I remember when a group of kids were playing a game of baseball at Miller Field in Staten Island. One of our friends was from Tottenville High School, and said that kids that his school wanted to challenge us to a game. Most of my friends were from the North Shore at that time, and we decided to play against the kids from the South Shore. This one baseball game illustrated the dinstinction of two social classes in Staten Island.
The kids from the South Shore in Staten Island have a stereotype of being a rich, italian, guido type person. They drive the fancy cars, and say the word "bro" in every sentence. They live in huge houses, and dress in a particular way. They where a fitted yankee hat, a jordan basketball shirt, a pair of expensive jeans, and jordan shoes to match the shirt. They also where a big chain that is too big, A North Shore kid is typically a lower middle class resident. They are mostly irish and italian. They dont drive expensive cars, and live in smaller houses. They dont get as many girls as the kids from the South Shore, and dress in a particular way. They wear cargo shorts or jeans, a plain t shirt, and reebok or nike shoes. There truly is a distinction between the two groups.
I remember when the kids from the South Shore started to show up to the field. They all had the white infiniti car, with the tinted winfows. They had the fake tans, and were saying "bro" the whole time. The kids from the North Shore showed up and had old beat up cars, and wouldn't talk to the kids from the South Shore. During the game, the two groups argued about every single call, and wouldn't just play the game. The team from the South Shore won the game eventually, but that was not the big picture to me. The big picture was that Staten Island is a place of division, and a separation. This is what I remember about Staten Island.
The kids from the South Shore in Staten Island have a stereotype of being a rich, italian, guido type person. They drive the fancy cars, and say the word "bro" in every sentence. They live in huge houses, and dress in a particular way. They where a fitted yankee hat, a jordan basketball shirt, a pair of expensive jeans, and jordan shoes to match the shirt. They also where a big chain that is too big, A North Shore kid is typically a lower middle class resident. They are mostly irish and italian. They dont drive expensive cars, and live in smaller houses. They dont get as many girls as the kids from the South Shore, and dress in a particular way. They wear cargo shorts or jeans, a plain t shirt, and reebok or nike shoes. There truly is a distinction between the two groups.
I remember when the kids from the South Shore started to show up to the field. They all had the white infiniti car, with the tinted winfows. They had the fake tans, and were saying "bro" the whole time. The kids from the North Shore showed up and had old beat up cars, and wouldn't talk to the kids from the South Shore. During the game, the two groups argued about every single call, and wouldn't just play the game. The team from the South Shore won the game eventually, but that was not the big picture to me. The big picture was that Staten Island is a place of division, and a separation. This is what I remember about Staten Island.
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