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Old Jan 9, 2019, 5:48 pm
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dhammer53
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Originally Posted by jrl767
with the exception of on overnight visit with friends in Ridgewood NJ last spring, it's been a REALLY long time since I've been to any part of the metro NY area besides LGA/JFK/Penn Station/Times Square ... I'm extremely curious about this "Reality" in which the Staten Island Ferry is considered part of Brooklyn (and I also find the mental image of "Fitbiters" amusing ...)
Many Brooklynites that are my age moved to Staten Island in the '70's because there was cheap housing there (due to the NYC dump). The smell was awful. From Staten Island, those Brooklynites did the movin on up thing and headed to New Jersey. That's where the connection is.
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