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Hmm... western NY State and possibly Hudson Valley have cancer clusters (I know quite a number of people who lived in these areas, and have had leukemia), likely related to chemical contaminants in the water, so I have not drank tap water in New York (state or city) since around 1990 when I learned about these clusters. I was given a glass of water at a restaurant in Chinatown (in NYC) last summer, and it was so chlorinated that it tasted like drinking from a public swimming pool (of course, I didn't drink it after the first sip).
San Francisco has fabulous tap water. It comes from Sierra Nevada, and you can almost taste fir forests in it. The same brand tea that I make in SF tastes entirely different from the one I make in Boston.
Since my kid worked for the people who take care of NYC reservoirs, I know exactly what is in NYC water and I won't touch it (think Ganges). There is no infiltration process.
"New York has spent more than $1.7 billion to protect this unfiltered water supply since the early 1990s, in return for being granted a succession of federal and state waivers exempting it from costly filtration requirements. It is one of only five cities nationally — along with Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland, Ore. — that have an unfiltered water supply."
I was at Traviata last Friday. I saw quite a few people down in the orchestra section. I went to Boheme a few weeks prior. Same deal. While I will say it dominates older people, there are plenty of others of all ages. It might be that the medium is expensive and young people don't have the cash for it, or, moreover, they haven't been introduced to it properly to gather an appreciation for it.
If you don't mind sitting up in family circle, the tickets can be much cheaper than a Broadway Show. I saw that same production of La Traviata last year.
My parents took me to see the Met and NYC Opera when I was a kid, creating a lifetime appreciation for classical music. Back then, most of the audience were senior citizens. Now they are still senior citizens. They couldn't always have been old people. Where were they before?
Younger people tend to be Asian and as previously mentioned, Russian, especially for ABT.
It's really too bad that New York City Opera was mismanaged and then imploded.
NYC is the American Center for the arts, especially the classical world. No other city in the US has so many options for classical music and this is the center for the business side of classical music too. Sure, there's Glimmerglass, Saratoga, SF Ballet, and Interlochen, but no other place has so many professional groups in various genres all year long. Other places have one or two dominant professional classical music organizations (except for LA where it's moviecentric).
If you don't mind sitting up in family circle, the tickets can be much cheaper than a Broadway Show. I saw that same production of La Traviata last year.
My parents took me to see the Met and NYC Opera when I was a kid, creating a lifetime appreciation for classical music. Back then, most of the audience were senior citizens. Now they are still senior citizens. They couldn't always have been old people. Where were they before?
Younger people tend to be Asian and as previously mentioned, Russian, especially for ABT.
It's really too bad that New York City Opera was mismanaged and then imploded.
NYC is the American Center for the arts, especially the classical world. No other city in the US has so many options for classical music and this is the center for the business side of classical music too. Sure, there's Glimmerglass, Saratoga, SF Ballet, and Interlochen, but no other place has so many professional groups in various genres all year long. Other places have one or two dominant professional classical music organizations (except for LA where it's moviecentric).
My family circle seat averages under $60. It's a bargain. The family circle has the best sound quality of the whole theater.
The music scene in NYC is a gem. I have tickets to my first harpsichord concert to hear Baroque music. I don't know if I will like it, but it's something new and different.
My family circle seat averages under $60. It's a bargain. The family circle has the best sound quality of the whole theater.
The music scene in NYC is a gem. I have tickets to my first harpsichord concert to hear Baroque music. I don't know if I will like it, but it's something new and different.
I hope that you enjoy the concert. There's nothing like Bach or Vivaldi played on an organ or harpsichord. I like to hear Baroque music played on authentic period instruments. It's a different experience.
I always wondered if you join AARP with a NYC address, if they automatically give free season tickets to events in Lincoln Center or Carnegie. The audiences were old when I was a kid and now that I am old, the audiences are still old and I fit right in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a great harpsichord collection.
My family circle seat averages under $60. It's a bargain. The family circle has the best sound quality of the whole theater.
The music scene in NYC is a gem. I have tickets to my first harpsichord concert to hear Baroque music. I don't know if I will like it, but it's something new and different.
Yeah, I was up in Family Circle during Boheme and in Orchestra for Traviata. The sound is far better up in the nosebleed sections.
Hmm... western NY State and possibly Hudson Valley have cancer clusters (I know quite a number of people who lived in these areas, and have had leukemia), likely related to chemical contaminants in the water, so I have not drank tap water in New York (state or city) since around 1990 when I learned about these clusters. I was given a glass of water at a restaurant in Chinatown (in NYC) last summer, and it was so chlorinated that it tasted like drinking from a public swimming pool (of course, I didn't drink it after the first sip).
San Francisco has fabulous tap water. It comes from Sierra Nevada, and you can almost taste fir forests in it. The same brand tea that I make in SF tastes entirely different from the one I make in Boston.
North Carolina no longer a secret and Virginia well where my folks retired it looks nice to me oO
I mean ur gunna need a car to get anywhere not a lot of ppl, but u get a big ass house, close knot community and cheap food property taxes, no income taxes etc.
Yeah, I was up in Family Circle during Boheme and in Orchestra for Traviata. The sound is far better up in the nosebleed sections.
If you attend a Heavy Metal concert, wherever you choose to sit, is a nosebleed section, I hear.
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