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Did you see this in the New York Times? They asked New Yorkers for examples of what they hoped would never happen to them. Interestingly, someone else thought of the same thing that came to mind for me: I don't want to be walking down the street and have an air conditioner fall on me.
Really, people? Not one of you has something you're really hoping will never happen to you, like being on a subway in a blackout, or finding a mouse in your bed?
The NY Tmes "reverse bucket list" was for things specific to NY. Hence, apart from the Times Square item below, the others could just as well apply to being in St Paul, Minnesota.
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Originally Posted by Kefir King
"Having to sit on a street with a cup and ask people for change."
"Having to ever again go on a job interview."
"Be dying painfully with no way to hasten the exit."
Had you read the article you would have seen references to many things that could happen outside of New York.
And last I checked New Yorkers DO go on job interviews, paint apartments, and wake to alarm clocks...and even die.
For example, one could be hit by a falling air conditioner in St. Paul Minnesota, or “Stand in line for a baked good.” <They do it in Hoboken all the time...for hours.> And of course the horror of: “Sit next to someone doing personal grooming,” can occur on any of the thousands of transit systems in the world, or even on a transcontinental airline flight.
And fearing waking to bedbug bites and blood spots on the pillow can happen in many cities, and guess which city is #1 for infestations: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESTOA...so your St. Paul jibe was not far off the mark, if only accidentally.
Hint: before you criticize someone's interpretation of an article, why not try READING it first, you'll look less foolish.
Getting Alec Baldwin's autograph in St Paul, Minnesota?
Rat bites in subways in Pocatello, Idaho?
Run into Woody Allen again in Tupelo, Alabama (is that the right state?)
Yes, the crossing the street with the red light blah blah could also apply to LA, but it's pretty clear what the spirit of the question was about: it's about distinctively NY experiences.
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Originally Posted by Kefir King
urban,
Had you read the article you would have seen references to many things that could happen outside of New York.
And last I checked New Yorkers DO go on job interviews, paint apartments, and wake to alarm clocks...and even die.
For example, one could be hit by a falling air conditioner in St. Paul Minnesota, or “Stand in line for a baked good.” <They do it in Hoboken all the time...for hours.> And of course the horror of: “Sit next to someone doing personal grooming,” can occur on any of the thousands of transit systems in the world, or even on a transcontinental airline flight.
And fearing waking to bedbug bites and blood spots on the pillow can happen in many cities, and guess which city is #1 for infestations: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESTOA...so your St. Paul jibe was not far off the mark, if only accidentally.
Hint: before you criticize someone's interpretation of an article, why not try READING it first, you'll look less foolish.
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