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So many things we do on a daily basis in New York are "dangerous", yet we do them because people (minus a few whiney old-heads) enjoy them. I consider New York lucky that people like you don't get to set policy on such things. Also, being a native New Yorker doesn't give you any more credibility on whether outdoor dining structures should be allowed.
I don't care, my opinion is that we never had them before covid,
they were put because of covid,
covid is fizzing out,
and I think these eyesores all around the city need to be removed.
ofcourse I have eaten in them, eating outside is always nice, but the sidewalk eating is really safer then in the actual gutter.
Some of the sheds are fixed better than others, but they really do snarl up traffic, and I think they need to say goodbye already, they served thier purpose for what they were intended for, time to go
I don't care, my opinion is that we never had them before covid,
they were put because of covid,
covid is fizzing out,
and I think these eyesores all around the city need to be removed.
ofcourse I have eaten in them, eating outside is always nice, but the sidewalk eating is really safer then in the actual gutter.
Some of the sheds are fixed better than others, but they really do snarl up traffic, and I think they need to say goodbye already, they served thier purpose for what they were intended for, time to go
Again, thankfully your opinion is in the minority.
So many things we do on a daily basis in New York are "dangerous", yet we do them because people (minus a few whiney old-heads) enjoy them. I consider New York lucky that people like you don't get to set policy on such things. Also, being a native New Yorker doesn't give you any more credibility on whether outdoor dining structures should be allowed.
My issue isn't even with the ones actually being used for dining so much as the fact so many of them aren't and are just taking up space,rotting away,filled with homeless etc
My issue isn't even with the ones actually being used for dining so much as the fact so many of them aren't and are just taking up space,rotting away,filled with homeless etc
exactly, there are so many of them "vacant" here in Brooklyn, thus wasting away to complete rubbish.
no need for them.
My issue isn't even with the ones actually being used for dining so much as the fact so many of them aren't and are just taking up space,rotting away,filled with homeless etc
Can't speak for the boroughs, but in Manhattan I see the vast majority of them being used when the weather is nice.
Forget parking, what about the funneling of traffic into narrower and narrower streams in order to accommodate usually empty expansions of restaurant space. Traffic must become much slower and/or more dangerous.
And these shacks are empty most of the day. It was INSANE of the city to legalize this
"TAKING" to put into a word you "conservatives" might take to heart.
When I went to Washington DC last month I was struck by how much nicer their outdoor dining setups were than here - seems like there's already more front patio spaces down there but even those who didn't have a patio set theirs up very nicely with umbrellas for shade and it didn't look like a shack.
Every time I visit another city, I find myself saying this about something that I saw there compared to NYC lol
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