MY son and family visit yearly,my daughter and her family just got back.Another daughter lived there in the 80s. Another son worked and lived there for 22 years.
We all love NYC.
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I’m almost sorry I commented here because it generally releases the usual ‘I Hate New York Although I’ve Never Been There” crowd or the “I Lived There But Now Live in Topeka” crowd.
The problems with smells (which I haven’t noticed yet) are from the overflowing garbage, generally, that overwhelms the city due to the influx of visitors in summer. The trash cans get easily overwhelmed and weirdly, they don’t wash the garbage trucks enough so that even empty ones smell bad.
But the idea that people are urinating in the streets is a myth. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen but after nearly 40 years in Manhattan, I’ve never seen it. And the city is excellent in curbing its dogs.