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You guys ever notice this ??
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10/25/16 09:21 AM
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You guys ever notice this? Anytime someone says; " that used to be a great neighborhood, now its so dangerous". Its always because blacks moved in. You never see a neighborhood turn to shit/ high crime when Polish people move in. Maybe puerto rican to a certain extent but my god, anytime a white hood goes to black, it becomes violent. Its so true, you just cant argue with facts.
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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10/25/16 12:21 PM
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I have to comment on this. I grew up in the Larimer Ave area of Pittsburgh which was known as Pittsburgh's Little Italy. Yes, the Avenue was dominated by Italians, but there were plenty of other ethnicities that lived there also. It was a vibrant, attractive Avenue with business dotting the landscape, and houses and apartments along it and its side streets. That was in the 60s and maybe just slightly into the 70s.
Through Google earth, take a look at it now. You'll see huge swaths of empty lots and dilapidated housing. It has no life. It's been that way for a few decades now. So, why? What happened? What's the variable? Black Americans moved in; that's what happened. Drive up and down the Avenue and its side-streets. You won't see white people, or Hispanic people, or Asian people. You will see black people. It's such a tragedy. The white people left, the Italians and poles, and Germans, and Slovaks left, the Catholics and Protestants left.
Over the last few decades when I would visit Pittsburgh and tell my dad that my sisters and I were going to visit the old neighborhood, he would tell me: "Be careful." It was good advice.
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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10/26/16 09:22 PM
10/26/16 09:22 PM
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I have to comment on this. I grew up in the Larimer Ave area of Pittsburgh which was known as Pittsburgh's Little Italy. Yes, the Avenue was dominated by Italians, but there were plenty of other ethnicities that lived there also. It was a vibrant, attractive Avenue with business dotting the landscape, and houses and apartments along it and its side streets. That was in the 60s and maybe just slightly into the 70s.
Through Google earth, take a look at it now. You'll see huge swaths of empty lots and dilapidated housing. It has no life. It's been that way for a few decades now. So, why? What happened? What's the variable? Black Americans moved in; that's what happened. Drive up and down the Avenue and its side-streets. You won't see white people, or Hispanic people, or Asian people. You will see black people. It's such a tragedy. The white people left, the Italians and poles, and Germans, and Slovaks left, the Catholics and Protestants left.
Over the last few decades when I would visit Pittsburgh and tell my dad that my sisters and I were going to visit the old neighborhood, he would tell me: "Be careful." It was good advice. ...And I must also comment,although i am in fear of being called a certain label in this day & age of political correctness,i am simply stating an example of truth...I grew up in mayfair ,n.e.phila.,the streets were lined w/pretty trees,everyones front lawn was manicured w/rose bushes,birdbaths & lawn sculptures etc.(circa 60s to the early 80s) I moved out in 82 & all was the same until about early 90s. The neighborhood was predominantly jewish or us roman catholic..Now, if i cruise through( w/windows up & doors locked) it looks devastated, no trees,unkempt yards.TRASH on the curbs & sidewalks,NO FUCKIN'BIRDS!..turn on the 11o clock news & the 1rst thing u hear 4 the next 10 minutes the words SHOT,SHOOT,KILLED ,ROBBED OR MURDERED...alot of it in the once beautiful place i roamed ,rode my bike,went to the store for elderly neighbors(kids could b trusted w/someone elses money back then,we respected our elders),built snowmen, shoveled snow 2 EARN a buck,,BORN & RAISED ..u get the idea..what happened??? take a fuckin' guess. Sorry if my honesty offended anyone,but it burns me up 2 c my birthplace turned into a ghetto.
I didn't want to leave blood on your carpet...
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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10/26/16 11:03 PM
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One of my favorite guys here, Pizza, used to write that there is some truth behind stereotypes. That they don't appear out of thin air. I always respected his honesty.
Crash is clearly trolling , but I CANNOT dispute anything by Oli or Hoodlum.I've lived in a few places and my experience is that the number and % of regular civil Black folks is dwindling and larger % of Black folks are just BAD neighbors.
Hoodlum, Trump's rise is partly based on people not being able to tell their version of the truth for fear of being labeled a bigot,etc.
Reality is reality. The existence of the mafia doesn't mean that every Italian American or Sicilian American is a gangster, but the mafia does exist. By the same token, if people look at archive pictures/footage of many cities, you can literally pinpoint the exact era that neighborhoods declined. Not opinion, but facts. It is what it is.
What I've been able to do a few times, and for several family members, is to drive the bad element out of neighborhoods or blocks before they become irreparably damaged. The formula is no different than what the newcomers do when an area is initially becoming gentrified.
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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#897128
10/27/16 10:58 AM
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One other observation. I go to a certain chinese restaurant and i asked the owner a question. I said, Mr. Tong, what do you say to yourself when a group of white kids walk into your restaurant? He replied : " hope they like food ".
I then asked him this. Mr Tong, what do you say to yourself when a group of black home boys stroll into your restaurant ? He replied: " here come trouble ."
Now this guy isnt observant and philosophical when it comes to race like i am so his words really speak volumes.
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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#897129
10/27/16 11:12 AM
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What's the matter Pogo, no one to play with at the other site today?
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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10/27/16 07:19 PM
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it's happened all over the country, look at Chicago, old neigborhoods now murder capitals, I grew up in orange co, calif in the 50s early 60s came to cda id, in 1968, went back to my home town in 1982, all Asians, block, after block, it's never going to get any better, we will always remember the way it was.
like Thomas wolfe says, "YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN"
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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10/28/16 12:05 AM
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hoodlum
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One of my favorite guys here, Pizza, used to write that there is some truth behind stereotypes. That they don't appear out of thin air. I always respected his honesty.
Crash is clearly trolling , but I CANNOT dispute anything by Oli or Hoodlum.I've lived in a few places and my experience is that the number and % of regular civil Black folks is dwindling and larger % of Black folks are just BAD neighbors.
Hoodlum, Trump's rise is partly based on people not being able to tell their version of the truth for fear of being labeled a bigot,etc.
Reality is reality. The existence of the mafia doesn't mean that every Italian American or Sicilian American is a gangster, but the mafia does exist. By the same token, if people look at archive pictures/footage of many cities, you can literally pinpoint the exact era that neighborhoods declined. Not opinion, but facts. It is what it is.
What I've been able to do a few times, and for several family members, is to drive the bad element out of neighborhoods or blocks before they become irreparably damaged. The formula is no different than what the newcomers do when an area is initially becoming gentrified. Thanx 4 the feed nets..but i'm a little confused on your very last sentence. Layman's terms please?(if u want,that is).
I didn't want to leave blood on your carpet...
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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#897196
10/28/16 10:44 AM
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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11/02/16 01:50 PM
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but I CANNOT dispute anything by Oli or Hoodlum. I'm willing to bet Olivant's Pittsburgh neighborhood wasn't as nice he or she romanticizes it to be. That's the thing about racism. It's not just the negative things said about the group being targeted, it's the delusional, romanticized view that racists have of their own people and their own background. It's well documented that there was mob activity in Pittsburgh's Little Italy at this magical time in Pittsburgh's history. That means there were drugs. That means there were prostitutes. That means there was violent crime. Robberies. Muggings. Rapes. Olivant doesn't see this, because Olivant doesn't want to see it. Olivant chooses not to see it. Olivant would rather focus on how much worse things are now that black people are there. Racism isn't about any race being perfect. It's about emphasizing the flaws of other races in order to have pride in your own race. Most racists are delusional fools, they're not keeping it real.
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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#897505
11/02/16 02:45 PM
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What he wrote about Pittsburg applies to the big manufacturing towns in my state...namely that if you take a snapshot of these towns from 4-5 decades ago and compare them to now....you'd hardly think that you're looking at the same places.
Is the same amount of manufacturing still there that was there 4 decades ago, or has most of the industry now gone?
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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11/02/16 02:55 PM
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Its not just the blacks, it's all races. Its the class of people. It seems to be more prevalent with the blacks from my journies in life. Got a van full of carpet and some homeboy comes out to tell me im in the wrong fucking neighborhood. Sorry asshole, your neighbor paid for this carpet to be installed. That's just one occasion. The black ghettos are the nastiest and most primitive. Fucking animals. And if that lifestyle and environment isnt enough to motivate one to achieve as much as possible and rise above. There must be wrong with the thought process. Hispanics dont want to stay in the barrio, so they work hard and get the fuck out. The italians and other Europeans didnt like the ghetto, so they worked hard and got the fuck out. Now you throw in section8, free healthcare, unemployment, obama phones, and free college bc your parent (single mom with numerous baby daddies) gets all the above,and you still cant do something with your life? Wtf? Bend a knee, blame the cops, and preach how society tightened those shackles to allow you to rise. I might not get it, I'm white. Lol
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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11/02/16 09:11 PM
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Thanx 4 the feed nets..but i'm a little confused on your very last sentence. Layman's terms please?(if u want,that is). Sure, Hoodlum. The former "bad" areas in America are becoming gentrified as people with money are moving from the suburbs back to the cities now. First thing they do is to force law enforcement/government to do their jobs and enforce the rules on the book about safety. People in "bad" areas or in good areas that some losers are trying to ruin can do the same thing; monitor the area you live in, call police on the losers, force officials to enforce law and safety codes. Some people sit by idly as the area they live in slowly decays. Me? the First sign of bullsh*t, I'm trying to get you out of the neighborhood. Either conform to the rules of the area, keep paying steep fines from the township, or beat it.
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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11/02/16 09:37 PM
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Is the same amount of manufacturing still there that was there 4 decades ago, or has most of the industry now gone?
Manufacturing industry has been in decline for about 4 decades, you are right about that. I think what doomed people more than those jobs going away, were their attitudes about education and entrepreneurship. My father worked in a factory and the point wasn't for him to break his back for his son to be working right alongside him, doing the exact same thing. That factory job was a means to an end, not the end itself. I agree with what youre saying. I know a lot of people in the generations before mine that were like your dad. The jobs going away is a big part of what ails us though. Steady employment and the chance for a decent life does go a long way toward solving lots of issues that lead to crime. It would even greatly improve the situation in the middle east. People with decent jobs are less likely to be terror recruits, which at its core is just another form of crime. Im digressing a bit, but there are some commonalities. About the neighborhoods falling apart? I always say that there is a difference between not having a lot of money and being poor. Once a person loses his/her dignity, they are poor.You can walk through the worst neighborhoods in America and find many people who carry themselves with pride. They respect themselves and their home/environment. The problem is that the losers with no self respect ruin the entire area for the regular people.
i agree with this too. There are always people who for whatever reasons give in to their poverty, and let it defeat them. I can sympathize with some of the reasons, and not with others. This portion of people crosses all color lines, despite what the troll op would like to believe.
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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Re: You guys ever notice this ??
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11/04/16 12:00 PM
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Dude, we get it. You're a racist, and a troll.
It's fucking boring.
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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