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  • the_yaya@lemmy.worldOPM
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    1 year ago

    Happy weekend, phlemmies!

    Today’s Ask PHlemmy: What is the “don’t go down there” street in your city?

    • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM
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      1 year ago

      Cavite

      Edit: But in all seriousness, as a QC boy, almost every part of the city here is dangerous. If you park your car and leave it unattended in Visayas Ave, you’re going to come back to a broken window. If you walk alone and not a local in Pag-Asa or Agham, you’d likely run into trouble.

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        1 year ago

        That’s surprising for me who have lived in Pasay as a child. Akala ko mas safe ang QC. Tapos yung area sa tapat ng Pisay? Feels like home, lol! (Though hindi mo ako mapapalakad dun lalo na kung gabi.)

        But I admit, I was warned about really sketchy areas sa QC. I think the key is not to “look like a local” but rather, “look like you’re not worth the effort,” lol! Kung kaya, totoohanin na! IDK tho, maybe I exude that “batang skwatter” vibes that I’ve been spared, or I just haven’t been outside enough.

          • megane-kun@lemm.ee
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            1 year ago

            Kamusta naman dun? Parang normal residential area kasi siya sa akin eh.

            Mas nadaanan ko yung sa tapat ng PCMC pero pag galing naman ako ng SM North kita ko rin yung sa Agham road and BIR road. Parang normal lang naman. Parang madilim lang pag gabi….

        • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldM
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          1 year ago

          Tbf, medyo “safe” na sa may Pisay area these days because of the development in that area, particularly Vertis North. Alala ko I accidentally asked the North Ave bus to drop me off thinking na Trinoma na, yun pala I was still several meters away and I ended up alighting to a dimly-lit street on the opposite side of Agham/NIA road at 1AM. May guards so I didn’t feel scared at all.

          I think what makes QC a “don’t go down there” city is because there’s clusters of squatters everywhere. I don’t want to sound “matapobre” but when there’s a squatters area, it typically has hoodlums and other criminals and they also don’t take too kindly of outsiders. There will be a gated subdivision but just behind it are squatters. A posh mall but when you go up to the roofdeck your view are squatters. Business district but if you wander too far away you’ll end up in a shanty town.

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            1 year ago

            Nice to hear about the improvements in the Pisay area, I guess?

            I do understand the sentiment na delikado for outsiders to wander around in a squatter’s area. Having grown up in (or near) one, I think the key point really is “they don’t take too kindly to outsiders.” That much, I can attest from personal experience.

            Iwas na lang talaga para safe. This is actually in line din dun sa sagot ko kay the Yaya. Kung wala ka naman talagang pakay para mag-suot sa mga esquinita, just don’t.

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      1 year ago

      Not just a street, but… Familiar ba kayo sa Bitukang Manok Road 😰 magagaling mga nagddrive don, just becoz

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      1 year ago

      Nung bata pa ako, yung mga esquinita sa area na ang tawag ay Sto. Niño. Eto yung area sa ilalim ng spur galing ng Baclaran LRT station papuntang depot.

      Bukod pa kasi sa “usual dangers,” sa area na yun in genral, nakakaligaw rin talaga siya. Wala ka rin namang dahilan para mag-suot dun kung di ka taga-roon.

    • zeggs
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      1 year ago

      Santa Lucia, Novaliches

      maraming loko-loko dun, tsaka pag sumasakay kami dati ng taxi no-go zone sa kanila HAHAHAHAHAHA