Posted on 07/11/2015 5:46:33 AM PDT by jimbo123
The homeless guy is a fool.
If he could have found a cross or some other Christian artifact to urinate on he would have received thousands in grant money for his “performance art”.
Tolerance, my opening for a quote by GK Chesterton.
“Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions”
Yes,suicide indeed.
The style of that reminds me of the way Oliver Sacks writes about people with mental issues.
Walk around NYC long enough with a camera and sure, you are going to find some bums sleeping on the sidewalk, pissing in the street or panhandling. You would find the same things during the height of the Giuliani days as well. Also, I venture to say you would find those scenes in any large U.S. city.
There is just too much money in the city to have it go to pot. Even now, there are high rise residential towers being built along the southern strip of Central Park that will rise even higher than the Empire State building. These residential towers are selling out faster than they can be built.
People from all over the world want to come here and live.
That's because the city is safe, clean and has the worlds best restaurants, museums, shopping, entertainment, etc., etc.
It's the same story out in the boroughs. On the other side of the East River, Brooklyn and Queens are gentrifying very quickly and million dollar apartments are quickly becoming the norm and they are being surrounded by very safe walking areas with tons of restaurants, shops and other signs of civilized life.
Many who haven't been to NYC for a while still have these mental images of litter-strewn streets with graffiti on all the buildings and bridges and subways, etc. With gangs roaming the streets attacking people and robbing them. Well, it's not been like that for decades. The days of "Taxi Driver" and "Warriors" and "Son of Sam" are over. The reality is that the streets are clean (especially by metropolis standards), the trains are clean, safe and run on time, and it is perfectly safe for even an unaccompanied young woman to walk from Battery Park to Central Park - even at night. I would have no concerns having my daughter live there.
If you want to see a dirty, dangerous city, go to someplace like Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, or LA. You are not going to find it in NYC.
That all said, I can't explain the politics of the place and why they keep electing big government socialists. It's a problem the entire Northeast has, not just the city. I live in Connecticut and it's the same thing, all the public officials are big government socialists. It's all somewhat transparent to me because I rely on the government for nothing. I go to work every day, pay my (high) taxes, and otherwise live my life.
Every November, I show up at the polling place and I vote for the most conservative candidates available on the ballot. It hasn't done me much good lately but I do my duty. I don't "stay home" and I don't let the election results get me down. Someday, the tide will turn. Either way, I will do what it takes to make myself successful in spite of the government that my fellow citizens around here vote into office.
But I could not let the comments here about NYC go unanswered. This is without a doubt the best city in the United States and perhaps the world.
Man, 21, dies after he’s shot in the head in the Bronx with daughter in his arms: cops
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/man-shot-head-bronx-child-side-cops-article-1.2284091
Man, 27, clings to life after being shot in head while driving on Bronx street: police
Yep, in a city of millions, you can cherry pick those stories all day long.
You are being disingenuous about denying the increase in crime and garbage and anger that is on the streets and subways of NYC during Bloomberg’s last term and De Blasio’s first term.
I notice you do not tell us where you live in your profile. If you want to tell us what city or state you live in, I'm sure we can go on Google and find crimes that occurred in your neck of the woods, as you did with me here.
Not that it will prove anything, of course. That fact that I can Google a murder or two in say, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, does not mean that Cedar Rapids, Iowa is a "dangerous" place to live. That's just being silly.
I lived in Manhattan for 25 years and left 4 years ago and still go back regularly on business. You are not telling the truth about the decline that is going on.
But if you say you've been there 25 years, that's longer than me so please give specifics (and please don't just regurgitate statistics).
I detest the NYC mayor just as much as you probably do, but that doesn't take away from the fact that New York City is a great city. I like to think that the city thrives in spite of the inept and corrupt leadership. Imagine how much better it could be with true conservative leadership.
You’re a commuter from Westport who’s never lived in NYC? LOL!
So I take it that I should have no opinion whatsoever on the city I spend up to 10 hours a day in?
I also noticed you decided not to offer any specifics at all concerning your experience in the city. So should we take you at your word that you spent 25 years living and working in the city? If so, why won't you talk about it and give us some specifics?
Move to New York City and live there for a couple years and then we can talk.
Some people have to live in the city. That is where they make their living.
I have been to New York City. It is fascinating.
I had the opportunity to live in Los Angeles and make big money. I turned it down to work in a town that had one stop light.
The big city changes how you see things. Everything is man made. Even the art, and there is great art in New York City, is man made. Man created these buildings. Man created these streets. Man created this art. Man is God in the city. Man made all of this, therefore, man can solve all problems.
But God made the ground New York City sits on. God created the water that splashes in their fountains. People lose their humility in the big cities. While looking at all that is man made, they lose their humanity.
God bless you if you like living in New York City. But there’s a reason so many of us don’t live in big cities. It’s a choice that has been thoughtfully made. It is not a choice to be sneered at.
So that's your attitude. You come here and post a NY Post article about NYC but do not want to debate anybody.
I think you were surprised that somebody who actually works in the city on a daily basis would respond and challenge some of the assertions being made.
It just seems to me a bit odd that you claim to have lived and worked here for a quarter century yet you do not want to engage in any discussion about it unless that somebody has "lived there a couple years." Wouldn't you want to enlighten the rest of us with your rich experience of NYC living?
What section of Manhattan did you live in?
Hell’s Kitchen.
OK thanks. Next time you are in the city on business (you say you still come here), let’s meet for lunch or something. I’ll buy. Just give me a private ping.
Where are the drive-by shooters when you need one?
bkmk
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