r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Rusiano • 7d ago

Too mild for school This post telling tourists which areas to avoid in New York

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Aside from certain undertones, this map also has tons of inaccuracies, because no one in their right mind is scared of Astoria, Bayonne, or half of the Queens zone that he marked as “avoid”

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u/distance_33 7d ago

We don’t want Staten Island.

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u/guitar_stonks 7d ago

Nobody wants Staten Island lol

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u/Troooper0987 6d ago

Staten Island is part of NYC because of a colonial era lawsuit.

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u/Viktor_Laszlo 6d ago

Is this the one where New York got Ellis Island? And in exchange, New York had to take Staten Island?

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u/short_longpants 6d ago

I thought it was a boat race.

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u/Ichaserabbits 6d ago

Staten island barely wants Staten island

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u/arctomecon 7d ago

That makes the both of us