NYC stories

[Dog Eater]

some how he got lost getting home and we ended up in the Bronx. We weren't there long at all when cops pulled us over and asked do you know where you are? He knew that in the late 70s early 80s it was bad news for a family to be driving around there. I remember the cop giving us an escort to the freeway to make it home.

I’ve heard this exact story at least 6 times from different people over the years. I’m forced to conclude that the crime in the Bronx was caused by police spending all their time escorting random tourists to the freeway.

 

[aRTie02150]

East river houses?

Stuy Town? Or the places by the river in Alphabet City?

I don't know the name. It's near Delancey st and close to the pool on Pitt Street (where Luis Guzman used to frequent)

 

[BrotherMan1488]

Jew York City can't be talked about without bringing up Choo Chee

 

[BrotherMan1488]

They got that chop chee

 

[BrotherMan1488]

Strange it has the food reputation it does. Unless you spend outlandish money at a restaurant most places treat you like a tourist. Even for pizza, pizza in Hoboken is much better than most ny places.

Bruce Springsteen is from Jersey

 

[JebJoh]

Bruce Springsteen is from Jersey

I’ve heard that

 

[BrotherMan1488]

I’ve heard that

There were once lots of Factory's in the New York/Jersey/Pennsylvania area , child

 

[T-t-t-Terry!]

I legitimately called it mutz, gabagool, pruhshoot, raghut, and the like, my grandparents did too. It was because the majority of NYC area wops were from Naples and south of Rome at minimum and their accent and corruption of the Italian by English speaking kids created those pronunciations. There really isn't nothing wrong except people outside of NY and current niggers from Italy got mad about it. My Italian family was from Potenza and used those pronunciations. The rest of the medigans took it up too. The food from NYC made by Italian immigrants improved on goat meat, goat head, and other shit. In fact in Italy lots of stuff is Americanized versions served there. Unfortunately like all things fresh ingredients gave way to processed polly-o cheese and kraft. Some things like the Balsamic vinegar, San Marzano canned tomatoes, and thankfully they started making the mozzarella here.

Before the Sopranos the Raging Bull was a good example. I remember my mother saying that it reminded her of Union City growing up with all the screaming dagos in guinea tees. They all spoke Italian when they wanted the kids to not follow, so much so my mother could speak a fair bit from hearing it. Say what you will about the Italians in America but they have a culture that laughs at itself and is more interesting than say the head hunters from Central America

 

[T-t-t-Terry!]

I legitimately called it mutz, gabagool, pruhshoot, raghut, and the like, my grandparents did too. It was because the majority of NYC area wops were from Naples and south of Rome at minimum and their accent and corruption of the Italian by English speaking kids created those pronunciations. There really isn't nothing wrong except people outside of NY and current niggers from Italy got mad about it. My Italian family was from Potenza and used those pronunciations. The rest of the medigans took it up too. The food from NYC made by Italian immigrants improved on goat meat, goat head, and other shit. In fact in Italy lots of stuff is Americanized versions served there. Unfortunately like all things fresh ingredients gave way to processed polly-o cheese and kraft. Some things like the Balsamic vinegar, San Marzano canned tomatoes, and thankfully they started making the mozzarella here.

Before the Sopranos the Raging Bull was a good example. I remember my mother saying that it reminded her of Union City growing up with all the screaming dagos in guinea tees. They all spoke Italian when they wanted the kids to not follow, so much so my mother could speak a fair bit from hearing it. Say what you will about the Italians in America but they have a culture that laughs at itself and is more interesting than say the head hunters from Central America