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matt819

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5. I grew up there when it wasn't exotic

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2018, 04:47 PM

Dec 2018

This was in the 1960s until I left for college in the 1970s. The Russians hadn't yet moved in, so it was just Brighton Beach then, not little Odessa or anything like that. No Russian mob. No cyrillic writing. Just lots and lots of old Jewish people.

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Welcome to Брайтон Бич, Brooklyn [View all] elleng Dec 2018 OP

We go there maybe 4 or 5 times a year PJMcK Dec 2018 #1

COOL! elleng Dec 2018 #3

My Russian Grandmother had summer rental apartments in Far Rockaway Queens. mitch96 Dec 2018 #2

LOL! elleng Dec 2018 #4

I grew up there when it wasn't exotic matt819 Dec 2018 #5