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Sunday, June 15. 2014

Good video

Summer in NYC is the best, as good as Christmas. Some of our readers just have no idea about what a delight it can be just to amble around. As Mayor Mike said, "NYC is a luxury good."




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The passenger getting bounced around in Harold Lloyd's cab looks like Babe Ruth.
#1 Dave on 2014-06-15 14:47 (Reply)
I'm pretty sure you're right, Dave.

That vid reminds me of cab rides I had while I was in NYC a couple of summers ago! I don't generally get squeamish about aggressive driving, but one cabbie seemed to either have it floored or hard on the brakes weaving through traffic like no one I've ever seen. All the cabbies were aggressive, but this one guy was off the charts. I guess they make the cab companies (is there more than one?) retire cars after two years for drivers like him!
#1.1 mudbug on 2014-06-15 18:11 (Reply)
Been to NYC, once was enough. Noisy, smelly, crowded.

Just another Big City, really. Not my thing.
#2 J.T. Wenting on 2014-06-15 15:05 (Reply)
"Some of our readers just have no idea about what a delight it can be"

Reminds me of: "People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like"

Personally I'd rather spend time in the middle of nowhere with nothing but bears and bugs for company rather than set foot in NYC again.
#3 guy on 2014-06-15 15:56 (Reply)
If you act like a" tourist", NYC is just noisy, crowded and smelly, like every city, including your own burg, no matter the size..

If you're a traveler, you can't help but love the City and all its climes and 'hoods. UES NYC Library used book room is uncrowded and as quiet as a church during Vespers; beautiful place to spend Saturday morning before walking over to the Met, after breakfast at some little diner of course! Can't do that in Podunk, Ioway or Jackdaw, Montanny!

Bears and bugs damned well wish they were in NYC, if they have brains at all!
#4 Earl T on 2014-06-15 16:26 (Reply)
Summer in NYC is the best, as good as Christmas.

Depends. "Hot time summer in the city" - one year I spent a week in NYC for the Newport Jazz Festival. Good music, but there was a hot spell in the mid to high 90s, and I found out about the urban heat island- temperatures were 15 degrees outside the city.

But the music made the trip worth it.
#5 Gringo on 2014-06-15 17:57 (Reply)
You stayed in NYC to attend the Newport Jazz Fest? You must have spent all your time just commuting back and forth! I lived in Newport and worked in NYC for several months. Only got home when I had more than one day off at a time which wasn't often.
#5.1 passerby on 2014-06-16 10:59 (Reply)
I hope you are joking. The Newport Jazz Festival was held in New York City from 1972-1980.
#5.1.1 Gringo on 2014-06-17 11:34 (Reply)
Ah yes, the 100 F days without air conditioning, muggy air pressing in through the open windows, cockroaches falling from the ceiling onto my sweaty back while I was trying to sleep before the night job. Yep, NY is a great place in the summer.

Not so bad in the early morning, around 5 AM. I recall walking down to the park overlook and gazing out over the field of parked police cars filled with sleeping cops.
#6 chuck on 2014-06-15 18:43 (Reply)
My daughter lives in Brooklyn and works in Manhattan. There are some extraordinary museums, parks and bookstores.

I would still rather spend a week hiking on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail carrying a 50# pack at 68 years old , except I'd miss seeing my little girl. OK, she's 32, but still . . .
#7 Dave on 2014-06-17 01:05 (Reply)

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