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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:27 PM Original message |
New Yorkers: Is NYC worth living in at some point in one's life, even if you're old? |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Speaking as a former NYer... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Coming from the Bay Area, I am used to higher-than-average rates |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nope |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Were you listening to Psychic Radio today? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Having lived in NYC during it's cruel years: late 70's early 80's |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. R.I.P. |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I was there.... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I just got chills when you wrote about Kiev's!!! oh how I miss that place. :( |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No but I was too scared to venture past Ave C |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Everything you said |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Old?? WTF??? |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. That's the great thing about NYC - you are never old! |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. I have a colleague who moved here at age 63... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. There isn't a better city in which to be older. Go for it. nt |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. My thoughts, too, Captain, with fairly strict financial requirements... |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Every person who has intellectual curiosity, a fondness for the arts, and isn't afraid of difference |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm raising a daughter in Manhattan. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. It Takes A Certain Mentality To Live In NYC |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
15. If you get lucky and win $500.00 on "Cash Cab" |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Ive never spent more than $60 on a cab ride. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, maybe especially when you're old, but always Yes |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Do it - |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I LOVE John Sebastain! I've been to Manhattan a lot. But have lived in Toronto and Moscow and |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. My friends had their kids while living on the |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-02-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
19. Especially when you're old |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-03-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. Good grief, man! I just got here! |
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