HOE AVENUE, BRONX, NY (PART X): LIFE BEFORE DEATH IN NEW JERSEY

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one time while living on hoe avenue, my mom and i visited some poor relatives on long island.  my dad, working regularly made us rich.  it so happens that they were so poor they could not afford to live in  the bronx.  they bought an old house on a small piece of land in what is now downtown flushing, ny for about $25.  my mom and i walked from the li rr station, a few blocks to their humble abode. 

sorta' like flushing new york (ca 1930s)

i suspect that if fortune did not change for them and they were not able to move back to nyc, they would be incredibly wealthy real estate owners in flushing, ny of the donald trump prototype.  as it turned out the children of the family became professionals (doctor - lawyer - indian chief, whatever) anyway.  and amazingly without social workers, special advisors or charter schools.

nevermind.

(to be continued)

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