New York Area Is a Magnet for Graduates

The New York Times ^ | 8/16/06 | an educated man

[nopardons]

I'm not "excitable" in the least/ What I am is a stickler for the facts.

That used to be a terrible neighborhood. So based on what I know about 125th and Riverside Dr., 50 years ago, I could say something that actually was a fact, but which may not be true now. That would be a whole lot closer to reality, than you moving Grant's Tomb down about 1/2 a mile.

[GeronL]

lol.

They got some good people though, isn't National Review, Opinion Journal, NY Sun and (part time) national talk radio guy up there?

Their local government is rotten like New Jersey though =o)

[ClaireSolt]

My daughter married into a family of Brooklyn teachers. People like that often move to Florida in groups. We spend holidays together. One time I watched as my ex, a retired network TV director in NYC, nicely tried to chat with Sunny, a NYC bureaucrat. He's been all over the world and she's lived in the same neighborhood all of her life. They could not communicate at all.

[patton]

As you wish.

Did you ever sit in a WWII bomb shelter, on Riverside drive? Ever taste the leftover water, stale from 50 years in a can? Ever hang a tree fort off a building? Between Buildings? A street adress is pretty damn trivial.

Hey, do you know how to get into the columia university chapel from the underground? I do.

But then, as you say, I am a fake.

[nopardons]

Why on earth would I ever want to taste 50 year old water, that had been in a metal can for so long? That's just stupid!

No, I never sat in a WW II bomb shelter, situated on Riverside Drive. I did, however, sit in the lap of Kossuth's statue, in Riverside DR, at 113th Street. Have YOU?

I also learned the names of such wild flowers, such as butter-and-eggs, Queen-Anne's-Lace-Hankerchif, and bachelor buttons, in Riverside Dr.; have YOU?

And yes, I know how to get into Columbia University's chapel. That's no big deal. OTOH, correct street numbers are, as are correct FACTS about water towers, which, BTW, are also on many a Chicago high-rise as well.

I didn't say that you are a "fake", what I've said repeatedly, is that you are a bad writer, your story is filled with inaccuracies, and that you are an attention-whore.

[durasell]

You can rent out apartments without rent control and you can hire non-union labor.

[GeronL]

I was just being argumentative.

[durasell]

Me too.

I've adopted an attitude of radical defense of my hometown against all who would disparage it.

[patton]

Ah. you are one of those, who have judged me. Sorry, I did not know.

Have a nice life.

[GeronL]

I radically defend 'flyover country' lol

[nopardons]

I have a VERY nice life.

[durasell]

As well you should. To be honest, I believe that more attention should be paid to flyover country.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

We have to counter this misperception...

We? You got a frog in your pocket there, Mr. Member-since-today-and-already-posting-vanities?

[AlaskaErik]

NYC may be an interesting place to visit, but I would never want to live there. The people, the traffic and the noise would drive me nuts. I don't know how big NYC is area-wise, but the population density is crazy. I live in a borough larger than the state of West Virginia, which I have to share with about 70,000 other people. That's a population density of about three people per square mile. Although I live in a city, lot sizes are still an acre or larger. I have a brand new 2400 sq ft house on a nicely wooded lot that is affordable. I can commute to work without seeing hardly any other traffic. My airplane is just a few minutes away. We do have nice restaurants here. I can carry a concealed weapon without any permit...try that in NYC, which has far more thugs than my town does. I get to breathe clean air and drink clean water. As for boredom, I never have to worry about that. There's always plenty of things to do like flying anywhere I want to, riding my motorcycle, boating, snow machining, four wheeling, just to mention a few things. NYC...you can have it. I'm staying right here in my own little piece of heaven.

[durasell]

People come to NYC for very specific reasons -- work is one of them. If you're good at your job, then you want to compete against the best people in the world.

[AlaskaErik]

People come to NYC for very specific reasons -- work is one of them. If you're good at your job, then you want to compete against the best people in the world.

Work isn't so important to me that I would live a substandard lifestyle just for the sake of being in a more competitive environment. Where I live is much more important than where I work. I've been all over the America and the world, and I much prefer living in Alaska over anywhere else.

[durasell]

A contractor I know once compared NYC to playing at the hundred dollar blackjack table.

The guy works 90 hours a week, puts up with extreme (okay, pyschotic) abuse from his clients, and has almost no life outside of work. Is he happy? Yeah, one of the happiest people I know.

[NoCurrentFreeperByThatName]

Cali? BOO! HISS! Haha

[Bella_Bru]

:-P

[oceanview]

I don't know about that. I know a conceirge at a hotel making $85K a year. Not alot of skills required there. People skills, well spoken, tidy appearance, well dressed - but what kind of skills do you need to make dinner and theatre reservations?