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Originally Posted by Mike Peterson
Barnes and Noble has a big one at Union Square.
There are some great independent book stores too which I prefer.
Yep, me too, like the Strand. Isn't it four floors? I've also seen them, or maybe it was St. Mark's, set up just outside Central Park.
What's even better is that you have book vendors on the streets here, even in not-so-great neighborhoods, which I think is awesome. This is definitely a reading city!
Yep, me too, like the Strand. Isn't it four floors? I've also seen them, or maybe it was St. Mark's, set up just outside Central Park.
What's even better is that you have book vendors on the streets here, even in not-so-great neighborhoods, which I think is awesome. This is definitely a reading city!
I am going back 20 years so I don't know if they are still there but there were a couple of book stands on 5th Ave just north of 59th by the park.
My biggest complaint is the lack of affordable housing that is of acceptable quality. There are many underdeveloped sites that are non-historical that they could build high rises to offer cheaper rent. They have some sites in Queens and Brooklyn, but I don't think they'd want to have very tall highrises there.
I always thought New York had everything, but on a visit to Austin, I realized I had finally found something New York doesn't have: outdoor bars with live music and free chips and salsa.
I always thought New York had everything, but on a visit to Austin, I realized I had finally found something New York doesn't have: outdoor bars with live music and free chips and salsa.
I went to NYC and I liked it very much. I know one thing though that I found NYC was sorely lacking in which I found not so good if I plan to move there one day, I hope. I doesn't have any good large bookstores. I haven't seen anything like a 4-floor Borders or Barnes and Noble, and there is one in Chicago near the Watertower. I wish there was one like that in New York. I just went to Manhattan though, maybe there is one but I missed it.
NYC has the largest bookstore in the world.
According to Guinness Book of World Records, Barnes and Noble on 5th and 14th in Manhattan is the largest bookstore in the world based on floorspace.
There is no connection to nature in New York City. I remember visiting New Mexico as an adult and wishing that I had the opportunity to go camping and riding a horse when younger like many kids growing up there have. I mean really camping in the wilderness, not going to a "camp." I think that closeness to the land gives a balance to life that is often missing in NYC. I love New York but the emphasis it places on acquiring all things man-made can be unhealthy. The ability to drive out of the city and really be in open country is something we cannot do here.
I mean, you could just drive out to Suffolk County which is about an hour and a half from Manhattan. (Wildwood State Park)
And New Jersey as well...
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