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We flew back to NYC last June after spending time in London, Paris, Barcelona and Madrid. In comparison with these cities, we found NYC to be so dirty, and the people so diverse and second class. LaGuardia Airport was just simply dismal in appearance even though they're trying to upgrade it.
I told my wife, NYC is just a big nasty place, and I have no interest in visiting again. I have no idea how so many people put up with the shortcomings--including back breaking taxation.
those cities are cleaner in some ways and dirtier in others (more graffiti, dog **** everywhere).
one thing is for sure though, they are safer than NYC when it comes to violent crime. pick pocketing is rampant though.
real estate is going to drop like a brick, for more reasons than the virus. RE was in a re-inflated bubble since '08s crisis.
i'd get out now while there's still some value if you were planning to leave. trying to convince my parents to do the same.
He can't until he retire's from the NYPD. Once he retire's he can go as his pension will go with him anywhere he wants to go.
those cities are cleaner in some ways and dirtier in others (more graffiti, dog **** everywhere).
one thing is for sure though, they are safer than NYC when it comes to violent crime. pick pocketing is rampant though.
Lol at anyone who thinks Madrid or Barcelona or London is classier than NYC. Sure, I guess as a foreigner or tourist perspectives tend to be rosier, but Barcelona and London are notorious for rampant street muggings and pickpockets as you say. As if that weren't bad enough, police really do not even pretend to care. Salaries in many Southern European countries are also a joke. Now, if you want a slower and more enjoyable lifestyle in the day to day without the American obsession with competition and live solely for work? Then yes, those places are much better...even London is a bit more laid back than NYC.
Droves do seem to be fleeing the city, a good "drover" and his or her dog can go a long way in "keep'in them doggies rollin". I'm just hoping a good "herd immunity" is in place before bigger drives come along. As you can see below, their already arriving in the "burbs".
those cities are cleaner in some ways and dirtier in others (more graffiti, dog **** everywhere).
one thing is for sure though, they are safer than NYC when it comes to violent crime. pick pocketing is rampant though.
I've been to Paris once and I was amazed at the about of dog waste on the sidewalks, I spent the whole time there walking looking down
There are a few neighborhoods in NYC that are notorious for not pooper-scooping, those areas have nothing on Paris
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So true and accurate. Real estate agents won’t mention this but high end real estate over 2.5 million has been falling in NYC mostly in Brooklyn since 2017. Now it will accelerate downward.
Have an eye on one dont you? Central Park West overlooking the park ?
Am I that transparent? lol. You've got me pegged!
I'm not leaving NYC. It has to get a lot worse than this for me to leave. And if things do get rough, I'd rather go to another country than anywhere else in the US. I've been to other places and other countries and yeah, they're ok. Some things are better there than here but all in all, I love NYC, warts and all.
I'm not going anywhere. Sometimes, I "dream" of living somewhere else but who am I kidding?
I'm not leaving NYC. It has to get a lot worse than this for me to leave. And if things do get rough, I'd rather go to another country than anywhere in the US. I've been to other places and other countries and yeah, they're ok. Some things are better there than here but all in all, I love NYC, warts and all.
I'm not going anywhere. Sometimes, I "dream" of living somewhere else but who am I kidding?
My dad was a door man/elevator man in a building on central park West. As a kid I would spend summer days on the roof pemthouse apartments, hanging out with the kids whose parents lived up in them central park views were beautiful. Then in college I worked at Cravath Swaine and Moore who had views of it. That is a place to live if you can afford it. I like Toronto a great deal people are nice. I am looking at moving to the South West or Southern California. I have friends there. I have put in for transfers. I love NY though. If people really hate it here they should leave because I wouldn't live somewhere I hate for more money. What good is money if your dead. This experience should be teaching us that. It would be bad living and dying in a city just because you love it. Yet, imagine remaining in a city you could have left but staying for more money and having family or yourself die. Where is the logic ? I love this City warts and all and would return with glee on vacation frequently
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Am I that transparent? lol. You've got me pegged!
