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Ladies, I'm considering moving to New York City next year. My son lives here and I visit him once or twice a year. What I see of the city I find satisfactory. But I don't know how I'd like living here year round.
1. What is the quality of mother-son relationships in the city?
2. Are people with traditional sexual morality accepted in the city? (e.g., no premarital sex, stay-at-home mothers, strong husband who leads, anti-pornography, anti-feminism)
3. How are elderly women treated?
4. Do Catholics have a strong influence in the city?
5. Are there any masonic lodges in the city?
6. What is a good area of the city for elderly white women to live?
Thank you, and I look forward to reading your responses.
Ladies, I'm considering moving to New York City next year. My son lives here and I visit him once or twice a year. What I see of the city I find satisfactory. But I don't know how I'd like living here year round.
1. What is the quality of mother-son relationships in the city?
2. Are people with traditional sexual morality accepted in the city? (e.g., no premarital sex, stay-at-home mothers, strong husband who leads, anti-pornography, anti-feminism)
3. How are elderly women treated?
4. Do Catholics have a strong influence in the city?
5. Are there any masonic lodges in the city?
6. What is a good area of the city for elderly white women to live?
Thank you, and I look forward to reading your responses.
I hope you can find the answers you are looking for. I find some of the questions rather odd but will try to answer.
#1 The quality of mother-son relationships depends on the family and the people in the family. That goes for everywhere, not just NYC.
I also find question #2 odd. Why should anyone know whether you are having sex before marriage? Isn't that something you keep to yourself? If you only want to associate with people who don't believe in pre-marital sex, then yes, you might have some trouble finding friends. The same goes for the husband who leads thing. Isn't the marital relationship something you would keep between you and your husband? On the other hand, if you are talking about extreme behavior like the woman not speaking unless she's given permission by the husband, then yes, you'd have trouble finding friends if that's the standard of behavior you're looking for.
#3 I am not sure how elderly people are treated, but there are plenty of them in NYC, plenty of good medical care, and classes and services for retirees. However, I did notice when I myself had a leg injury and walked slowly that people were not nice to me at all when I moved more slowly than they would like on the sidewalks and in the subway. I even got into arguments with people about it a few times. But maybe if I were elderly with a bad leg, people would have been nicer. I think the fact that I looked healthy and was moving slowly made people upset.
#4 There are plenty of Catholics in the city but I am not sure if there's a strong influence. I do notice when I take the bus in my Latino neighborhood that when the bus passes in front of the Catholic church that there are plenty of passengers in the bus making the sign of the cross as we go by.
#5 I don't know if there are lodges. You can probably Google this.
#6 The best area is probably the Upper East Side of Manhattan. But you have to have a good budget to live there.
Thank you both. I do worry about the reputation New York City has for licentiousness and "independent women." However, there do seem to be pockets of the city that are free from these post-60s moral fads. I've been to the Upper East Side a couple times and I noticed that there are many elderly walking about. I don't think I have the funds to live there. I'll ask my son about it.
I used to live in Washington DC, and there are lodges on every corner just about. I'm hoping masons don't have too much influence in New York, since they are not Christian (even though they pretend to be). Most of out presidents have been masons. George Bush Jr is one. Probably his father as well. John Quincy Adams tried to destroy freemasonry, because he thought that members of secret societies are not capable of being good citizens and leaders. He failed in this endeavor, but I respect him for trying.
Not sure why you want to move to New York since New York has moved on from the 1950's.
1.The quality of mother and son relationships depend on the mother and son. If your son did not move to New York to get away from you, your bond should remain strong. You shouldn't/needn't worry about other peoples family relationships.
2. If you move to New York, you will be living with all sorts of people- gay, transsexuals, transvestites, churchgoers, pagans, swingers, traditional families- you name it, New York has it. I'm sure that there are places where traditional family values predominant but you will not know that until you get to know your neighbors. If you can't handle that or strongly disapprove of certain lifestyles, New York is not for you.
3. Elderly women are treated with disdain and disgust- I kid. They are treated in New York the same way that they are treated in other places. Some people respect and help them, some people treat them horribly.
4. Yes there are Catholics in the city. Whether or not they have a strong influences on the city remains to be seen. There are Catholics that attend every mass given and there are lapsed Catholics. I believe that the current governor is Catholic. Do you have some sort of anti Catholic bias?
5. New York has masons so there must be lodges somewhere. I have never noticed any masonic lodges when I have visited Washington DC but perhaps I didn't know what to look for.
6. A good area of the city for elderly white woman to live in (aside from the Upper East Side) might be your own home town. Your post is full of stereotypes and prejudicial remarks that might not go over well in New York. New York has a reputation for' licentiousness and independent women'? If you move here, you might get corrupted by all the people of low moral character.
Independence is a "moral fad"? LOL! And this from someone who is asking questions about "the quality of mother-son relationships"?
Honey, obviously the quality of YOURS isn't too good, or else you'd be able to ask your son these questions.
If either of you actually existed, of course. Because according to your previous posts, you live in the Meatpacking District. You need to get better at this trolling thing if you want people to bite.
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The city stopped picking up Christmas trees January 16. I still have my tree and I want to throw it out. Is it illegal to put it out on the curb now? If not, what day is the best day to put it out? I live in the Meatpacking District.
2. If you move to New York, you will be living with all sorts of people- gay, transsexuals, transvestites, churchgoers, pagans, swingers, traditional families- you name it, New York has it. I'm sure that there are places where traditional family values predominant but you will not know that until you get to know your neighbors. If you can't handle that or strongly disapprove of certain lifestyles, New York is not for you.
Well I don't want to live with these people. Near them is acceptable. There is a law about free association, which affords people the freedom to avoid undesirables.
I assume New Yorkers self-segregate along racial, ethnic, religious, sexual identity lines just like people elsewhere in the country do.
These questions are meant to ascertain the general tenor of hospitality in New York towards normal people.
Independence is a "moral fad"? LOL! And this from someone who is asking questions about "the quality of mother-son relationships"?
Honey, obviously the quality of YOURS isn't too good, or else you'd be able to ask your son these questions.
If either of you actually existed, of course. Because according to your previous posts, you live in the Meatpacking District. You need to get better at this trolling thing if you want people to bite.
My son lives in the meatpacking district, which is where I'm staying now. I'm headed back to Scranton in a few days.
I put "independent woman" in quotes. There's really no such thing. But there are women who have been deluded into thinking they're independent.
The only morally respectable women in NY anymore are the Asian FOBs.
"Fresh Off Boat"?
I've been impressed with the feminine dignity of the women I've crossed paths with in Chinatown. I was thinking that area might be a good place for me to live. I just don't like to snot rockets, as my lovely boy calls them. lol!
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