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Samasher17 t1_iuot339 wrote

Reply to comment by Loxodontox in I love this city even as I hate it haha. No place comes close to the catharsis NYC can produce and this is hilarious but the NORM by Loxodontox

I'm in Hamilton heights, near 145th. West Harlem is where the best crazy is.

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Loxodontox OP t1_iuot6ej wrote

Yeah I know the entire region. I grew up on Tieman place at 125 th during the crack era lol

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Loxodontox OP t1_iuot7h4 wrote

Things were WILD TO say the least

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Samasher17 t1_iuotas4 wrote

Oh homie those were simpler and wilder times for sure.

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Loxodontox OP t1_iuoti72 wrote

Yeah, I was this little white kid who wouldnt ever back from anything so it was crazy and fun as hell! I’m blessed to have grown there bc the cultural exposure is REAL, not some appropriated nonsense lol so anyone trying to tell me about shit get a full throated laugh

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Loxodontox OP t1_iuotlaf wrote

Wild times. Bodega down the block was evacuated and entire building bc it was manufacturing mad crack and there was nearly a giant explosion lmao

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Loxodontox OP t1_iuoto2q wrote

It’s great being just a few hundred feet from the Apollo and stuff

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Loxodontox OP t1_iuotaun wrote

Hamilton and Manhattanville and morningside heights are my main areas and upper west

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