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VeryOffended ago

I live on (in...whatever) Long Island. There was a lot that sold Christmas trees about a mile away from me since I was born. People were asking on an app where this lot went and where they could get Christmas trees this year. Home depot was the #1 reply.

I didn't really think too much about it this way until your post. There was a bit of emptiness and longing when I drove by the empty lot even though I didn't/don't know why it's empty.

Let me tell you, I hate NY. I've lived here my whole life. I spent 6 years in Manhattan and now I'm back where I was born. However, Long Island is a sad place inundated with illegal immigrants in certain areas. It was once beautiful land. Mostly farm. Growing up, there was little traffic. Now it's gridlock all the time. Long Island is hurting. It's not the wealthy place the media makes it out to be. There are few extremely wealthy areas, but then there are places like Brentwood and Central Islip (the home of MS 13), and the rest are working class people who are devastated over what their land has turned into. It's gorgeous with beaches and amazing parks. Fuck Nassau County. It's closer to NYC and the people who spout nonsense here live in mansions. Suffolk County is fighting right now. The votes are recorded, but we're still afraid to speak in public...bc we're in downstate NY. We may be shunned. The only people here who will speak openly are the blue collar people. I'm not blue collar but I respect them more than anyone in the state. They're the only ones I don't have to watch my tongue around. I'm so infuriated by everyone else pretending.

Long Island is the Cali of the east. Once gorgeous, but now invaded. Plenty people here who are woke and devastated bc their families go back generations. They're outnumbered, scared, and hopeless.

o0shad0o ago

I wouldn't blame the disappearance of that lot on an anti-religious movement. Real estate prices on Long Island have gone sky-high, and empty lots are few and far between. Anything that isn't needed for parking is built upon.

I would opine that christmas displays nowadays are more about commercialism than about religion. Governments aren't allowed to do anything specifically christian, and their budgets are already blown anyway. The lack of decorations is definitely a sign though.

LuvOurPotusDJT ago

People make money off of empty lots in NYC all the time. They would not stop renting temporarily to make money off an empty lot. Does not have a damn thing to do with government budgets either. They reuse the same Christmas decorations each year.