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MHigby@Primenet.com (Michael Higby) wrote:

> amk@bway.net (Andy Katz) writes:

>>You're quite right, Mikhail. Staten Islanders have made succesh noises
>>from time to time. But Staten Island is New York's least populous
>>borough. I think, if anything, the Valley compares reasonably well to
>>Queens (I guess that leaves Hollywood to compare with Brooklyn, as
>>both have cultural histories and identities separate from the 'main
>>city'). 

>Then what part of LA is like the Bronx?

Figures there'll be a wiseguy out there somewhere, right?

Answer's gotta be South-Central: Media dumps on it, just like the
Bronx (and how many media personnel actually live in either place?).
Both places have serious problems, particularly in terms of redlining
and lack of investment, but the Bronx is well connected by subways to
the rest of the city, so lack of investment may not hurt it as much as
it does South-Central; nor am I certain how far insurers and banks are
permitted to redline in New York, so that too may be less of a problem
than for South-Central. All in all, I'd say both places, while not to
be mistaken for Eden, aren't the hellholes they're made out to be.

Andy Katz

Ps: Just in case anyone asks, the San Gabriel Valley subs nicely for
Jersey. People from the East who drive down San Gabriel Blvd become
momentarily disorientated, so certain are they that they're back in
Jersey again. Then they become scared.

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