the next guy
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Before the hipsters, Guliani's clean up, 9/11, etc
I hear all these stories about the old New York, so what was it like?
I hear all these stories about the old New York, so what was it like?
What did New York City used to be like?
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Klyk21
Hate is Rising, Love is Dying....
it changed?!
the next guy
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O.iatlhawksfan
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Idk if it change more than other cities. I think during these times in the technology period more cities just got exposure, and showed that New York is really not all that better than other major cities.
gameover82
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Shoot it used too look like a real life escape from New York..... Then guliani threw the scum in the bushes and turned that shyt into Disneyland for hipsters
I bet it was 
Imagine being on the stoop all day just chillin, no snitches, no faggits worried about "swag" just straight up hood shyt and hip hop
Imagine being on the stoop all day just chillin, no snitches, no faggits worried about "swag" just straight up hood shyt and hip hop
the next guy
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I bet it was
Imagine being on the stoop all day just chillin, no snitches, no faggits worried about "swag" just straight up hood shyt and hip hop
I'm an outsider but I remember Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx as a kid being dirty....garbage and graffiti tags everywhere. Now its clean as fuk.......I was in Queens in August and I was surprised at how clean Jamaica Ave was.....almost as clean as Toronto....but you still got some old ass buildings that I see while driving in on the George Washington from New Jersey.
Canada Goose
Pooping on your head :umad:
But seriously it must have dope in the 90s, especially the mid 90s
Bumping Illmatic or IWW in a CD player while walking though the 90s New York
*Remember looking up at the WTC towers pre 9/11*
Beat Street in Fulton Mall
Other than the WTC, Crime rate drop and gentrification, it wasn't too different than today from what I noticed.
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Lewis Black
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOsg-Cf30BQ&feature=related"]My Old New York - Times Square of the Late 1970s - YouTube[/ame]
I stayed in ny heavy in the 00's not the 90's/80's etc so I missed "it". Would have loved to have been in times square back in the 80's, I heard shyt was wayyyyyy different. The way people describe ny in the 80's/70's like it was 2 detroits put together but looking at old pictures nyc looked like some kinda apocalyptic city.
I stayed in ny heavy in the 00's not the 90's/80's etc so I missed "it". Would have loved to have been in times square back in the 80's, I heard shyt was wayyyyyy different. The way people describe ny in the 80's/70's like it was 2 detroits put together but looking at old pictures nyc looked like some kinda apocalyptic city.