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On 2025-06-28, John Smyth <
smythlejon2@hotmail.com> wrote:
Welcome to the NEW NEW York.
Tehran?
Nope.
Brooklyn, New York.
<https://patriots.win/p/19BZgFsHB4/new-york-looks-different-already/c>
<https://x.com/endwokeness/status/1938004104300712217>
That looks like Prospect Park Brooklyn NY to me although the direction signs look a bit different than ones in NYC and since I haven't been there in years who
knows.
Brooklyn has always been a classic melting pot. Where I grew up Bay Ridge, it was
mostly Scandinavian, Italian, Irish, Jewish, some Hasidim and later on Puerto Rican and Dominican.
Recently it has become Russian, Muslim and various Middle Eastern ethnic groups.
Sunset Park, which borders Bay Ridge used to be the same and is now 99.9 % Chinese
who have set up SMB and are thriving.
IMHO the one thing that differentiates the Muslims from the other ethnicity's is that
they do not tend to assimilate but at the same time expect others to adopt their culture.
This is wrong, and it's dangerous especially where religious fanatics are involved.
When I was growing up in Brooklyn, even the Hasidic Jews, the penguins as we called them,
never expected us to adopt their religion and yes, they were literally living in their
own world, they lived and let live and while cordial, never really were involved much
in community events.
There is nothing wrong with remembering and respecting the culture you have
but when you go to a foreign land you need to adopt that culture while
at the same time never forgetting your own heritage.
The ethnic diversity of my neighborhood was what made it so fantastic.
We would have "block parties" where the street was closed to traffic and people would BBQ, play games, in summer we opened up the fire hydrants, at night some fireworks and a band playing R&R music.
And since we had several PD high ranking officers living on the block they would have
the blue police barricades set up so we could all party. Same for the FDNY who would always
seem to "lose" the special wrench and sprinkler cap for the hydrants.
And the best part was the food!!! The Puerto Rican families had their BBQ, and so did
the Italians, Greeks and so forth and everyone shared!! And the beer was endless !!
I think I had my first beer at the age of ~10 or so.
LOL!
I can't say the same for Brooklyn these days as I still have friends living there
and get into NYC at least once a month.
I'm taking a let's see what happens approach however looking at UK, Sweden, Germany and
others I do not have a good feeling about this latest wave of immigration.
I hope I am wrong.
As for the border and immigration situation, do it legally and the USA as a whole
will welcome you just like we have for centuries.
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Kamala to be their candidate w/o a single vote....
Let *that* sink in.
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