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Originally Posted by supzdotcom
Great stories man, Im a little younger, but have many similar stories from the same areas. many beefs in kings plaza during high school, spent most of my time in Coney, had a long term girlfriend there from 17-21 I am actually going back there tommorow, today actually, i leave at 4 pm. Folks still live in mill basin, Shame was happened to canarsie, in your time of growing up it was a great place for the working class, a lot of 'neighborhood' guys, basically a slum now. An extension of East New York. My little league coach used to own " Laundry King " on ave L, 80 something street. The good old says...man do things change ;)
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Yeah, Canarsie was heading in that direction when i left. You could see it happening before your eyes. Growing up - the Bayview projects was pretty racially diverse but towards the end it seemed like the crime was just so rampant that there was a mass exodus.
The neighborhood itself is shot to shit. I used to drive through whenever I went back and NOW I don't recognize the place anymore.
My mother is in Sheepshead Bay and grandparents are in Queens, Cousins are in long island and Jersey ... friends scattered all over the 5 boroughs.
I do miss a lot of people but don't miss alot about the place
