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[quote=Anonymous]I lived on the LES, and had a blast. I didn't do drugs, but went out to clubs with friends, had a crap job, but a great group of friends. Fortunately my job required that I go to parties thrown by big businesses promoting their products, so I didn't starve because they always had great canapes. The LES was incredibly funky, and not hugely dangerous, but not exactly crime free. Everyone ate out at great little cheap restaurants we found around town because no one had any money. Huge arts scene, lots of low-cost theater, dance, art shows, great experimental theater in all sorts of tiny venues. The AIDS epidemic cast a huge shadow over the decade, just horrible. Several people I knew died of AIDS during that decade, young men, very very sad. If you were a lawyer or a banker you did well in that decade, but if you were in the arts, well, you barely survived, but you had a lot of company and a lot of fun. [/quote]
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