... I shall mourn the demise of AJ's in much the same way as I mourn the passing of the last A&W drive-in that I ever saw. (It was in Saint John, N.B. near the......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

Staci: To: Humboldt Park Dave/ Ratone Chocha/ Insightoner Thanks Dave. I'll have to check that out. I'll keep things posted on here every so often. Ratone, I live on Humboldt and Cortland. ......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

insightoner: Good stuff. A couple of things to keep everything in perspective: Humbolt was white untill the 70's. Don't you think the whites that lived there pre70's felt the same way when Puerto......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

908: am a white female from the suburbs south of Chicago. I am English, Swedish, German, Polish Russian, English, and Scottish. Driving through Humboldt Park .....It's beautiful. There are beautiful homes and parks, but the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Unknown: I am a white female from the suburbs south of Chicago. I am English, Swedish, German, Polish Russian, English, and Scottish. Driving through Humboldt Park .....It's beautiful. There are beautiful homes and parks, but......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

lil rank: i was born and raise d in hp and still live there, ilove my hood i dont know they tring to brig all these fucking white people.because we moveving them righ back out were......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

anon (c-69-253-231-243.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): I moved here from a sububurb 20 minutes from Chicago, and the suburbs in PA are horrible....

in response to: Philadelphia suburbs by Nairi

jeeff: that's a great example of generic 00's architecture. toronto is full of condo towers exactly like that, particularly out in the suburbs. they're all gonna look real dated 20 years from now....

in response to: Going Up by ian

snoovvvv: whoever posted "litter = jobs" should get a lobotomy. Go seclude yourself in the suburbs and never come back you selfish moron!...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

angryjohnny: "so why the hell did she go out of her way to pick up the garbage and throw it at him." because ass hole if someone from the suburbs came and threw garbage out of......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

BigHungryAntelope: I am torn on this: On one hand, there is no excuse for her picking fights with people. People need to chill out and live and let live and stop acting like Pat Roberson! A......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

T K#3: Humboldt Park has more "Latino vs. White" racism than most anywhere I've been (except for some parts of France which I've been to! This is due mostly to the tight integration of neighborhoods and individual......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

TheManTheDeveloper: The area has passed hands through many cultures in Chicago's history. The only thing constant in life is change. My good Puerto Rican neighbors who worked hard and bought their 2 flats and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

he:spoke: move out? even to those who are priveleged its just cowardice to move into suburbs with the whites just to play ignorant to whats goin on with your people make your kids ignorant and their......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

og: philly suburbs = hell...

in response to: Philadelphia suburbs by Nairi

MoeRex: jeef: Yeah, I remember the countryside there pretty well, and the summer green. I spent a summer there while my family was living in the relatively posh environs of Oakville (they were there for a......

in response to: the hutch condos by jeeff

some white guy: Humboldt Park used to be a white Lutheran/Jewish neighborhood. If you don't believe me go look at Roser's bakery and the statue of Lief Ericson with the inscription "Discovered America". Only a cocky white person......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

elaine: to an extent. i was born in england, honeypot lane maternity hospital to be exact, of a scottish mother and english father, always and forever to be viewed as 'too english' when we repaired on......

in response to: Chips for Lunch by Jamie

Nairi: Thanks. They were taken around my way, Broomall. The funny thing is, it doesn't look like the suburbs, but it actually is....

in response to: Philadelphia suburbs by Nairi

elaine: actually, you know, london suburbs are very unlike other places in the world. get your camera out and give us your perspective, why doncha?...

in response to: Postcard From Suburbia by Anonymous

elaine: ... which brings me neatly back to Ballard. maybe his liking for the suburbs came in part from how weird his life had been up until then? God, Empire of the Sun was such a......

in response to: Postcard From Suburbia by Anonymous

jeeff: yeah, let's see hanoi photos! i grew up in the suburbs of a suburban city, a place just about as white-bread average as you can imagine. as soon as possible, at 18, i moved away......

in response to: Postcard From Suburbia by Anonymous

elaine: J G Ballard says everything happens on the edge, and refused not to live in the suburbs...

in response to: Postcard From Suburbia by Anonymous

TheCityGuide.net: Peterborough - people from outside the parkway's should be treated as outsiders and most likely have webbed feet - If someone is driving badly they are either an outsider or of an ethnic minority (i.e. "f*****g afghans!") -......

in response to: The Lost Rules of Living in NYC: by Peter

hool: reading this made me think of the commutes i had to make in the past years, working various co-op jobs at high-tech places. usually 1.5 hours, with 3 or 4 transfers at times, from......

in response to: Every Day... by Peter