I was thinkin Jackson Heights.You mean East Elmhurst? It's packed with black people back there breh. Especially a few blocks before LGA. It's all black people that have been living there for decades.
So I been in Queens, NY for a month now...[Random Observations]
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Also random,
I been on some nerd shyt whenever Im in certain neighborhoods that rappers is from
I walked past the Linden/VanWyck intersection and had that Mr. Cheeks line on my head all day "I used to hussle up on Linden and the Van..."
I walked past Queensbridge and wanted to take a pic in front of the signage, but I aint wanna look like a tourist
Seen the Lefrak City building (NORE
)
Went to Corona, like this is where G Rap from
Hollis, St Albans, LL, RUNDMC, Ja Rule...
I been on some nerd shyt whenever Im in certain neighborhoods that rappers is from
I walked past the Linden/VanWyck intersection and had that Mr. Cheeks line on my head all day "I used to hussle up on Linden and the Van..."
I walked past Queensbridge and wanted to take a pic in front of the signage, but I aint wanna look like a tourist
Seen the Lefrak City building (NORE
)Went to Corona, like this is where G Rap from
Hollis, St Albans, LL, RUNDMC, Ja Rule...
Moving from Philly to NY, I didnt think would be a big cultural difference, but goddamn
Im staying in Jamaica, Queens, but I want to live farther north soon, maybe Flushing or Elmhurst.
- NY'ers aint soft. I aint seen no violence, no fights, not even a gun, but I can tell niccas aint suckas.
- Nikkas think my Philly accent is "country"
- So many cultures and diversity. Seems like whenever I see a brother, and say "wassup", breh responds in a crazy ass accent, either Jamaican/ African/ French/ some shyt i dont comprehend...
I cant hold a convo with them Jamaican niccas, breh.
- That E train is a journey
- Shyt is segragated as hell. I aint seen no white people at all in Jamaica, only black and Spanish. Flushing seems to be all Asian. Jackson Heights is Middle Eastern. Corona/ Elmhurst is Latin. All the cacs is in Astoria and LIC (expensive as hell).
- The ladies
- Seems like people not from Queens hate coming here. I told Brooklyn and Harlem people that I live in Queens and they do the
Welcome to the hood my G!
First off, you philly cats are weird. Half of y'all sound country and half of y'all don't. To this day I still can't narrow down why that is.
A lot of the communities are split like that. It wasn't always like that. A lot of the whites moved to CT, Jersey or out on the island. But each community still has a good mix. It's just not a complete 25:25:25:25 split.
Don't worry about not being able to translate them jamaicans man. I always needed one of my boys there for that shyt. Trini I can handle. Guyanese too. Once cats get into some real jamaican shyt I just tap out. Same shyt when I go to haitian functions and everyone starts speaking creole. Nope - I'm good!
And yeah we argue with them brooklyn nikkas all the time. But we know where they're moving to when it's time to raise a family
Yep.... down southBut we know where they're moving to when it's time to raise a family
I grew up with Jamaicans so I can keep up with them for the most part
For a minute my baby sister had a Jamaican accent because her daycare was run by Jamaicans
I went to a handful of parties out in Queens and the thing I notice was that Jamaicans that owned houses used to fix up the basement like a bar and serve liquor and play music like it was a club.
True story, I was out in DC on this community service project a few months ago and this shorty was talking about high school and her experiences. And she was like yeah I'm from ny blah blah blah no playgrounds blah blah blah.
Me - You're from NY? What part?
Her - Brooklyn
Me - Haha I could tell...I'm from Queens.
Her - Boo Queens
Me - Damn it's like that though? Y'all still hating huh
Her - Yeah cause Queens is wack
Me - You're the one talking about you grew up with no playgrounds
Me - You're from NY? What part?
Her - Brooklyn
Me - Haha I could tell...I'm from Queens.
Her - Boo Queens
Me - Damn it's like that though? Y'all still hating huh
Her - Yeah cause Queens is wack
Me - You're the one talking about you grew up with no playgrounds
Bruh that is all over Queens. Haitian, Jamaican, African whatever.
It's not a Brooklyn or Harlem thing cause you need an actual house for that
Moving from Philly to NY, I didnt think would be a big cultural difference, but goddamn
Im staying in Jamaica, Queens, but I want to live farther north soon, maybe Flushing or Elmhurst.
- NY'ers aint soft. I aint seen no violence, no fights, not even a gun, but I can tell niccas aint suckas.
- Nikkas think my Philly accent is "country"
- So many cultures and diversity. Seems like whenever I see a brother, and say "wassup", breh responds in a crazy ass accent, either Jamaican/ African/ French/ some shyt i dont comprehend...
I cant hold a convo with them Jamaican niccas, breh.
- That E train is a journey
- Shyt is segragated as hell. I aint seen no white people at all in Jamaica, only black and Spanish. Flushing seems to be all Asian. Jackson Heights is Middle Eastern. Corona/ Elmhurst is Latin. All the cacs is in Astoria and LIC (expensive as hell).
- The ladies
- Seems like people not from Queens hate coming here. I told Brooklyn and Harlem people that I live in Queens and they do the
when i used to work in jackson heights that shyt was all central and south americans..shyt is turning middle eastern now
u the second person that said that. i aint been there in years tho.breh they probably meant to say west harlem. only thing in east harlem is lots and lots of dope fiends and bloods. 125th and lexington is as close to 80s era NY as the city gets
Lol trueBruh that is all over Queens. Haitian, Jamaican, African whatever.
It's not a Brooklyn or Harlem thing cause you need an actual house for that
GetInTheTruck
Member
You right but it's being taken over slowly but surely from what I hear. I grew up in corona / east elmhurst right across the street from Louis Armstrong school. The south American invasion is in full effect.
I heard they was trying to close St. Gabes
that was my middle school, I hope that didn't happen.@tru_m.a.c got me missing that old NYC shyt talkin
Whenever I want to go back to Jamaica Ave I just put this on
SHE LOOK LIKE BETTY BOOP :holup:
Whenever I want to go back to Jamaica Ave I just put this on
SHE LOOK LIKE BETTY BOOP :holup:
GetInTheTruck
Member
Also random,
I been on some nerd shyt whenever Im in certain neighborhoods that rappers is from
I walked past the Linden/VanWyck intersection and had that Mr. Cheeks line on my head all day "I used to hussle up on Linden and the Van..."
I walked past Queensbridge and wanted to take a pic in front of the signage, but I aint wanna look like a tourist
Seen the Lefrak City building (NORE
Went to Corona, like this is where G Rap from
Hollis, St Albans, LL, RUNDMC, Ja Rule...
That lefrak building you saw with the big ass green sign ain't even the real lefrak. Lefrak city is a group of co-op buildings, you'll see that "live a little better " slogan somewhere by the entrance.
BmoreGorilla
Veteran
NYers think everybody south of them sounds country. I hear that shyt all the time from themMoving from Philly to NY, I didnt think would be a big cultural difference, but goddamn
Im staying in Jamaica, Queens, but I want to live farther north soon, maybe Flushing or Elmhurst.
- NY'ers aint soft. I aint seen no violence, no fights, not even a gun, but I can tell niccas aint suckas.
- Nikkas think my Philly accent is "country"
- So many cultures and diversity. Seems like whenever I see a brother, and say "wassup", breh responds in a crazy ass accent, either Jamaican/ African/ French/ some shyt i dont comprehend...
I cant hold a convo with them Jamaican niccas, breh.
- That E train is a journey
- Shyt is segragated as hell. I aint seen no white people at all in Jamaica, only black and Spanish. Flushing seems to be all Asian. Jackson Heights is Middle Eastern. Corona/ Elmhurst is Latin. All the cacs is in Astoria and LIC (expensive as hell).
- The ladies
- Seems like people not from Queens hate coming here. I told Brooklyn and Harlem people that I live in Queens and they do the
GollyImGully
Too many wavy women, gotta log outta IG
i remember when i first moved to queens from brooklyn back freshman year of hs shyt was just the differences are subtle but you notice it between the people...ny heads know exactly what i mean...
living in queens but going to hs in brooklyn had me like
that ride used to be something serious..walking to merrick blvd catching the dollar van,to the ave to hop on the J train, getting off at the junction hoping on A train taking that for a few stops downtown then walking 2 blocks to school...man i said fukk that after 9th grade and threw that ride in the bushes and switched to a school in queens
a lot of weirdo nikkas in queens too, bytches are more stuck up aswell
queens will always be looked at as soft by other boros tho
the differences are subtle but you notice it between the people...ny heads know exactly what i mean...living in queens but going to hs in brooklyn had me like
that ride used to be something serious..walking to merrick blvd catching the dollar van,to the ave to hop on the J train, getting off at the junction hoping on A train taking that for a few stops downtown then walking 2 blocks to school...man i said fukk that after 9th grade and threw that ride in the bushes and switched to a school in queens a lot of weirdo nikkas in queens too, bytches are more stuck up aswell
queens will always be looked at as soft by other boros tho