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My friend "Joey M" has spent 6 years documenting the ghetto nonsense that goes in Jamaica on a daily basis. 6 years in Jamaica was enough for him, he moved to greener, non ghetto pastures. Although, I believe Jamaica is slowly getting better, there's still too many problematic people who live/hang out in the community, quality of life laws rarely get enforced, and the political leadership is a joke. Take a look for yourselves, photographs do not lie. https://cleanupjamaicaqueens.wordpress.com
My friend "Joey M" has spent 6 years documenting the ghetto nonsense that goes in Jamaica on a daily basis. 6 years in Jamaica was enough for him, he moved to greener, non ghetto pastures. Although, I believe Jamaica is slowly getting better, there's still too many problematic people who live/hang out in the community, quality of life laws rarely get enforced, and the political leadership is a joke. Take a look for yourselves, photographs do not lie. https://cleanupjamaicaqueens.wordpress.com
OMG! Those pictures are horrible! Who knew?! I definitely wouldn't want to move into a neighborhood like that, I'm from Harlem and I remember the rough years growing up but I can't say it's ever looked that bad, sheesh!
This is terrible.
I'm not sure if I'd want my mother or sisters coming to visit me, in an area like that.
I went to see the site last week, and as I walked out of the E train, I saw a woman being arrested across the street by the LIRR. At 3pm in the afternoon, lol.
That's not something I'm used to seeing.
I agree with you, I feel the same way. Not to mention last year's gang rape of a 50 year old female that happened 2 blocks from Alvista...
My friend "Joey M" has spent 6 years documenting the ghetto nonsense that goes in Jamaica on a daily basis. 6 years in Jamaica was enough for him, he moved to greener, non ghetto pastures. Although, I believe Jamaica is slowly getting better, there's still too many problematic people who live/hang out in the community, quality of life laws rarely get enforced, and the political leadership is a joke. Take a look for yourselves, photographs do not lie. https://cleanupjamaicaqueens.wordpress.com
To be quite honest, I think your little “friend†is racist and his website is BS. This is NYC, of course you are going to see overflowing trash cans. At least most of the trash are near the bin! And showing a picture of a downed street sign, makes that ghetto? Really? Your friend practically just overused and misused the term “ghetto†all over his damn website. Yes Jamaica, Queens has some work to do, but the city is really trying to improve the area and also there is a MTA police station right around the corner, if that makes anyone feel better.
OMG! Those pictures are horrible! Who knew?! I definitely wouldn't want to move into a neighborhood like that, I'm from Harlem and I remember the rough years growing up but I can't say it's ever looked that bad, sheesh!
The entire Jamaica does not look like that
The homeless and the drunks are confined to Rufus King Park, the buildings around the Coliseum area you also gotta be careful around. But the only time you will have to worry about that is if you have to go to the post office. Otherwise where Alvista is located, you won't run into these types of issues. Maybe one stray bum, but nothing to the level in those pics. Also around Sutphin is pretty built up. No abandoned homes. I'm not saying its the best area, but certainly far from the worst. It's pretty much the same level as Downtown Brooklyn was in the early 2000s, or like 125th Street in the early 2000s.
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Looks like a lot of people are concerned about the area((.... Also, I don't want to sound bad but I'm concerned about people being interviewed. It could be just my experience but I'm not looking to have a drug dealer next door and unemployed baby mama with 5 kids upstairs. Unfortunately, that's how it looked like on the day of my interview.(((
The reason they set the income brackets high is so they can gentrify the area. In the next 2-3 years Jamaica center formerly known as Jamaica ave will not look the same
The homeless and the drunks are confined to Rufus King Park, the buildings around the Coliseum area you also gotta be careful around. But the only time you will have to worry about that is if you have to go to the post office. Otherwise where Alvista is located, you won't run into these types of issues. Maybe one stray bum, but nothing to the level in those pics. Also around Sutphin is pretty built up. No abandoned homes. I'm not saying its the best area, but certainly far from the worst. It's pretty much the same level as Downtown Brooklyn was in the early 2000s, or like 125th Street in the early 2000s.
I work in Jamaica and live in Queens Village and I will tell you Jamaica DOES look like that! Too many homeless shelters and low class ghetto slobs living in the area. 94 ave alone has an illegal dumping problem. Look at at the vacant lot next to the Alivista! All that litter comes courtesy of the low class residents who live in the area! Oh, let's exclude the Portuguese who live across Sutphin Blvd around 101ave. There houses are all well kept. Their fig trees and grape vines remind me of living in Ozone Park. They have pride, dignity, and self respect. Head South of Sutphin Blvd and cross Liberty Ave, and it's like a scene from Dante's Inferno! Oh, a lot of problematic white dope heads from Long Island are adding ghetto fluid to the fire. I was walking around the hub the other day and I've never seen so many derelict white junkies in Jamaica. It was a real pathetic sight.
Looks like a lot of people are concerned about the area((.... Also, I don't want to sound bad but I'm concerned about people being interviewed. It could be just my experience but I'm not looking to have a drug dealer next door and unemployed baby mama with 5 kids upstairs. Unfortunately, that's how it looked like on the day of my interview.(((
That doesnt surprise me. Gotta love this country. Someone can make a mess of their life, yet get rewarded with a nice apartment courtesy of the responsible tax payer (Me). A Doctor that I work with recently to my that he pays 3500 a month to live in a building in Rego Park, yet the first 3 floors are affordable housing where those tenants only pay 600 a month to live in the same building! He said "Liberals then teach those people to hate people like you and me!". He's right! It's a shame, give them 6 months and they'll rip Alivista apart.
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