re: Pre-Giuliani NYC Photos from 1970s....

Same exact car as Christine.

People moan about things now. The 70s sucked way worse on about every level except the music.
But even with that we had to deal with 8 tracks.

Things are infinitely better now if people would get out of the conspiracy/social media/bad news cycle they put themselves in.

Lol these pictures are 15+ years before Giuliani was even mayor. May as well post pictures from the Great Depression and label them as pre-Reagan America.

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Does your hillbilly arse know how numbers work?

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Lol I never equated the time difference these photos/Guiliani’s time as mayor and the Great Depression/Reagan. I was simply making the point that such a considerable amount of time occurred between these photos and Giuliani’s time as mayor that labeling them as “pre-Guiliani” is a little silly.

This period of time in NYC is fascinating to me. In so many facets. Not far from the Burning Bronx, Studio 55 is popping with all the excesses America had to offer. The birth of hip hop out of, essentially, what we’re seeing in these pics. So much of it just the antithesis of what “America” was portrayed as.

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and Giuliani’s time as mayor that labeling them as “pre-Guiliani” is a little silly.

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Hell, Giuliani was a Democrat when the pics were taken.

1977 was kind of the pinnacle of the decay. Son of Sam. Summer blackout with looting everywhere. The Bronx burning. The city literally on the verge of bankruptcy.

Ed Koch won the mayoral race that year on a platform of “a liberal with sanity”. He would be considered a MAGA Republican today, but he did a lot to get the city turned around. Reagan being POTUS in the 80’s helped “rebuild” the city.

Unfortunately, things got to be “too nice”. Which allowed ridiculously idealistic and completely illogical liberals to regain power. You’re seeing the results of their “leadership” every day.

Eventually the people will get tired of the shite and the pendulum will swing the other way. They city will improve again, which will eventually usher in more absurd liberal leadership….the cycle will continue.

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Ed Koch won the mayoral race that year on a platform of “a liberal with sanity”. He would be considered a MAGA Republican today,

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Anybody who does not immediately want to turn all the neighborhood kids into the opposite sex or welcome 1m+ "undocumented" immigrants (just not in NYC thats (d)ifferent) is labeled a MAGA republican.

You saw it with Tulsi Gabbard. She switches and five minutes later she is a MAGA??? Okay sure...

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the globo-homozation of america and most of the west is so sad

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For instance a woman running at 530am in what was a generally safe area along the Hudson was attacked and raped by a homeless person two days ago. Same with random subway attacks.

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By a dude out of jail awaiting trial for 2 other sexual assault crimes.

I completely believe in innocent until proven guilty but these progressive judges and DAs have already gotten hundreds of people killed by letting some people out on bail. I was in Houston this week and I don’t want to exaggerate the number but they had billboards saying something like “150 murders in Harris County by people out on bail since 2018 (when a bunch of progressive judges were elected)”