What did New York City used to be like?
- Thread starter the next guy
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graduated in 1999 or 2000.....
Brethren! What year you graduated? I graduated in 97-98.
1st grade....ms.henry
2nd grade...some fat white lady
3rd grade.....ms.mackey
4th grade....ms.king (ms.henry's mom)
5th grade....ms.rice
King Crimson
Member of a very exclusive gang
Haha. I had Ms. Charles in 5th grade, Ms Norfleet in 4th, Ms Kalter in 3rd. I don't remember the others.
I heard Ms. King used to hit students on the hand with a ruler.
Haha. I had Ms. Charles in 5th grade, Ms Norfleet in 4th, Ms Kalter in 3rd. I don't remember the others.
I heard Ms. King used to hit students on the hand with a ruler.
that was the rumor....out of all my teachers including in university...she's still my favorite....strict,reminded me of my mother.
Canada Goose
Pooping on your head :umad:
readin thru this thread, i dun understand how ppl can say they want back the "old NY".
the dangerous, drug infested, dirty, NYC where you'd get mugged on the subway, and fear getting randomly shot by a crackhead?
Breh, people still do get robbed on the subway unfortunately....
I'm pretty sure NO ONE in this thread misses the high crime rate, but every other aspect of the city.
I mean at one point, gangs were giving random people Buck 50s as a initiation, I don't think no one misses that shyt breh
Imagined how many regular nikkas life's having that Knife scar on your face ruined
Real hood shyt B
An old pic of my current neighborhood.
I think it's from the 60s.
The pic looks like it was taken right from the block where I currently live.
U live in sunset?
2 Up 2 Down
Veteran
Going by the descriptions in Gangs of New York (book and movie) seems like NYC always looked kinda gritty and crime ridden.
4th of july!!
I miss that shyt. You go to the corner store get jumping jacks, thunderbombs(i think thats what they were called), m80s and block busters, them shyts that was on the stick that whistled when it went in to the sky then popped. We used to break the sticks off of them and them shyts would fly all over the place. lol looking back that was crazy to do.
But I remember we used to take an m80 or a blockbuster, put it by the payphone then when the shyt blew up nikkaz had change for days. Buying candy, more firecrackers.
The whistlers with the sticks broken off are called nikka chasers
I gotta contribute to this thread
I've lived in queens my whole life
Except for a few years that I lived in bk
I'm in the corona/Jackson heights area
shyt was hood
But it was normal
It kills me whenever people from bk says its soft
A couple of ya made points that hit home
Free lunch in the summers
Chinese handball
Playing baseball on the sidewalk
Playing strike box against building walls
Playing basketball thru the fire escape ladder
Stray dogs everywhere
Drugs, gangs, violence
Stealing jansports in the 5th grade from the pile of book bags kids left to play in the school park after school
We was all poor we just didnt know it
It was simpler time
But u grew up fast
I seen more shyt before I turned 13 than after
We miss the shyt because it was fun
We didnt see the danger
shyt was normal to us
At 11 u didn't think it was weird to buy a bike for $5 from a crackhead
Street fighter 2 turbo was my shyt
Mortal kombat came out and crushed the buildings
But sf was still my shyt
I went to school by myself since first grade
Not alone but with other kids. No parents
I can't picture parents letting their kids do that now
And it's safer now
When I was like 6 I would get sent to the store to buy cigarettes, beer and play the lotto
Kids these days are p*ssy
They don't play outside
Or ride bike
I could have fun with a stick and some dirt
As long as I was outside
There was days I didn't eat
Just running around playing outside
Kids these days wanna play Xbox all day
In the fukkin summer
I just don't get it
I must admit that when I lived in bk recently it still felt hood
People outside always
Even at nite with their lil boom box playing dominoes and barbequeing
I've lived in queens my whole life
Except for a few years that I lived in bk
I'm in the corona/Jackson heights area
shyt was hood
But it was normal
It kills me whenever people from bk says its soft
A couple of ya made points that hit home
Free lunch in the summers
Chinese handball
Playing baseball on the sidewalk
Playing strike box against building walls
Playing basketball thru the fire escape ladder
Stray dogs everywhere
Drugs, gangs, violence
Stealing jansports in the 5th grade from the pile of book bags kids left to play in the school park after school
We was all poor we just didnt know it
It was simpler time
But u grew up fast
I seen more shyt before I turned 13 than after
We miss the shyt because it was fun
We didnt see the danger
shyt was normal to us
At 11 u didn't think it was weird to buy a bike for $5 from a crackhead
Street fighter 2 turbo was my shyt
Mortal kombat came out and crushed the buildings
But sf was still my shyt
I went to school by myself since first grade
Not alone but with other kids. No parents
I can't picture parents letting their kids do that now
And it's safer now
When I was like 6 I would get sent to the store to buy cigarettes, beer and play the lotto
Kids these days are p*ssy
They don't play outside
Or ride bike
I could have fun with a stick and some dirt
As long as I was outside
There was days I didn't eat
Just running around playing outside
Kids these days wanna play Xbox all day
In the fukkin summer
I just don't get it
I must admit that when I lived in bk recently it still felt hood
People outside always
Even at nite with their lil boom box playing dominoes and barbequeing
The other shyt u talking about is a cherry bomb
Bigger than a m80 but smaller than a pineapple
We used to lite them and cover it with a bucket
That bucket would go up like 3 floors