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11-03-2009, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by holden125
Boston.
No contest.
I have lived in both and you cannot even compare the two.
Good luck!
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Good post. Also, excellent use of supporting information to validate your primary points  |
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11-03-2009, 06:23 PM
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I'm of the school of thought that everyone should live in NYC for part of their lives if they have the chance. It is America's great city and if you spend a few years there taking advantage of the incredible cultural offerings and superbly developed urban lifestyle, it can't hurt.
If it grinds you down after a few years you can always move somewhere a bit gentler and slower (that is, anywhere else in the country!) and take it a little easier. But you'll always have your NY polish.
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11-06-2009, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by clevedark
I'm of the school of thought that everyone should live in NYC for part of their lives if they have the chance. It is America's great city and if you spend a few years there taking advantage of the incredible cultural offerings and superbly developed urban lifestyle, it can't hurt.
If it grinds you down after a few years you can always move somewhere a bit gentler and slower (that is, anywhere else in the country!) and take it a little easier. But you'll always have your NY polish.
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I agree. To even try to compare Boston to New York is fruitless they are just totally different. In NYC everything is bigger, brighter and faster. Boston, is smaller, subdued and more easy going. Ultimately, where one sets roots I think is more about individual personality and how that fits in that city. |
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11-06-2009, 10:59 AM
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After plenty of years in NYC (full disclosure-one full side of my family goes back 100+ years in Brooklyn) I tend to agree overall. In defense of NYC, I will say that Penn Station is probably one of the worst places in the whole city, and there are many nice and quiet neighborhoods that don't resemble its chaos and ugliness in the least.
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LOL to judge an entire city by what one sees at a train station is ridiculous.
It is like those people who go off on these mega cruises and come back complaining about how dirty and disgusting entire countries are because of what they saw in a cruise port.  |
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11-06-2009, 07:27 PM
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Well, I have to admit Penn Station is hell on earth for a commuter. You never know what track your train is coming in on, thousands of people stare at the arrivals board till the track number ticks on, then a full-on stampede to the track--the loser has to stand all the way home.
It's a miserable routine.
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