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Worked there for 37 years. Watched it change constantly, loved the hidden history found everywhere from its constant changes going back 400 years since Henry Hudson noted that he'd found a harbor, sheltered from the open sea where a sailor could catch a wind in any direction.
Our nation's first capital, and before that, a Dutch colony founded on commerce, not religion, and open to everyone, with a government that would later influence our Constitution.
Worked there for 37 years. Watched it change constantly, loved the hidden history found everywhere from its constant changes going back 400 years since Henry Hudson noted that he'd found a harbor, sheltered from the open sea where a sailor could catch a wind in any direction.
Our nation's first capital, and before that, a Dutch colony founded on commerce, not religion, and open to everyone, with a government that would later influence our Constitution.
Have you ever had a chopped cheese sandwich from a bodega?
I actually thought the bronx was pretty cool. Taking the train through there was cool, its like an ocean of buildings. It was more visually interesting than brooklyn or queens IMO.
Pretty much exactly what I expected, in most aspects, just dirtier and smellier. I know such an old city, but I thought it rained enough to wash away the smell of waste everywhere
Less gentrification, more down to earth individuals, better food (yeah the $23 burger from a place called “the Moo” or whatever, is not good, local cuisine, not overhyped, etc
Have you ever had a chopped cheese sandwich from a bodega?
NO! Should I try one?
Haven't been to NYC for two years since COVID hit and my part-time, post-retirement job involving going to the city for events vanished, and as you know, I'm not even in the country right now, but I'll get back there eventually.
I used to spend some time in Inwood, the northernmost part of Manhattan adjacent to the Bronx. It was an old Irish neighborhood into which many Dominicans were moving, so there was an interesting mix of pubs and bodegas.
And, of course, Inwood Hill Park, the last remaining natural part of Manhattan Island. Haven't been for a long time.
Midtown Manhattan is boring. I spent most of my working life downtown except for having to spend sometime in the Flatiron district after our offices were destroyed, but I went back to work on the rebuilding and eventually back to work in the rebuilt offices before I retired.
Saw downtown change. There were virtually no residential buildings in the Wall Street area when I started working at the WTC in 1981. What's now Battery Park City was flat dirt, landfill from the original WTC excavation. BPC and that beautiful park system running up along the Hudson appeared in stages over time. Tribeca was a bunch of abandoned warehouses. Lower Manhattan at night was dead.
Everyone raves about them online. I want to try one just to see what all the hype is about.
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Less gentrification, more down to earth individuals, better food (yeah the $23 burger from a place called “the Moo” or whatever, is not good, local cuisine, not overhyped, etc
Im seldom impressed by Manhattan.
Hey thats cool that you like the Bronx. I am usually reluctant to talk about it, most people trash the place. I am aware of it's problems but I like it for the same reasons you mentioned.
Pretty much exactly what I expected, in most aspects, just dirtier and smellier. I know such an old city, but I thought it rained enough to wash away the smell of waste everywhere
I was also surprised how dirty it was last time I was there. For all of the millionaires and billionaires living there, you think someone would’ve demanded a solution to all of the garbage and the decrepit state of the sidewalks. I love NYC, but they really need to figure out how to make the city less dirty and improve the infrastructure.
Cities like DC and Chicago are spotless compared to NY.
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