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Comments on MetaFilter post My New YorkSat, 11 Oct 2008 18:12:23 -0800Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:12:23 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60My New York
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/travel/12mynewyork.html?em=&pagewanted=all">My New York</a> : artists, writers, professionals, and New Yorkers of all stripes talk about what they look forward to seeing in the city this fall.post:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:32:20 -0800shivohumnewyorktourismtravelBy: flapjax at midnite
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295499
This kind of thing is precisely what I hate most about the NYT.
Here's one they left out:
CLARENCE WILSON
<i>Unskilled laborer, currently between jobs</i>
Well, here in East New York, the local park ain't one you'd wanna hang out in too much, you know what I'm sayin', and I <i>sure</i> as hell wouldn't bring my camera there to take pictures... be the last time I ever saw <i>that</i> camera! I guess I'm mostly looking forward to getting the rats outta the basement, but, I dunno, landlord said he'd be gettin' 'em out right about this time <i>last</i> fall, too, so, I ain't holdin' my <i>breath</i>, you know?comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295499Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:12:23 -0800flapjax at midniteBy: The Straightener
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295524
That's hardly a selection of New Yorkers of all stripes, it's more like a selection of power brokers and media figures.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295524Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:34:49 -0800The StraightenerBy: girlhacker
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295547
(in case anyone else makes the same mistake I did, the associated name is <em>below</em> the paragraph, not above)comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295547Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:03:20 -0800girlhackerBy: Stonestock Relentless
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295610
<strong>Warning: <i>David Blaine.</i></strong>comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295610Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:21:39 -0800Stonestock RelentlessBy: shockingbluamp
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295617
every stripe my ass.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295617Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:30:54 -0800shockingbluampBy: Kloryne
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295619
Aw, c'mon, give the kids their mythology.
It makes 'em feel big. :pcomment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295619Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:31:07 -0800KloryneBy: The Whelk
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295633
For the 1-2-3 line to run more than one train every 20 minutes and for express-local connections to work with some semblance of care?comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295633Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:53:26 -0800The WhelkBy: The Whelk
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295637
And don't get me started on Queens-Brooklyn connections, or the uselessness of the bus system, or the F train not being fetid, or the never ending construction on Columbus Circle fucking everything up, or access to the Bronx being feeble, or actual service cross-town, or the eternal mystery of the G train.
At least the L kinda works now.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295637Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:58:22 -0800The WhelkBy: The Whelk
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295638
and yes It's still better than it was, but c'mon, we can beat Eastern Europe for subway service. At least out trains run all night when they do run. (grumble, London, grumble)comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295638Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:00:37 -0800The WhelkBy: flapjax at midnite
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295645
<i>...we can beat Eastern Europe for subway service.</i>
I wouldn't necessarily assume that.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295645Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:16:42 -0800flapjax at midniteBy: JaredSeth
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295670
What I look forward to seeing in the city this fall is the exodus of many formerly smug finance guys when they can't afford their mortgage payments anymore.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295670Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:08:35 -0800JaredSethBy: thread_makimaki
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295758
Like girlhacker, I made the mistake of associating the quote with the name above it. For a few moments I was like "wow, David Wright is into obscure mosaic bench art projects and eating pizza with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge! Cute, plays baseball, and romantic!".... A few moments later my illusions were shattered.
As an ex-New Yorker, I miss a lot of the things mentioned, but I don't know...it's like the longer you are away from the city, the less you long for it. The first few years after leaving rather unwillingly, I couldn't wait to go back. Now...not much at all, even though I go back to visit quite a lot. NY is like a fever that gradually fades.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295758Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:49:02 -0800thread_makimakiBy: Damn That Television
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295787
Dickbags of all stripes try to remember specific coffee shops in New York while they subtly bring up personal projects.
THIS IS WHY THE REST OF THE COUNTRY HATES US, GUYScomment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295787Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:23:33 -0800Damn That TelevisionBy: MarshallPoe
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2295822
It's true, the rest of the country does hate you.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2295822Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:56:43 -0800MarshallPoeBy: wallstreet1929
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2296026
Late 2008, credentialed elites dictate taste. Late 2009, formerly credentialed elites ridiculed for obsession with silver eggs, anodized bunnies, celebrity portraits, and diamond encrusted skulls.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2296026Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:25:13 -0800wallstreet1929By: shivohum
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2296360
Wow. Lots of bitterness here. Though I was wrong to say it was New Yorkers of all stripes - it is indeed the elite.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2296360Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:37:30 -0800shivohumBy: flapjax at midnite
http://www.metafilter.com/75592/My-New-York#2297103
I guess it seems like simple bitterness to you, but i wouldn't characterize it as such. I think a lot of people just felt the need to express how depressingly elitist the NYT almost always is.comment:www.metafilter.com,2008:site.75592-2297103Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:31:40 -0800flapjax at midnite
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