This is the thread where we complain about New York.

But where the fuck did that strange breed of tight-shirted, slicked-haired thuggish pod-person that clogs old city in Philly every weekend come from?

north jersey = guidos, ghettos, gangsters AND gangstas, smelly petrochem factories, ASSHOLE NYCers

south jersey = hicks (a/k/a "pinies"), ghettos (camden and trenton)

xpost to jody

otm. while we're on the subject, cape may might as well be delaware. it's so NOT what people from other states would think of as "jersey."

haha my guess is that they weren't even THERE when the bistro was a crackhouse.

if i prefer the "crackhouse" era at all, it's just because rents were lower and small businesses (not just trust-funded bistros) could actually thrive. places like see/hear could actually afford to stay open.

and it hurts me in my heart cuz there are small cities where lots of independent businesses thrive and are in little danger of being crushed by 800-ton corporate gorillaz. i lived in one. it was great.

"I'm so fucking radical because I spraypainted a graphic of Bush with vampire teeth on a wall where everyone who sees it will already agree with me,"

and

"You know, I used to hate people who joined the army, but then I heard on NPR that some of them actually do it for the money for education. Maybe I can get one of those regular youngsters to come give a talk at my activist group."

I think I'm suffering from Second City Syndrome, which is a complicated thing, since part of it involves hating Second City Syndrome. I cringe now when the local news comes on, and they're like, "Such and such person did such and such thing, and if you stay tuned, we'll tell you about the very tenuous links to Chicago." WHO TH' FUCK CARES? Do they do this on the New York City local news? I don't know, personally, but I imagine not. New York doesn't have to try that hard. It's already New York.

kenan, meet the philadelphia media (probably THE worst offender of the "find ANY local connection with a big national/international story" syndrome that i've EVER seen).

"I'm so fucking radical because I spraypainted a graphic of Bush with vampire teeth on a wall where everyone who sees it will already agree with me,"

Where does this NOT happen?

bide-a-wee is a pretty cool NYC institution!

I say this because I have stepped foot in NYC for about, I dunno, 4 days, and its been my only time in the eastern USA.

It must be STRANGE not to see KOKOPELLI figurines nearly every day!

Crackhouse-era NYC provided almost affordable space for music clubs and ethnic restaurants.

Stinking-rich yuppie New York at least has some interesting shopping (even if none of it fits me and I can't afford it). The same cannot be said of the DC area's stinking-rich yuppie enclaves.

seems kind of strange to me to complain that nyc doesn't have small businesses. BUY ONE DELI COFFEE.

When is the most pleasant time of year? It was so crappy while I was in town, like freezing rain and snow and below-freezing winds. I think JtN and I went into like 9 Starbucks just to warm up. I also recall us just standing in Old Navy for like an hour. It was pretty grim.