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Lucky Luciano

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7. Very few Wall Street types live in SI.

Reply to IbogaProject (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 16, 2024, 12:26 AM

Jan 2024

They’re usually in Fairfield County, Westchester County, much of nearby NJ, parts of Brooklyn that are practically extensions of Manhattan, and Long Island. Not sure I ever met anyone commuting from Staten Island, though one guy did commute via a long haul ferry from Rumson, NJ each day. That’s a helluva commute!

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Why is Staten Island so Republican? [View all] Elessar Zappa Jan 2024 OP

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Its remoteness attracts people who want to get as far away from what makes NY NY, marybourg Jan 2024 #3

I have snowbird neighbors here in Florida that MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #4

Working class whites. Lucky Luciano Jan 2024 #5

It's mostly suburbs w lots of Wall Street workers IbogaProject Jan 2024 #6

Very few Wall Street types live in SI. Lucky Luciano Jan 2024 #7

And then there's my friend who grew up in Staten Island, moved to the Northeast about 9 years ago Rhiannon12866 Jan 2024 #8

Tony Bourdain went there with native David Johansen BigmanPigman Jan 2024 #9

I think Northernmost Staten Island has become more racially mixed in the last ?20+ yrs. Parts of Brooklyn .. electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #10

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