cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

I definitely like you home town. I have no interest on NYC, even though my wife has some very nice relatives there. Been there....done that.

veri Loc: NYC

That's Spain,por supuesto.

veri Loc: NYC

Spain,of course!

jerseymike

Oh yeah..you have "done that"

CWGordon

Like many others I wonder where the pictures were taken. My father, way back when, grew up in Brooklyn after his Mother and Father immigrated here from Sicily. (or, should I say emigrated from Sicily to here? I always get them confused.)

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

emigrate is to move away from = 'e' for exit
immigrate is to move to = 'i' for in

CWGordon

Understanding that, but couldn’t they be somewhat interchangeable here, as immigrated here FROM .... or, emmigrated from .... to here?

Thank you for your trying to help an old dude out with an issue that few, other than you or I, would ever care about. I really sincerely mean that.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Every single year for 34 years I had to explain the difference to my history students.
The one year I didn't I taught basic photography under the name "History and Practice of Photography" because the photo teacher passed his exams and became an administrator. It was an emergency and it was my hobby so the Principal changed the name so I could teach it under my History/Geography Credential.
Biggest benefit was I got keys to the building, the custodians let me on campus on Saturdays and I had the film room and darkroom all to myself. No taping the windows and turning the bathroom of my apartment into a darkroom. That can be awkward when someone needs to use the bathroom. At least after I bought a house I used the laundry room and could leave most of my stuff set up. House rule, no laundry on Sat and Sun, Dad is in his Darkroom. Unless Mom says different. A few times I did work to the sounds of a washer and dryer running next to me. She did knock and let me get the film and paper into light proof containers before she came in - "Go to the bathroom and have a snack, I'm changing loads."

Bubalola Loc: Big Apple, NY

This is a nice street and this is your hometown, IMHO something that matters most.

jerseymike

Wow. Does that make you feel better??

CWGordon

I appreciate the help. Maybe I will stick with “...he left...” or, “...he came here...”. Cuts down on my rate of mistakes.

I, too, was an educator, way back when film and darkrooms were relevant. I was a guidance Counselor in a Pennsylvania Parochial High School. I started a Photo Club, begged and “borrowed” equipment, and got the school to build a darkroom so we could teach the kids how it was done. Great school, kids and experience. Undergraduate major, btw, was History. Seems like robert and I share some common experiences. Again, thanks for helping me understand “e’s and i’s” a bit better. Keep shooting.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Thanks; saved me from explaining. It’s important to get these words correct because they have different meanings.

FrankR Loc: NYC

That’s simply not true. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, and I’m back in the old neighborhood about once a month. Yes it has changed, but that’s the nature of immigrant neighborhoods, change, as each new wave of immigrants arrive. Mitchell’s Drive In is gone, but kids are still playing ball in Dyker Park. When I grew up there, the neighborhood was mostly Italian and Jewish. We replaced the Irish, and Germans. They said the same things about us. We were “different,” had no interest in education, etc. Now the neighborhood is mostly Asian. Can you think of another ethnic group as dedicated to educating their children? Brooklyn isn’t dead, it isn’t worse, it’s changed. And the only thing that never changed is that everything always changes.

pedroan2 Loc: Covington, Virginia (USA)

It is a town in the south easternmost province of Spain

pedroan2 Loc: Covington, Virginia (USA)

That is exactly my intention, to show the extreme difference from there to here