From an elderly white gentleman from New York, "Baltimore will always be a hick town!!!" (hotel)

[Infinite_heights77]

Lol!!!

[P47P47]

"Hillbilly ripoffs" according to a lady in Provincetown, Mass., who made the mistake of hiring some of John Waters' friends to work in her shop.

[Woodlands]

I was in NYC during the MLK Holiday Weekend and stayed down in Chelsea.. I have to admit NYC/Manhattan is quite the urban experience for urbanites like myself.. Ive been to NYC dozens of times usually on day trips from Philly.. But staying over the weekend and walking the streets at night gave me a whole new pespective.. The level of history, new construction, revitalization, street life, and the sheer masses of tourists, visitors, business people and the like totally stamped out any sense of urban ills that may have been around.. From homeless people ranting in the streets to would be thugs or robbers.. I walked down W 30 street which is a side street compared to Broadway, 34th Street, 7th or 5th Ave at 2am to my hotel.. NOOOO One was around.. it was darker than the major streets and yet I felt quite safe... I dont know if people would say the same thing about Water Street, Commerce Street, or East Redwood in our City...

Obviously aside from the Glimpsed section in The Sun Paper.. and maybe a few spots in Harbor East... most of the City is not as fashion conscious as a square block around Union Square or along 5th Ave..

I say all that to say... YEAH.. compared to NYC Baltimore certainly may come up short if people are looking at it in comparison.. but so will 90% of the other cities in the USA when compared to the Big Apple ....

[barante]

New York is New York. Still in the 1950s, The Chicago Tribune's famous Colonel McCormick ordered that his New York correspondent's stories should carry a byline as well as this underline: Tribune World Service. McCormick thought New York was that alien.

I love New York and its energy -- and beautiful women on the subway. I lived a summer in Brooklyn, near Sunset Park. The area is improving; there is even a new hotel catering to the Chinese (a minority in the diverse neighborhood) near the Lutheran Medical Center on 4th Avenue.

[Infinite_heights77]

Great, good, bad, worse or indifferent! New York is New York...you can take it or live it! You could blow that city up into 10,000 pieces, it would still be New York and better than most! That just the way it is.

Originally Posted by Woodlands

I was in NYC during the MLK Holiday Weekend and stayed down in Chelsea.. I have to admit NYC/Manhattan is quite the urban experience for urbanites like myself.. Ive been to NYC dozens of times usually on day trips from Philly.. But staying over the weekend and walking the streets at night gave me a whole new pespective.. The level of history, new construction, revitalization, street life, and the sheer masses of tourists, visitors, business people and the like totally stamped out any sense of urban ills that may have been around.. From homeless people ranting in the streets to would be thugs or robbers.. I walked down W 30 street which is a side street compared to Broadway, 34th Street, 7th or 5th Ave at 2am to my hotel.. NOOOO One was around.. it was darker than the major streets and yet I felt quite safe... I dont know if people would say the same thing about Water Street, Commerce Street, or East Redwood in our City...

Obviously aside from the Glimpsed section in The Sun Paper.. and maybe a few spots in Harbor East... most of the City is not as fashion conscious as a square block around Union Square or along 5th Ave..

I say all that to say... YEAH.. compared to NYC Baltimore certainly may come up short if people are looking at it in comparison.. but so will 90% of the other cities in the USA when compared to the Big Apple ....

[Infinite_heights77]

My ex-wife is from East New York (Brooklyn). You know, the home of Henry Hill (Lucchessi), Carl Sagan and few others. East New York reminds me of Baltimore a lot!! As a matter of fact, there are many similar streets signs East New York and Baltimore share that can be found in both cities.

[Infinite_heights77]

Did you venture up to Harlem?

Originally Posted by Woodlands

I was in NYC during the MLK Holiday Weekend and stayed down in Chelsea.. I have to admit NYC/Manhattan is quite the urban experience for urbanites like myself.. Ive been to NYC dozens of times usually on day trips from Philly.. But staying over the weekend and walking the streets at night gave me a whole new pespective.. The level of history, new construction, revitalization, street life, and the sheer masses of tourists, visitors, business people and the like totally stamped out any sense of urban ills that may have been around.. From homeless people ranting in the streets to would be thugs or robbers.. I walked down W 30 street which is a side street compared to Broadway, 34th Street, 7th or 5th Ave at 2am to my hotel.. NOOOO One was around.. it was darker than the major streets and yet I felt quite safe... I dont know if people would say the same thing about Water Street, Commerce Street, or East Redwood in our City...

Obviously aside from the Glimpsed section in The Sun Paper.. and maybe a few spots in Harbor East... most of the City is not as fashion conscious as a square block around Union Square or along 5th Ave..

I say all that to say... YEAH.. compared to NYC Baltimore certainly may come up short if people are looking at it in comparison.. but so will 90% of the other cities in the USA when compared to the Big Apple ....

[Woodlands]

Originally Posted by Infinite_heights77

Did you venture up to Harlem?

I didnt venture there this time.. but I have been in the past.. to see the Apollo Theatre, Lennox Lounge and Justins... That was several years ago....

[CataMD]

Originally Posted by Woodlands

I was in NYC during the MLK Holiday Weekend and stayed down in Chelsea.. I have to admit NYC/Manhattan is quite the urban experience for urbanites like myself.. Ive been to NYC dozens of times usually on day trips from Philly.. But staying over the weekend and walking the streets at night gave me a whole new pespective.. The level of history, new construction, revitalization, street life, and the sheer masses of tourists, visitors, business people and the like totally stamped out any sense of urban ills that may have been around.. From homeless people ranting in the streets to would be thugs or robbers.. I walked down W 30 street which is a side street compared to Broadway, 34th Street, 7th or 5th Ave at 2am to my hotel.. NOOOO One was around.. it was darker than the major streets and yet I felt quite safe... I dont know if people would say the same thing about Water Street, Commerce Street, or East Redwood in our City...

Obviously aside from the Glimpsed section in The Sun Paper.. and maybe a few spots in Harbor East... most of the City is not as fashion conscious as a square block around Union Square or along 5th Ave..

I say all that to say... YEAH.. compared to NYC Baltimore certainly may come up short if people are looking at it in comparison.. but so will 90% of the other cities in the USA when compared to the Big Apple ....

I lived on 112 (next to Tom's restaurant from Seinfeld) and would stroll up and down Broadway all the way to Soho, sometimes fairly late (after 10pm). Nothing ever happened and i felt quite safe. NYC is incredible and no other US city compares. Chicago comes the closest.