My only interactions in Harlem was a work release jail on 163rd & Amsterdam ave. I stay there in the 90's after doing a skid bid up north. Met some good guys there.
Not nit picking, however you come of as a "truth seeker", 163rd and Amsterdam isn't Harlem, it's Washington Heights. What did you go away for? Vigilante type stuff I presume!
True. But in all fairness to Marbala (and he's new here, so I don't even know him), a lot of people from the outer boroughs and the suburbs think the Heights are in Harlem. Especially around Saint Nick and that area. If you look around, the building structures are similar, the populace is similar, etc. If you take a wrong turn and you're not familiar with the area, it's a fairly easy mistake to make
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