What did New York City used to be like?

[SmoothOperator88]

I miss those old red subway 2 and 5 trains that were mad grimey. NYC is different now but also NYC I guess evolves with since I was a kid in the 90's and a teenager in early 2000's and perspectives change. I've never had any problems in BK when staying with my pops.

 

[Danie84]

Fulton's Beat Street was the place to cop albums and mixtapes. Some of the biggest artist (Big and Aaliyah had instore signings there)

Empire Skating Rink. Every Saturday, we'd b e

at my childhood

 

[Kunta kinte]

why yall hate hipsters so much?

 

[the next guy]

Fulton's Beat Street was the place to cop albums and mixtapes. Some of the biggest artist (Big and Aaliyah had instore signings there)

Empire Skating Rink. Every Saturday, we'd b e

at my childhood

:shake: Must have been wonderful

 

[FlyBoy718]

I remember seeing all the crack vials on the playgrounds....20 cats on the corner playing ceelo....zero bloods or crips....dudes smokin weed in the theaters when downtown brooklyn had 2 movie theaters...albee square mall...west indian day parade used to actually be fun....empire skate ring used to pop....overall, good times breh....i was born and raised in bk so thats my perspective

 

[Canada Goose]

I miss those old red subway 2 and 5 trains

My favorite memory from the 90s

Around 2000 when those newer trains came.... was crazy to see "sliver" trains on the 2 & 5 lines.

 

[No Homo]

Fulton's Beat Street was the place to cop albums and mixtapes. Some of the biggest artist (Big and Aaliyah had instore signings there)

Empire Skating Rink. Every Saturday, we'd b e

at my childhood

beat street and empire

I miss the old nyc but at the same time i dont. I think its because i dont mind it being better but i dont like how it became better.

Its these fukking hipsters from bubblefukkville wisconsin making everything trendy and takin away the real soul from nyc. All these weird restaurants, festivals etc its just weird certain places now. Its still the city but at the same time its not. NYC people know what im saying if this doesnt make sense to some lol.

Getting off at franklin and seeing a bunch of cacs im like

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

Rather than go into broad generalizations I'll bring up a specific memory. Long dead weed spot on 125th street. It was like in 94. They used to sell incense there, but like every weed spot they had bulletproof windows at the counter. I remember one day buying a bag there and there was this long ass line man...and it had all kinds of people, business professionals, nurses, parents...and they all on this line at a store buying bags of weed. Same way you be on a line at a supermarket. All orderly and everything felt legal man. For some reason I knew that was an ill moment I should never forget. I never did.

 

[Esau = Evil]

I can go into a super long write-up, but I don't feel like it.

Peace to the East New York, Perverted Monks....& Mike Tyson.

 

[HookersandIceCream]

I miss that grimey feel

Your living off unemployment in your parents basement.
You know nothing about grimey

 

[Tommy Fits]

It was interesting and had character

 

[DStyles]

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.

 

[Danie84]

:shake: Must have been wonderful

That was my childhood backed by a 90s Hip-Hop/R&B/Alternative soundtrack

 

[the next guy]

Rather than go into broad generalizations I'll bring up a specific memory. Long dead weed spot on 125th street. It was like in 94. They used to sell incense there, but like every weed spot they had bulletproof windows at the counter. I remember one day buying a bag there and there was this long ass line man...and it had all kinds of people, business professionals, nurses, parents...and they all on this line at a store buying bags of weed. Same way you be on a line at a supermarket. All orderly and everything felt legal man. For some reason I knew that was an ill moment I should never forget. I never did.

Something to remember for sure.

 

[No Homo]

It was interesting and had character

Thats how i feel. No character in the city with these hipsters. Theyre bringing the blandness of wherever they are from to nyc.

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