Is New York known as the "9/11 city"? (Ira: living in, office)

[iPwn]

To people around the world, is NYC synonymous with the 9/11 attacks, just like Oklahoma City is synonymous with what happened in 1995 and Waco with the massacre of '93?

I personally don't think so - New York is well known for SO many things.

[omigawd]

Well, the problem is, any time you mention that you're from NYC to an "outsider", the first thing they bring up is 9/11. Just like if you're a NYFD, the first thing people ask about is 9/11.

NYC is so much more than 9/11, but 9/11/01 is a defining moment for our city and we showed the world how strong we truly are.

[iPwn]

Originally Posted by omigawd

Well, the problem is, any time you mention that you're from NYC to an "outsider", the first thing they bring up is 9/11. Just like if you're a NYFD, the first thing people ask about is 9/11.

NYC is so much more than 9/11, but 9/11/01 is a defining moment for our city and we showed the world how strong we truly are.

Yes. Did 9/11 affect every New Yorker personally, the same way World War 2 affected most people in the world personally?

[Viralmd]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

Yes. Did 9/11 affect every New Yorker personally, the same way World War 2 affected most people in the world personally?

Mimzy, I think you're going to have to ask every single New Yorker yourself, because this isn't a statistically unbiased sample.

[bluedog2]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

Yes. Did 9/11 affect every New Yorker personally, the same way World War 2 affected most people in the world personally?

There is one way that 9/11 affected every New Yorker(and every American and most people in the world) personally : It lead to our launching of a catastrophic war of choice,the reverberations of which will continue for a long time to come.

[iPwn]

Originally Posted by bluedog2

There is one way that 9/11 affected every New Yorker(and every American and most people in the world) personally : It lead to our launching of a catastrophic war of choice,the reverberations of which will continue for a long time to come.

Very true. No offense to the people that died that horrible day, but the war in Iraq is a tragedy of a magnitude far greater even than what happened in New York 8 years ago. It is horrible, I have heard a million people have died ... that's like as bad as Saddam or worse!

[Fred314X]

I have never once heard of New York referred to as the "9/11 City." Then again, as a New Yorker, I might be living in the wrong place! I suspect that if anyone actually uses a term like that, they're located somewhere else in the United States.

[Ninjahedge]

Simple answer: No.

[analyticalkeys]

Originally Posted by MimzyMusic

Very true. No offense to the people that died that horrible day, but the war in Iraq is a tragedy of a magnitude far greater even than what happened in New York 8 years ago. It is horrible, I have heard a million people have died ... that's like as bad as Saddam or worse!

Yea... soldiers know that they might not live to see the next day, people who are just going to work, and doing their job in an office building might not be thinking the same thing..

[iPwn]

Originally Posted by analyticalkeys

Yea... soldiers know that they might not live to see the next day, people who are just going to work, and doing their job in an office building might not be thinking the same thing..

Well I was more talking about the civilians.