Submitted by monkeyinheaven t3_11zsyo1 in newhampshire
Icy-Neck-2422 t1_jde1z8v wrote
I bet you it's the gypsy asphalt crews doing their early spring scam. They typically head down to FL for the winter to run their grift, then come back up north with the warmer weather. They have two big Irish gypsy families that are based in Hudson and Derry.
This is from one of the families.
CDogNH t1_jdf6rgq wrote
Had one of them at my house for a quote a couple years ago. Got scary, guy pretty much threatened me.
rudyattitudedee t1_jdfjjnq wrote
What does gutter cleaning have to do with paving? Also those “gypsies” are usually a good deal if you know what to ask. Once you ask if they’re just seal coating or actually paving for their quote they’ll know you weren’t born yesterday. I’ve had them seal coat for a good price but there is a particular large family on salem that does this and they do a decent job at paving for the money.
smartest_kobold t1_jdegt26 wrote
That is a slur.
warpedaeroplane t1_jdewyi9 wrote
While it is, the common replacement of “Romani peoples” doesn’t accurately capture people of the lifestyle from other ethnic groups. Vagrants is arguably a less offensive term, but I digress.
smartest_kobold t1_jdf6vtr wrote
Maybe grouping all these people under one slur is actually bad.
warpedaeroplane t1_jdf76us wrote
I don’t disagree at all, but there are people and there are words ascribed to them. Gypsy is an interesting one because, at least for myself and many others, it was usually used in a manner similar to Bedouin or nomad and was more of an indication of lifestyle than a “slur”. I’m an American, so I wasn’t aware of the more heavy racial/societal charge behind it particularly in Europe.
If I’m not mistaken, Irish traveling people do have a specific cultural name and heritage which unfortunately eludes me now. There’s a pretty mid episode of Star Trek TNG which has a …poorly represented version of one such group.
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