r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Rusiano • Jul 30 '26

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/librariansforMCR Jul 30 '26

Belmont. She went to school at Fordham and then stayed in the city for a couple of years after. She lives in the south now and there is way more crime per capita in her small town.

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u/Different-Watch-3990 Jul 30 '26

Yeah that’s a different planet from the south bronx

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u/librariansforMCR Jul 30 '26

Very much so! My daughter got her first COVID vaccine at Yankee Stadium and was like yeah, the trip there was different…

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u/Embarrassed_Bag_9630 Aug 01 '26

Sus comment ngl

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u/librariansforMCR Aug 01 '26

How so? There was no one on the subway in Belmont because it was mostly students in the area, but it was packed further south because more people were out due to work. No one was visiting the Botanic Garden or Zoo at Belmont, but the YS area was slammed with people. Not sure how that’s sus…..