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Actually, when I think of Broadway in Queens, I don't think of the one in Flushing: I think of the one in Elmhurst/Jackson Heights/Woodside.
And the original idea that led to me creating this thread was streets that are completely different, but with the same name. I mean, if I said I lived on Madison Avenue, people would think I live in a penthouse apartment near a whole bunch of upscale stores (or if we're talking about East Harlem, it would still be a dense urban area), rather than a little side street with spread-out houses. The same thing for Rector Street: People think of the one in Lower Manhattan surrounded by office buildings, not the one on Staten Island which is a little industrial side street.
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Originally Posted by Airborneguy
How about Prospect Avenue/Street/Place/Blvd (and even Expressway)? There's one of those not only in all the boroughs, but pretty much every town in America.
Very true.
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I don't know if Union and Lorimer in Brooklyn is actually a distressed area but it looks kinda bleak in the link.
Well, the thing is that people on SI don't think highly of that area in general. If I talked about Mariners' Harbor to somebody living on the South Shore of Staten Island, the first image they'd think of would be something like this street (or I guess since we're talking about Union Avenue, this street), instead of the end of the street that I showed earlier.
Actually, when I think of Broadway in Queens, I don't think of the one in Flushing: I think of the one in Elmhurst/Jackson Heights/Woodside.
And the original idea that led to me creating this thread was streets that are completely different, but with the same name. I mean, if I said I lived on Madison Avenue, people would think I live in a penthouse apartment near a whole bunch of upscale stores (or if we're talking about East Harlem, it would still be a dense urban area), rather than a little side street with spread-out houses. The same thing for Rector Street: People think of the one in Lower Manhattan surrounded by office buildings, not the one on Staten Island which is a little industrial side street.
Very true.
Well, the thing is that people on SI don't think highly of that area in general. If I talked about Mariners' Harbor to somebody living on the South Shore of Staten Island, the first image they'd think of would be something like this street (or I guess since we're talking about Union Avenue, this street), instead of the end of the street that I showed earlier.
BTW, 7th, damn, talk about double posting.
Did I repeat any that were said by other members? If so, my apologies.
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