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| great, cheap view |
- it is of course literally close to Jersey
- aren't a majority of those Jersey shore geniuses really from Staten Island?
- wasn't the Real World with maybe the most champs (saying a lot) the one that took place in Staten island? (have to say: thanks for the brain tobacco MTV producers!)
- NJ-like inferiority complex: S.I was disproportionately big on hte subway maps that were used for around 10 years (the whole island has i think one subway line. Manhattan has the most of course and it was relatively small). the recent new maps have put S.I smaller, appropriately (on a subway map, and it's by far the smallest borough in population)
and now some old time NY stereotypes in the mix:
- recent immigrant beatings
- a mosque has been rejected in one of their neighborhoods after outspoken and public bigotry against it. also the Catholic diocese that owned the land/building reneged on their deal (how many molestation accusations have been brought against imams lately?)
yeah it seems rough. however as a tour guide i used to try to express the good places of all the boroughs, for instance S.I: Museum of Tibetan art, zoo, botanical garden, Ferry of course. but i would love the bigotry, ignorance, idiocy to stop. come on folks, the largest garbage dump in the world closes and this is what takes its place?
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