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My Old Neighborhood
My Old Neighborhood
Living in a neighborhood has the risk that your experience is good or bad; however, my experience at my old neighborhood was extremely great. Astoria which was the first neighborhood where I lived when I first came to this country fourteen years ago, and the combination of factors such as the shopping, transportation, and the location has made this neighborhood a great place to live, and an unforgettable experience. Definitively I have a lot of good memories of this great neighborhood. Astoria was located on Queens New York, and it has been known as a Greek and Italian neighborhood; however, there was a mix of cultures that have been reflected and its commerce. One of the things that made this neighborhood a great place to live was its wide variety of shops. This was one of the things I loved about this neighborhood that I could easily buy things that were needed daily.
I used to live on a street called Ditmars Blvd, and this street was full of stores; such as shoe repair, watch repair, dentist offices, supermarkets, etc. In Astoria I could find to all type of stores that were very convenient. I still miss my old neighborhood and just thinking of it makes me smile. Sometimes I still go there to visit my brother, and the neighborhood now has more stores, and restaurants than when I was living there. It has become sort of a small Manhattan. Because it had all the necessary things that I needed in a neighborhood; I was happy there. Transportation was one of the things that made my old neighborhood great, and I used to take the train to go to college and to work. The train station was only four blocks away from my home, and the commute to the College was only about 15 minutes away, and I did not need to spent money buying a car as I do now. The N train which was the train that I used to take was available all the time and it was a clean train that provided me with good service every time I needed it. I felt so lucky to have the

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