I’m a good bit younger than you, but I grew up the same way........and in NYC - of course long before the Bloominidiot took over. I was gone from there 30 years this past October!
“-———gone from there 30 years this past October!”
And my son has been down there for 20 years this summer. They live in Nassau County but he works for The City of New York. They will give it 5 more years to get their daughter out of H.S. and then they are gone.
You are so lucky you escaped when you did.
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