It died. Sometimes, when something is so awful, the act of it dying makes you appreciate the sheer scope of contrast.
Posted on 01/27/2009 3:36:09 PM PST by xtinct
While many U.S. cities worry that their economies are deteriorating to the level of the 1930s Great Depression, New York City fears reliving a more recent decade that features strongly in city lore.
The 1970s were a low point in city history as a fiscal crisis almost pushed it into bankruptcy, crime rates soared, and homeless people crowded sidewalks as public services crumbled.
Almost a million people fled New York's Mean Streets during the decade for the safer, more stable suburbs, a population decline that took more than 20 years to reverse.
When discussing the current crisis, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, now seeking a third term, promises that he will not allow the city to return to the darkness of those days, although he stresses that it faces "giant financial problems."
"I know some are concerned that city services will erode," he recently told reporters. "Let me remind you that the city went down that road in the 1970s ... I can just tell you that we are not going to make that mistake again."
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Man, you don’t know the half of it. LOL!
GMTA
Two of those are gone, and one hasn't won a World Series since 9/11.
I believe you can now visit CB’s in Vegas.
Half is right. I was probably half my present weight.
Luna is pretty good for a Russian neighborhood. Forget L&B Spumoni Gardens on U, as it sells nothing more than burnt bread to nostalgic old times.
I don't come from NYC but I figure a guy who has made a fortune worth $20 billion probably has some financial acumen.
Vegas? To quote our pal martin_f “feh!”.
I only go to that place on business, and since the nuke testing at NTS closed, business is bad.
It died. Sometimes, when something is so awful, the act of it dying makes you appreciate the sheer scope of contrast.
It’s also the home of Ferdinando’s where you can still get an original Vesteda Sandwich.....Used to get them on the lower east side as a kid where my father came from....We would fight over them they were so delish....Had no idea the meat was spleen till mom finally told us!!!!!!
Look at the bright side, you can’t fit into the clothes you wore then. :)
I had a pair of vertical striped bell bottoms that Frank Zappa would have rejected.
I don’t know it but if it’s in Bensonhurst then odds are it pretty good.
I went to disco’s in Long Island as a teenager just to go somewhere.....I hated them...Breakfast at 7am was the best part....Miss the Yonkers pizza.....Can’t find anything close to it here in Hunterdon NJ....
Well, if NY returns to the 1970s, maybe all of the Chipotle and Pinkberry franchises that are seemingly on every block will go away.
Grimaldi’s, under the bridge. Best pizza ever.
Going across the Verrazano bridge sucks $10 out of one’s pocket. Parking garages also are a rip off. Driving a car there is an obstacle course..taxi’s run you off to the side. In Manhattan hotels are insanely overpriced for rooms that that are often small. Streets have seen more trash and a lot more stinky in spots. Noisy, sirens going off all night.
No thanks...NYC is a pain the arse just like ‘Rat politicians in control there.
I loved Brooklyn but hated the traffic. I lost myself driving through Graves End and Borough Park and wound up at Luna’s. The pizza was worth the price of my lost time.
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