[JerseyHighlander]

Everyone in Staten Island reaches the breaking point where they walk out to their car and that layer of green chemical dust breaks their will to continue to live in the place.

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[Woodman]

As much as I wish I could agree that it was Green Chemical Dust (from Jersey), it is actually tree pollen. Something most other people from the city are unfamiliar with.