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Offline jeanette

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"Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« on: December 27, 2021, 09:45:37 PM »
I was looking for some news on the shooting this evening on 37th Ave and 94th St. (my accountant's ofc is right there). Didn't find anything on google, but yikes:

https://www.google.com/search?q=shooting+jackson+heights+37th+avenue&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS901US901&oq=shooting+jackson+heights+37th+avenue&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i22i29i30l3.10182j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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Offline ChickenringNYC

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Re: "Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2021, 11:13:29 PM »
Not the first shooting out there. Bummer. Stay safe!
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Re: "Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2021, 11:31:16 PM »
boys with guns and insecurities. we can't forcibly take away the latter.
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Offline ClydeM

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Re: "Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2021, 09:00:15 PM »
Quote from: jeanette on December 27, 2021, 09:45:37 PM
I was looking for some news on the shooting this evening on 37th Ave and 94th St. (my accountant's ofc is right there). Didn't find anything on google, but yikes:

https://www.google.com/search?q=shooting+jackson+heights+37th+avenue&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS901US901&oq=shooting+jackson+heights+37th+avenue&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i22i29i30l3.10182j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

My understanding is that we like it this way, and if not you are a wealthy transplant trying to gentrify the neighborhood.
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Offline ChickenringNYC

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Re: "Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2021, 12:05:27 AM »
Lol. Ouch! Then again, I mean, if 37th and 94th street wants to gentrify, then have at it!
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Re: "Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2021, 11:00:08 AM »
I think ‘Violence Plagued’ is hyperbolic. 
But when I am out and about, there is a palpable undercurrent of tension, and controlled chaos. 
We love Tacos Morelos on 37th Ave, but we always eat inside, away from the street. 
In the past I would read these crime stories about JH, and say to myself ‘why are they in that area at 3:30am.  Or why were they hanging around Roosevelt Ave at 2:45am’. 
I felt like the crime was separate and removed from my immediate (historic district) -now the crime is happening during ‘normal’ hours and it seems to be happening everywhere.
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Re: "Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2021, 11:06:55 AM »
Quote from: petegart on December 29, 2021, 11:00:08 AM
I think ‘Violence Plagued’ is hyperbolic. 
But when I am out and about, there is a palpable undercurrent of tension, and controlled chaos. 
We love Tacos Morelos on 37th Ave, but we always eat inside, away from the street. 
In the past I would read these crime stories about JH, and say to myself ‘why are they in that area at 3:30am.  Or why were they hanging around Roosevelt Ave at 2:45am’. 
I felt like the crime was separate and removed from my immediate (historic district) -now the crime is happening during ‘normal’ hours and it seems to be happening everywhere.

I seem to recall the first year I moved here someone was murdered on the doorstep of their apartment block in the Historic District.
And when I got here,  I was immediately warned that around 90th Street was gang territory and dangerous.

I am not convinced that anything has really changed.

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Re: "Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2021, 12:36:52 PM »
Crime is down, historically.
Or do we want to go back in time to the Giuliani days?

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-city.pdf
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Re: "Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2021, 12:38:57 PM »
And for what it's worth, comparing this year to last year is entirely pointless, so don't bother.
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Re: "Violence Plagued Jackson Heights"
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2021, 02:33:24 PM »
Quote from: ChickenringNYC on December 29, 2021, 12:36:52 PM
Crime is down, historically.
Or do we want to go back in time to the Giuliani days?

https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-city.pdf

absolutely.

anyone who lived in NYC in the 70s, 80s or 90s (maybe the sixties, but i was an infant/toddler then) can tell you crime was much higher in "the good old days."
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