Me too. I just can't afford to live there since I'm on a reduced post-retirement income ... and I hate the cold weather. I go back and visit in the summertime.
I brought my mother to Florida with me and every day, until the day she died, she vocalized her longing to return to the Big Apple.
I had a car when I lived there and paid $75 extra a month for a parking space. My brother has never owned one. With it's extensive mass transit system, a vehicle is not a necessity in the City.
No one on this thread can say one good thing about New York City or its residents, and that's sad. What's sadder is that they'll judge a person's worth on whether or not they own a washing machine.
It’s just a different way of life, to each their own. We have the choice to decide where we want to live, there are pros and cons to each.
It’s just a different way of life, to each their own. We have the choice to decide where we want to live, there are pros and cons to each.
I know. The whole washing machine thing makes me laugh as well. It’s like owning a snow shovel. Growing up I envied the folks who didn’t have to shovel snow, but I didn’t feel superior to the people who didn’t need one.
Same with the washing machine. We have one, but it’s the guy who stuffs his clothing in a sack, where it’s picked up on Monday and comes back Wednesday clean, dried and perfectly pressed that I’m going to envy. He’s the one who has it made, not us folks who do our own laundry.