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#51

i 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.

#52

i 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?

#53

i 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.

Updated On: 8/11/06 at 08:59 AM

#54

i 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???

#55

i 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

#56

i 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

#57

i 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.

#58

i 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."

#59

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:06am

Actually, 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.

#60

i 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.

#61

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:12am

I don't ever have a mice and roach problem for long--I have cats! :)

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#62

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:14am

it's a nice place to visit, but i wouldn't want to live there.

XING
PED

#63

i 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.

#64

i 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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#65

i 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.

#66

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:28am

I 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.

<-----I'M TOTES ROLLING MY EYES

#67

i 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.

#68

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 9:35am

Jane, people have killed for less...watch your back!

#69

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:34am

So you just have to get good window treatments. Or not.

Hamlet's father.

#70

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 10:48am

Goin' 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.

#71

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:11am

I rather enjoyed my daily flashing of the guys working on the roof next door before I finally put my curtains in.

#72

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:29am

Did you fluff up first?

Hamlet's father.

#73

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:31am

As long as it wasn't the houseboy's day off.

#74

i love new york

Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:31am

From 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.

#75

I Love New York

Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:33am

So elite.

Hamlet's father.

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