Four tales of city dwellers who fled New York

NY Daily News ^ | September 16th 2007 | KIRSTEN DANIS

[AlaskaErik]

You couldn't pay me to live in NYC.

Same here. I live in a nice quiet subdivision on an acre of land with a nice 2400 sq ft house. NYC has nothing that I want so bad that I'd live there for it.

[Publius6961]

I left New York for good after only one day there.

A nice place to visit...

My one and only time I stayed in NYC more than a few hours was in 1993.
I recall that my first impression of the place, at our hotel not too far from Rockerfeller Center, was the all-permeating smell of sewage....

My only regret was not visiting the Twin Towers during the only opportunity I had in my lifetime...

[lowbridge]

NYC has nothing that I want so bad that I'd live there for it.

Well, we have great pizza. :-)

[lowbridge]

Or NYC math.

2 plus 2 equals 22! Look it up!

[Publius6961]

My most persuasive argument: What can you do for future planning by saving $3k a month? And you never need to wonder if you need a gun.

[AlaskaErik]

(Massachusetts, despite its silly politics is a very pleasant place. In the summer.)

As an ardent proponent of the Second Amendment I could never live in MA.

[Tanniker Smith]

Frankly, I wish more people would leave NYC. It would leave more room for me.

Instead, they're building monstrosities on neighboring streets and all the parking spots are going away.

[lowbridge]

people pushing babies in strollers, through the graffiti and the bums and the trash, while looking at nothing but concrete

Hey!

The graffiti is mostly gone!

Talk about falsehoods. Sheesh.

;-)

[Hot Tabasco]

any suggestions to persuade him in changing his mind????????/

Mention divorce and 1/2 of everything including his future pension........

[teenyelliott]

heehee

Okay, I'll replace graffiti with bars on the windows. Fair? : )

[geezerwheezer]

The best thing coming out of New York is I-95 South!!

[uglybiker]

The 'graffiti' out here in the great Southwest is about a thousand years old.

And just as intelligible as the newer stuff. ;-)

[teenyelliott]

HA!

[seoul62]

I am Catholic - no divorce. I am hoping time and discussion will change his mind./Just Asking - seoul62.......

[lowbridge]

My Husband is a Clinton Fan who wants to move back to Manhattan, specifically the Upper East Side and I choose otherwise, any suggestions to persuade him in changing his mind????????/

Remind him of the real estate prices in Manhattan, the cost of living, the taxes, and Bill Clinton being within groping distance of you.

(I believe Woody Allen lives in the upper East Side, on East 92nd street, if that helps)

[captnorb]

You are right. They come down here and try to change our lifestyle to their terrible liberal views. They can all go back or move to MA or MI where they fit in......

[rb22982]

Most of them are moving to Charlotte or Raleigh (I’m in Greensboro) but there I know several here. Greensboro appears to be about the same mix that I’ve always known it (55 liberal/45 conservative in the city, 60 conservative/40 liberal outside the city).

[CaptainK]

The graffiti is not as plentiful as the 70’s but it’s still there.

[dljordan]

“Most likely trying to recreate New York where she is, they never learn.”

How true. I saw a lot of that in Nashville before I picked up and moved to Colorado. New Yorkers always know better and they don’t mind telling you.

[JohnLongIsland]

being born on that illustrious island, and now living in suburbia, the bottom line is you need real deep pockets, enjoy drinking a beer at your neighborhood saloon surrounded by liberals, and your food cooked in the environmentally correct oil du jour to live there.