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Date Posted: 17:32:56 09/28/03 Sun
Author: GS
Author Host/IP: ool-18bfd491.dyn.optonline.net / 24.191.212.145
Subject: Re: Back in the Days
In reply to: Mike 's message, "Re: Back in the Days" on 19:46:24 09/27/03 Sat

I'm out of Canarise for almost 2 years. I lived there for 30 years. It was time to leave. My mom got mugged once going into our building. Walking home from the bus, I didn't feel safe. The block wasn't that well lit. The area sure has changed.





>>Canarsie in the mid to late 80's was the time to be
>>there. Stickball in the 115 courtyard, weekend
>>football at Seaview Park, working at the PAC (im sure
>>every must have put some time in). Im 10 years removed
>>from our beloved Canarsie, but every time I'm back to
>>visit, how sad has it become?!?
>
> Where are you "First canarsie Blacks". It's
>September and you haven't responded back. Come on I
>want to hear your comments to these posts. Stop
>hiding behind the computer and admit that Canarsie was
>much better when it was a predominately white
>neighborhood. Come on...admit it, everyone else on
>this site already knows the truth. There is no good
>black area in America so what would make you think
>that Canarsie is better now that it's mainly black
>then when it was mostly white. As I posted in July,
>you can't even go to the store now without wondering
>if your going to be some crime statistic. What a
>hellhole. But like someone just posted...the reality
>is that most of the new canarsie residents have such a
>low standard of living that they just think it's the
>way your supposed to live. we are all still waiting
>for your response.

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