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To anyone that was there, I know the crime rates were high and what not but it sounded great and exciting whenever I hear about it from older people. To anyone who was there at the time, how do you compare it to today where there's a Starbucks at every corner? This is something that really interests me for some reason.
I know you wanted to know about the 60's BUT New York was the capital of the world when it came to the arts/music in the late 70's & 80's, sadly everything is to watered down now. This documentary trailer alone will show how much of an impact NYC had with what it was doing during a certain time frame:
Largely point of view. In my option NYC has entered my favorite period today. The city is at it's diversity peak and there is record breaking development.
The 60s and 70s were rather turbulent for the city and the nation as a whole. Definitely influential and it showed in the arts.
it FELT more exciting because it was more dangerous. that perception gave it more character. mostly i am referring to the Times Square area when it comes to this but there places I now go in the Bronx on the subways or in the car if i have to that i would have never done back in the 70's
^ that's stupid, right? a poor person can't just
up and move to manhattan and expect to live
there, unless he plans on living on the street.
how many people do you know who will
do that?
I don't think he meant poor. But the rents in Manhattan were dealable at lower levels of income in the 70's. I had an apt on 8th St in the Village and it was affordable. It was easier to save excess income as there no excess expenses to really spend on. No one really needed more than one TV (only had 7 channels). No VCRs. No cell phones. No computers that really did much at a consumer level, thus no one needed one. Transportation was cheap (as was insurance if you had as car). No microwaves. Going to the movies was a few bucks and so were the clubs. There was always street performers in the city. We could bicycle and skateboard in relative safety and our biggest problems were the small potholes that brought us to a sudden stop. Crime was a matter of perception rather than reality in numerous hours. I walked in numerous areas late at night and as long as you were street smart, really had no significant issues. So was it better? In some ways it was and in some ways it was not. It depends on a shopping list of comparisons. Its like TV, back then we had 7 channels of nothing to watch and now I have 1000 channels of nothing to watch. My fall back then is the same as my fall back now: Music.
"...1,000 channels of nothing to watch." Ain't it the truth? All I get are Geico commercials.
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