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Bronx 'Ghetto' Tours Stop Amid Residents' Outrage
Yahoo! News ^ | Thu, May 23, 2013 | VERENA DOBNIK

Posted on 05/24/2013 3:15:27 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

Edited on 05/24/2013 3:28:36 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

NEW YORK

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bronx; bronxzoo; ghetto; napl; tourism
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To: DogByte6RER

I don’t understand this. New Orleans has been luring tourists into ghettos for years. Especially since Katrina, there have even been bus tours showing people the destruction of the lower 9th ward. Now they want to run a senic streetcar into the heart of the 9th ward ghetto to see all of it’s ‘funky ambiance’. Isn’t the New York ghetto in need of upscale tourists to prey upon? I know the locals here are anticipating curious tourists avidly!


41 posted on 05/24/2013 5:32:19 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.Do what)
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To: Roccus

Good point. Very few fires to extinguish once all of the buildings are burned and/or bulldozed to the ground.


42 posted on 05/24/2013 5:39:33 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I am the master of my fate ... I am the captain of my soul.")
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To: Alberta's Child

There was a house in Harlem that needed an extra engine. They parked it on the street and built a chain-link cage around it.

Again, can’t find an image, sorry.


43 posted on 05/24/2013 5:53:31 PM PDT by Roccus
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To: Alberta's Child

Here’s a video of an engine in a cage...but for a different reason

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kXiivOh6hU


44 posted on 05/24/2013 5:58:00 PM PDT by Roccus
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To: Roccus

That’s a great clip. I always wondered what they did with a fire engine when they were doing major work on a fire station. LOL.


45 posted on 05/24/2013 6:08:21 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I am the master of my fate ... I am the captain of my soul.")
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To: Alberta's Child

After I retired, I was working P/T on an open boat in Howard Beach next door to the firehouse. When they were doing a reno, we let them keep the engine and ladder in our parking lot.


46 posted on 05/24/2013 6:28:25 PM PDT by Roccus
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To: SpaceBar

a retired mich. firefighter shared with me that during the detroit riots the rioters used to saw out the floor of a building then stretch the rug back over the open hole; when the firemen rushed in to put out the fire they fell to the basement of the bldg....


47 posted on 05/24/2013 7:01:30 PM PDT by jimsin
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping


48 posted on 05/25/2013 7:17:56 AM PDT by DogByte6RER ("Loose lips sink ships")
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To: Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows

I came to hear the Bronx Cheer in its native tongue.


49 posted on 05/25/2013 7:40:03 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Caipirabob

hehe hehe


50 posted on 05/25/2013 10:33:03 AM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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51 posted on 05/25/2013 11:46:59 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Daffynition

lulz


52 posted on 05/25/2013 12:03:04 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Alberta's Child; DogByte6RER
Anyone who gets offended by a "Ghetto Tour" in the Bronx might be interested to know that the 41st Precinct is now known affectionately as "Little House on the Prairie" -- because it is a quiet, pristine place compared to what it was 30-40 years ago.

So, if anything, the promoter of this tour is guilty of false advertising.

Those of us with close ties to the Bronx have a right to be at least annoyed by the perpetuation of false stereotypes. I believe you are aware that it is nothing like the hellhole most of the outside world perceives it to be. Some parts of Riverdale and Pelham Bay could easily be mistaken for Greenwich Ct.

53 posted on 05/25/2013 2:09:48 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: presidio9
Yes, but neighborhoods like Riverdale, Fieldstone and Pelham Bay were never dumps anyway.

No, the Bronx isn't as bad as it used to be. But it's still a place I wouldn't want to be wandering around after dark unless I had a firearm.

54 posted on 05/25/2013 3:38:58 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I am the master of my fate ... I am the captain of my soul.")
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To: Alberta's Child
No, the Bronx isn't as bad as it used to be. But it's still a place I wouldn't want to be wandering around after dark unless I had a firearm.

The "used to be" that you're talking about was fourty years ago. I wander around all types of neighborhoods at night unarmed. Never had a problem. -Correction: A friend and I got beat up pretty bad in racially motivated attack after Howard Beach. But, again, that was almost 30 years ago.

My point is this: The perception of the Bronx around the rest of the country (and the world) by people who have no clue is that the Bronx is a lot like "Escape From New York." That is neither fair nor accurate. And the residents there who ARE working hard and take pride in their neighborhood have a right to be pissed at someone making money off that lie.

55 posted on 05/25/2013 4:39:34 PM PDT by presidio9 (Islam is as Islam does.)
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