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I had to cross the Dominican parade and, as with many, the sound was blasting so loud you could hear it over a block away. Then there's the usual irritation of police making it even more difficult to cross than it needs to be, even after the parade is over.
On top of that, I'm irritated by the whole idea. I'm not in any way anti-immigrant, and I love the diversity of NYC. Like probably just about everyone else here, I'm descended from immigrants, and not so very long ago. But when my family arrived, they dove into America and never looked back. One set of grandparents belonged to a club for their original nationality, where, as far as I can tell, they mostly met to sit around and play cards, but they never would have felt it necessary to prance around in public. It certainly would never have occurred to my grandparents to wrap themselves with the flag of their past country - literally, as I saw some Dominicans doing. It seems to me that once you decide to move here, you commit to the melting pot concept, and you MELT.
But, getting back to the sound, I would love to be in charge of the parades. I'd ban any broadcast recorded sound (i.e. radio), and I'd have a strict decibel limit. Anyone above the decibel limit would have their sound equipment confiscated on the spot. Actually, I wish we'd have more political parades (like supporting civil liberties) instead of national parades, and that would help solve the problem.
I was wondering - I gather that parades have to pay a fee to the city, right? But does the city actually make a profit, or does it just go to pay the superfluity of cops who stand around telling me how far I have to go out of my way to cross the street?
I had to cross the Dominican parade and, as with many, the sound was blasting so loud you could hear it over a block away. Then there's the usual irritation of police making it even more difficult to cross than it needs to be, even after the parade is over.
On top of that, I'm irritated by the whole idea. I'm not in any way anti-immigrant, and I love the diversity of NYC. Like probably just about everyone else here, I'm descended from immigrants, and not so very long ago. But when my family arrived, they dove into America and never looked back. One set of grandparents belonged to a club for their original nationality, where, as far as I can tell, they mostly met to sit around and play cards, but they never would have felt it necessary to prance around in public. It certainly would never have occurred to my grandparents to wrap themselves with the flag of their past country - literally, as I saw some Dominicans doing. It seems to me that once you decide to move here, you commit to the melting pot concept, and you MELT.
But, getting back to the sound, I would love to be in charge of the parades. I'd ban any broadcast recorded sound (i.e. radio), and I'd have a strict decibel limit. Anyone above the decibel limit would have their sound equipment confiscated on the spot. Actually, I wish we'd have more political parades (like supporting civil liberties) instead of national parades, and that would help solve the problem.
I was wondering - I gather that parades have to pay a fee to the city, right? But does the city actually make a profit, or does it just go to pay the superfluity of cops who stand around telling me how far I have to go out of my way to cross the street?
No way does the city make a profit on any of these parades. Have to pay not only the cops but the clean up by the sanitation dept. The parades are money pits for the city and the St Patrick's Day parade is the biggest money pit of all.
It can be possible that tourism, especially tourism from the rest of the metropolitan area, and the dollars spent during those parades ultimately makes them a net earner for the city. They can still be extremely annoying though.
I had to cross the Dominican parade and, as with many, the sound was blasting so loud you could hear it over a block away. Then there's the usual irritation of police making it even more difficult to cross than it needs to be, even after the parade is over.
On top of that, I'm irritated by the whole idea. I'm not in any way anti-immigrant, and I love the diversity of NYC. Like probably just about everyone else here, I'm descended from immigrants, and not so very long ago. But when my family arrived, they dove into America and never looked back. One set of grandparents belonged to a club for their original nationality, where, as far as I can tell, they mostly met to sit around and play cards, but they never would have felt it necessary to prance around in public. It certainly would never have occurred to my grandparents to wrap themselves with the flag of their past country - literally, as I saw some Dominicans doing. It seems to me that once you decide to move here, you commit to the melting pot concept, and you MELT.
But, getting back to the sound, I would love to be in charge of the parades. I'd ban any broadcast recorded sound (i.e. radio), and I'd have a strict decibel limit. Anyone above the decibel limit would have their sound equipment confiscated on the spot. Actually, I wish we'd have more political parades (like supporting civil liberties) instead of national parades, and that would help solve the problem.
I was wondering - I gather that parades have to pay a fee to the city, right? But does the city actually make a profit, or does it just go to pay the superfluity of cops who stand around telling me how far I have to go out of my way to cross the street?
Honestly I don't see the big deal. I see Italian and Irish Americans proudly displaying/wearing their flags and it doesn't make them lesser Americans. So for them to "MELT" they should not speak Spanish in public?
I had to cross the Dominican parade and, as with many, the sound was blasting so loud you could hear it over a block away. Then there's the usual irritation of police making it even more difficult to cross than it needs to be, even after the parade is over.
On top of that, I'm irritated by the whole idea. I'm not in any way anti-immigrant, and I love the diversity of NYC. Like probably just about everyone else here, I'm descended from immigrants, and not so very long ago. But when my family arrived, they dove into America and never looked back. One set of grandparents belonged to a club for their original nationality, where, as far as I can tell, they mostly met to sit around and play cards, but they never would have felt it necessary to prance around in public. It certainly would never have occurred to my grandparents to wrap themselves with the flag of their past country - literally, as I saw some Dominicans doing. It seems to me that once you decide to move here, you commit to the melting pot concept, and you MELT.
But, getting back to the sound, I would love to be in charge of the parades. I'd ban any broadcast recorded sound (i.e. radio), and I'd have a strict decibel limit. Anyone above the decibel limit would have their sound equipment confiscated on the spot. Actually, I wish we'd have more political parades (like supporting civil liberties) instead of national parades, and that would help solve the problem.
I was wondering - I gather that parades have to pay a fee to the city, right? But does the city actually make a profit, or does it just go to pay the superfluity of cops who stand around telling me how far I have to go out of my way to cross the street?
Have you ever seen the Irish, Italian, Brazilian, Puerto Rican, Cuban, etc parades? All of them have their flags and people wearing them, etc..
In every parade, people of said country bring out their flags, music, dance etc and demonstrate during the parade. OP is singling out the Dominican Parade when all parades do the same thing.
You obviously weren't paying attention to the women.
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