My memory is shaky about this, but there is an old movie - I think it's Crocodile Dundee? - where he stumbles out of a bar and runs into a NYC cab driver who immediately blasts him for hitting his cab. As he stumbles away from the cab, the cabbie still shouting stops himself mid-rant and yells out: "Hey, you ok?" That right there is how I see New York City.
I have a dear friend and fellow actor who left Texas for NYC and probably will never leave. Why should she? Why would she? Well said and well written, Greg.
One thing I have always admired about New York is their Urban Planning which included mixed-income neighborhoods. I think this is one of the things that makes “New Yorkers” feel like they have each other’s backs - they all live together. Another thing that encourages this feeling is the extensive use of Public Transportation and the ability to see how people of all different economic levels live. Chicago remains very segregated which I think, fertilizes the “us vs. them” mentality. There were talks of creating mixed-income communities in the past but it never really took root - greed got in the way. The Public Transportation system in Chicago also keeps people separated and closer to their own neighborhoods rather than giving exposure to how other people in other neighborhoods live their daily lives. Diversity is key to opening people's minds.
Sending this to my sister who has lived in NYC for nearly 40 years. She would absolutely agree with everything said.
New York is an addiction!
My memory is shaky about this, but there is an old movie - I think it's Crocodile Dundee? - where he stumbles out of a bar and runs into a NYC cab driver who immediately blasts him for hitting his cab. As he stumbles away from the cab, the cabbie still shouting stops himself mid-rant and yells out: "Hey, you ok?" That right there is how I see New York City.
Well done, Greg.
I have a dear friend and fellow actor who left Texas for NYC and probably will never leave. Why should she? Why would she? Well said and well written, Greg.
Mannahatta was a great place
before the Dutch arrived.
Now an over populated sinking cesspool.
One thing I have always admired about New York is their Urban Planning which included mixed-income neighborhoods. I think this is one of the things that makes “New Yorkers” feel like they have each other’s backs - they all live together. Another thing that encourages this feeling is the extensive use of Public Transportation and the ability to see how people of all different economic levels live. Chicago remains very segregated which I think, fertilizes the “us vs. them” mentality. There were talks of creating mixed-income communities in the past but it never really took root - greed got in the way. The Public Transportation system in Chicago also keeps people separated and closer to their own neighborhoods rather than giving exposure to how other people in other neighborhoods live their daily lives. Diversity is key to opening people's minds.
' ...“You never bet against New York,” Lappin says. “People have been coming for 400 years. And they will continue to.”
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