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Offline toddg

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #30 on: December 05, 2021, 02:01:38 PM »
This is wonderful!  I wish you every success.  Please let me know if there is any help you need.

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #31 on: December 08, 2021, 12:47:36 PM »
Hello all,
Unfortunately, I have decided not to go ahead with the Jackson Heights IRL website due to my current workload.
I hope we can continue to connect with each other on:
Reddit: r/jacksonheights https://www.reddit.com/r/jacksonheights/ or r/queens https://www.reddit.com/r/queens and the JHfamilies group on Google https://groups.google.com/g/jhfamilies/about

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #32 on: December 08, 2021, 08:11:18 PM »
Thank you heartily to all the administrators, past and present, for all the time, dedication and work!

Your efforts were a true gift to us that made this wonderful neighborhood a community.  ;D
Sometimes a divided community BUT everyone had the opportunity to be heard.
I will miss this site.  :(
I also channel Gladys Gilbert!

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #33 on: December 09, 2021, 09:24:45 AM »
Thank you heartily to all the administrators, past and present, for all the time, dedication and work!

Your efforts were a true gift to us that made this wonderful neighborhood a community.  ;D
Sometimes a divided community BUT everyone had the opportunity to be heard.
I will miss this site.  :(

Thank you! It's nice to know our efforts were appreciated :)

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #34 on: December 09, 2021, 02:43:32 PM »
Your efforts were very much appreciated! We found this site very useful and interesting in the 10 years we've lived in JH. Sorry to see it go.

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #35 on: December 10, 2021, 12:02:41 AM »
Many thanks for all the memories. I first landed here after the Starbucks buzz. Was it covered in the NYT and there was a link in the article here? This board has helped me discover many of the fine cuisines in the neighborhood.

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #36 on: December 12, 2021, 08:22:06 PM »
So sorry to hear this site is closing. It really is the best option out there. There is Next Door Jackson Heights and several Facebook groups but neither has the breadth of content or as useful a structure. 

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #37 on: December 21, 2021, 07:33:28 PM »
Sorry to hear the site is closing.
I beg to differ that the forum format has outlived its usefulness. If anything social media like Facebook is the reason why this has still been active, and it is not a favorable alternative after December 31st

If you are unable to continue the domain and website it is certainly understandable and I'm very grateful to have found and referred to JHL.

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #38 on: December 24, 2021, 11:15:33 AM »
Thank you for all you have done in keeping this neighborhood informed and connected  I am sure it was a very consuming job and truly a labor of love.
This site will be so missed for so many reasons
Thank you again
Have a wonderful holiday and please continue to stay vigilant.  This virus is not done with us yet

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #39 on: December 26, 2021, 06:40:21 PM »
Since we haven't heard about archiving options for the site, can we copy some of the "neighborhood FAQs" to this site as a placeholder?

https://reddit.com/r/jacksonheights/new/



specifically, these pages

http://www.jacksonheightslife.com/community/index.php?topic=1640.0
http://www.jacksonheightslife.com/community/index.php?topic=792.0
http://www.jacksonheightslife.com/community/index.php?topic=115.0
http://www.jacksonheightslife.com/community/index.php?topic=38.0

One of the r/jacksonheights/ moderators here - sad to see this site go, and thanks for your suggestion- have added this info to the subreddit wiki https://www.reddit.com/r/jacksonheights/wiki/index

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #40 on: December 27, 2021, 11:44:15 AM »
If anyone is interested, please feel free to join the Jackson Heights Discord server. Discord is a chat platform. It's more akin to the chat rooms of the old days than a forum. It has "servers", which are like little communities. Inside the servers are "channels" for different topics. For example, we have channels for "general", "food and drink", "Meetups", "parking spaces", and "rooms for rent". Discord works in the browser or as a desktop/mobile app. Link to the server: https://discord.gg/YAZt4y8Uhx

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Re: PLEASE READ: JHL to say goodbye
« Reply #41 on: December 27, 2021, 02:40:18 PM »
thank you to this group! I found you upon my return to JH after a two year absence out west.  You got me a sweet gig at Second Story Yoga that I will remember fondly!  See yall on Reddit