What has happened to Irvington, NJ?
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8/3/2008
I remember Irvington, NJ as a nice place to live as a kid. You felt safe bike riding and hanging out with your friends at the Dairy Queen on Springfield Avenue. The area started to change and we moved away a long time ago. I haven't been back to New Jersey for some years now. My sister recently came for a visit with shocking news about Irvington from a visit there earlier this year. She went to see our elementary school, Berkeley Terrace and the area where we played as children. She found what looked like the warzones you see depicted on T.V. She said buildings had been leveled and there was police tape everywhere along 20th Avenue. The place had a sinister, eerie-feeling to it. She did not feel safe. She saw a police officer who told her that she should immediately leave the area and hadn't she heard about what was going on with the street gangs in the news!!!! Irvington had to call on the state or the national guard to step in and help. The police officer insisted on escorting her out because he said a car was no protection from bullets. What's going on in Irvington? I feel bad for the people still living there. When did all this happen?
SoCalGal | Downey, CA