Proud To Be A New Yorker!

Well you know, when restaurants come back, hockey & baseball games, shopping, touristy stuff, etc...

Yeah, you won't be happy if old gritty new york comes back. You're older now, you aren't as tough, you'll be more of a magnet for criminals.

Cannot argue with genetics or Charles Darwin.

Damn bro I ain't that old (yet)! LOL

It should have stayed named New Amsterdam then .

I can get a (tranny) blowjob (on the street) for 5 USD around here . . .

Is that with or without teeth?
Without is usually an extra $2.

I miss the times when squeegy guys get mad at you for not paying them for the work they did on your windshield

Also, the smell of piss on Broadway was enough to reconnect the human soul to eternal truths

Thank goodness, DeBlasio is doing a great job bringing back the 1970s New York of "Taxi Driver"

Gosh, I don't even know what to say. I think Cuomo fucked up with the nursing homes and DeBlasio still doesn't have a plan in place for restaurants to open. There was little mask wearing in my neighborhood and most of Brooklyn. I walk an average of 10 miles a day and I see first hand. Today bars are open and some are full inside with patrons at the bar, sitting next to each other. After the protests last week, social distancing is over.

Also, I think the riots were handled badly. The Village and Soho are a mess. They just let people run amok the first night.

The legislation passed is good. I'm glad that cops' disciplinary records are no longer sealed.

I'm hoping NYC rebounds fast. My fortune is tied to it. Found a partner and opening 3 shops, two in Manhattan one in Astoria. This deal would have never happened without the pandemic. Gonna be interesting to see how fast we get back to "normal"... God bless America!!!

NYC skewed the numbers and fucked things up for the rest of us when it was looking bad.

Now the rest of the state is doing things the right way (and have since day one). The city is still fucked, and now in more ways than one.

All the best (from this beast) . . .

Hey that's when NYC was fun, interesting and dangerous. LOL Too bad I missed out on it. I would've gotten a killer apartment in a pre-gentrified neighborhood for $150 a month.

Now being in Manhattan is like being stuck in a dystopian Disney yuppie nightmare. Bring back the streetwalkers and bookies!!

Well, about the nursing homes: where were these sick elderly people supposed to go after being treated for Covid-19 and released? It's not like they could go to a hotel room (like homeless did and others with Covid-19). Unfortunately nursing homes are the only facilities who can manage and care for such patients. And since they are all owned privately there's little a State can do besides lift licenses, impose fines, etc. Still, compared to other States, Cuomo got it right I think.

As for people in Brooklyn gathering: I am in Manhattan and I see the same things. But that's on the individuals, not Cuomo. I see people "wearing" masks down around their necks! Like, wtf you asshole idiot!! I don't understand why you wouldn't wear a mask just to be more safe than sorry.

The riots and looting were bad but relatively short lived. It was made 1000x worse because of the lockdown and everyone being cooped up inside their apartments.

By Summer's end I could be taking back my proud of New York stance but for now it's looking good. We shall see. Good luck with your pizza joints!! I will come to the Grand Openings.

You don't remember when everyone used to carry $20 in their wallet so when they robbed you they wouldn't shoot you? And everyone used to have mace on their keychain? And "don't go in Central Park at night remember those tourists who got their throats slit" and "never go above 96th"? And subway booth attendants used to get burned alive in their booths? And women used to get raped literally on the A train?

It wasn't gritty, it was rough. The drugs were bad and the hookers were beaten every week. There was like one good hooker at any one time.

The rich people had their limos and their security and they went to clubs we couldn't get in.

I agree the place has become a sterile nightmare of condos and chain stores but I'd rather the late 90s.

Yes true, the "Taxi Driver" of the Seventies would not be cool to relive I agree. I just miss all the girls at Show World I guess. LOL

The Nineties were 'the sweet spot' in New York City. Just enough cool to be cool while 100x safer and cleaner. Plus, the music was better when CBGB's and The Bottom Line were still around. Oh - and actual cafes instead of Starbucks on every corner.

To each their own. personally would prefer a woman and would pay extra to get one

Let's start the bidding
This lockdown is killing me.