I *Hate* New York- Page 3
I *Hate* New York
#50i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 8:55am
That's the thing about New York...
Sorry, had a Carrie moment.
Seriously, though...I don't think it's really *New York* that you need to hate. It's much more effective to put your energy into hating all the other people who *live* in New York, which is really the source of most of what we bitch about.
Crowded subways during rush hour? If there weren't so many PEOPLE, wouldn't be a problem.
Insanely high rent? If there weren't so many PEOPLE, wouldn't be a problem.
The vile, gross homeless? They're PEOPLE. Don't hate NYC because they exist. Hate THEM because they exist. (...he says sort of tongue-in-cheek...wait, was that a Manhattan Elitist Comment?)
Really, New York on its own is lovely!
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
#51i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 8:56am
But you know, not to get too serious on this fun threadsies here, but, if there weren't so many people in NYC - including the whackos - would NYC really be as special as it is?
#52i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 8:59am
Oh, they're "special", alright, some of these characters.
I think we're all a little wacko, though...I found myself on the phone with some acquaintances in the hinterlands the other day giddily rejoicing that I "only" pay $1,850 a month for my 1-bedroom apartment.
They think I need Xanax.
I think I need the new Pottery Barn catalog.
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
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#53i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:02am
also...maybe its just coz im older & need to be more places on time....
...but doesnt it seem like the subways are a LOT less reliable these days???
#54i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:02am
Really? That's all you pay? I paid that much about 3 years ago for a 1 bedroom. Of course, I was making actual money then, too.
Updated On: 8/11/06 at 09:02 AM
#55i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:04am
"I think I need the new Pottery Barn catalog"
Take one of mine-I seem to get them so often.
Here's really one of my pet peeves and this happens to me many times each day. Someone walking the opposite way on the sidewalk makes no effort to let you pass, and crashes into you, sometimes inflicting pain, and just keeps on walking. No "excuse me" or anything. Sheesh-that rudeness is my main objection these days!
bway-next time-wipe!
<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES
#56i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:05am
Yeah, that's it. It's a freaking STEAL when you see the building and the apartment. It's really big, I have a professional stainless steel and granite open kitchen, an enormous bathroom entirely tiled from floor to ceiling in travertine with a polished stone floor, huge closet space, a built in safe in my bedroom closet, central A/C and heat, and a washer/dryer in my apartment. And the building was just built six months ago.
Hot. Business.
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
#57i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:05am
I adore NYC!
" ...the happiness in the tune convinces me that I'm not afraid."
#58i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:06amActually, it is sort of adorable as a result. I've been visiting with my mother on Long Island for most of the summer, and, well, one thing about Long Island is that as a rule, people don't generally try to pee on you. When I finally got back to the city, as annoying as some stuff is, there's a very "Ah, New York" feeling about it.
#59i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:11am
It's that neighborhood, Jaily. We got lucky with our apartment in that it had been completely renovated and was originally one of those "old ladies have lived here since 1920" apartments. So we got a steal. But it wasn't rent stabilized and, of course, they went batsh*t crazy on the rent the next year so we politely said goodbye.
Of course, our apartment wasn't huge except by NYC standards but we did actually have an eat-in-kitchen AND a separate dining room. Ridic.
#60i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:12amI don't ever have a mice and roach problem for long--I have cats! :)
#61i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:14amit's a nice place to visit, but i wouldn't want to live there.
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#62i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:14am
The price is indicative of the hood, true, but the building certainly isn't. I'm pretty sure everyone in the entire neighborhood sits by their windows all day to watch who comes out of the building in the morning so they can make a mental note to hate us and consider throwing things at us in the future.
Part of me (a very, very, very small part) feels kind of bad about participating in such gentrification...I mean, who puts up a super-luxury building in the middle of poor-ass Spanish Harlem?!? I almost kind of understand why they're annoyed. I'm all self-conscious every time I walk in the front door of my building...
...Then I walk in my door, see my kitchen, and think "Eh, screw 'em!" :-P
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
#63i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:20am
I agree with Keaton....just leave for more than a few days and you'll fall in love with NYC all over again.
but I still hate people.
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#64i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:20am
Jaily, I'm afraid I'd behave the exact same way. If I could afford it, that is.
#65i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:28amI think I'm very lucky. I live in a nice building, top floor, skylight, large (by NY standards) one bedroom, always light in the apt, elevator for only 5 floors, in one of the most desirable sections and highest rent in town, and I'm only paying just under $1700. I'm not planning to move out of this place until I have to be scraped off the floor.
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#66i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:34am
Snaps for Jane! I've heard that your apartment is really beautiful...and a skylight! Oy!!! I also have a light-filled apartment, but it's because I have these ENORMOUS windows in the front, which unfortunately means that everybody and their cousin can see into my apartment.
Grr.
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
#67i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:35amJane, people have killed for less...watch your back!
"Carson has combined his passion for helping children with his love for one of Cincinnati's favorite past times - cornhole - to create a unique and exciting event perfect for a corporate outing, entertaining clients or family fun."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#68i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:34amSo you just have to get good window treatments. Or not.
Hamlet's father.
#69i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:48amGoin' to Homo Depot this weekend! They're extraordiarily huge windows, so I dunno if we'll find anything off the rack to fit them, but we'll see...
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
#70i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:11amI rather enjoyed my daily flashing of the guys working on the roof next door before I finally put my curtains in.
#73i love new york
Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:31amFrom what I hear, he didn't need to.
Suzanne: I never use catalogs. I'd rather go in the store and see all the salespeople groveling and sucking up to you.
Julia: Pardon me, I never knew they were so solicitous at the K-Mart.
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