http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/comedy/68404/bust-a-move
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 October 2008 19:51 (fifteen years ago) link
the things that time out publishes are appalling. that said, chicago seems marginally better than ny or london in terms of writing. point to chicago! uh, that imitation of this thread you just posted non-withstanding.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought it was funny. I know that dude, though.
― jaymc, Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i just think it sounds like some kinda tiresome ilxors, sorry i didn't mean to insult your friend :\
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
also to respond to something from a week ago
The only part of Queens that is more expensive than manhattan isn't worth living in. The rest is still greatly cheaper than Manhattan and most of Brooklyn too.
mostly true but there were several "this makes this more expensive" factors for renting in quite a lot of queens that made me decide against the neighborhood. for buying it is like head & shoulders above brooklyn without a doubt.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
and quite frankly above any number of more "reasonably priced" cities that ppl have brought up in this thread as well.
I haven’t done my research, but I’m pretty sure this is where Spike Lee’s Crooklyn was set. I may be paying twice as much rent as I was in Chicago, but I’m literally living inside a hit movie.
YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE YOUR RESEARCH
― edb, Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.timeout.com/chicago/resizeImage/htdocs/export_images/192/192.x600.comedy.open.kumail.tif.jpg?width=220http://www.pathwaytours.com/YakovSmirnoff.jpg
― velko, Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Queens? Might as well live in Jersey.
― burt_stanton, Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
haha queens is more/just as accessible to the city as most of bk is. tho don't listen to me, being stuck on the j for 6 months made jersey city look appealing.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
queens might as well live in some sort of culinary wonderland
― 888 (ice crӕm), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:44 (fifteen years ago) link
That guy is more than welcome to move away from New York at any time. But I can understand that he has to live somewhere with public transit, it's hard to drive when you're looking so far down your nose. So his options probably ARE limited.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
guys he's a COMEDIAN so he's making JOKES
― metametadata (n/a), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
The best Kumail joke I ever heard was him complaining that MS Word spellcheck corrects his name to "Camel".
― big louie moilolnen (dan m), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
way to disprove his central thesis about NYers having no sense of humor
― metametadata (n/a), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
there are certain ppl in my social group who are just like terrible "brooklyn shut up" types (it is like there are two parts of nyc, soho/les and brooklyn lol!!) and i have been kind of pushed back upon going other places than these douchebag wonderlands and i plan to rectify that and start dragging pplz asses back to queens at some point when i no longer have the BIRD FLU or whatever is killing me right now
xpost i get it's a joke, nick. it's not a funny one??? he's doing kind of an outdated "lol midwesterners who move to nyc act like dickbags" thing that he apparently stole from you, in 2003?
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
My sense of humor has been sharpened by unemployment and the teeth of rats. That writing is like the broad side of a barn.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
"this makes this more expensive" factors for renting in quite a lot of queens
for me, the fact that it really helps to have a car in queens, yet parking in some areas is almost as hard as brooklyn. That's an issue.
Queens has way more going on then Jersey City, though Jersey City may have better Dosas.
Queens has Nick's Pizza though, which I had for the first time last night.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean if you are getting that his central thesis is that new yorkers are assholes then you aren't getting what he's saying about asshole transplants actually.
even with that lolling at this piece would be like lolling at tom's ppl pretending they are black strawman upthread??? why are you making fun of a thing that doesn't really exist except in a very limited format, and why do so many ppl do this tired thing?
xpost yeah not having a car really limits you actually! you have to keep yourself to a certain number of neighborhoods if you want to be able to make it to work in less than 2 hours.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Are we surprised by the NYCers getting all bitter and defensive about a harmless article?
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
??? how is it being "bitter and defensive" to say it's not funny? i even apologized to jaymc. we're not actually the ones misunderstanding the dumb thing. this is kind of like saying that ppl are sexist for not liking sarah palin, guys.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
xp it's a touchy subject, so no
― big louie moilolnen (dan m), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Queens just isn't pleasantly walkable the way Brooklyn is. Too many highways and boulevards and train yards between neighborhoods.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
my post was supposed to be a zing on the time out "empire" anyway which is british! just fyi.
xpost yeah a lot of brooklyn is set up better for pedestrians, basically. i have a friend who lives out in far rockaway and basically when i get off the train i have to call her and have her pick me up cos there's no way to get there otherwise. i'd like to walk, rockaway beach is beautiful!
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I think we had this conversation in another City vs City thread, but people who don't like NYC are welcome not to live here! It's not really an argument I'm interested in having.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
haha laurel
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
It just seems like some people in here are all pissy about the article, "he's a dickbag" etc. I think if a similar article was written about Chicago, most chilxors would either shrug it off or think, "yeah, that is kinda true".
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't get the pizza thing. I've been living in NYC since I was 14, and sure, there's okay pizza. But I must be spoiled because it's never blown my mind. It's pizza. Someone explain?
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
and people who don't like people not liking NYC are welcome to not read this thread, which is titled "New York City is for sellouts"
― metametadata (n/a), Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah he's not a dickbag, i mean he's just making fun of a tired old trope that is kind of lame re: dumb kids movin to ny to find themselves and how awesome it is. it's kind of like a oh god stupid time out why showcase this thing.
the problem is that unless n/a was directing at laurel that it WAS chilxors that got pissed off about whether or not this was funny or lame?? the rest of us are tryin to talk about real estate. oh well, who cares i can't wait 'til the dc contingent chimes in!
xpost i think the pizza thing is either you get it or you don't. if it's your kind of pizza it's great. if you prefer a different style pizza or you just aren't really that into pizza then whatever.
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Jon, some of the strawmen in that article could be true here but for such a small slice of people that it's not really relevant? If you want to go places where you can't get served (lol Daddy's!) or feel overshadowed by others or whatev, you're welcome to do so. But you can go your whole NYC residency without doing any of those things, plus there's nowhere in the world that has the market cornered on douchebaggery, I'm sure you could experience all the same social failings right in Chicago.
I don't think "he's a dickbag", I just think...okay, so he doesn't see what else there is to like about New York. That's fine, I don't remember NYC running nationwide ads encouraging young people to give up their affordable housing in DesMoines and move here? But no place ISN'T going to have pros and cons, and some days one side seems longer, and some days the other side does, and that changes in your 20s and again in your 30s and etc.
― Vampire romances depend on me (Laurel), Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Hard to believe, but some people live in NY because that's the place that makes sense to live in - for work, friends, family, geography, community, etc. I love living here, but that's because I love the people I've grown up with here. I can't imagine moving here to be alone.
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
But no place ISN'T going to have pros and cons, and some days one side seems longer, and some days the other side does, and that changes in your 20s and again in your 30s and etc.
i bet you could come with a really hilarious comedic article based on this premise
― metametadata (n/a), Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
God knows I don't find anything romantic about my neighborhood shithole.
― Mordy, Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
"hilarious" okay sure whatevs.
― ian, Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
are people really defending the hilarity and/or satirical premise of that article - shits kinda dumb - new york rulez - lets move on
― 888 (ice crӕm), Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:53 (fifteen years ago) link
can't wait for dude to move to LA and read his hilarious take on fake boobs
― velko, Thursday, 30 October 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
― Mordy, Thursday, October 30, 2008 6:01 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
move anywhere outside NY/NJ/Providence/Chicago/DC and try to find good pizza. seriously try.
― max, Thursday, 30 October 2008 23:56 (fifteen years ago) link
italy
― 888 (ice crӕm), Thursday, 30 October 2008 23:57 (fifteen years ago) link
hey there clever logic guy u could write for time out
― max, Thursday, 30 October 2008 23:59 (fifteen years ago) link
i would enjoy that - do they accept unpunctuated 20 word articles
― 888 (ice crӕm), Friday, 31 October 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
submit an i love cricket thread
― max, Friday, 31 October 2008 00:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i bet TONY would be v. v. interested in our 10 pt plan to revive nyc
i smell a cover!
― 888 (ice crӕm), Friday, 31 October 2008 00:09 (fifteen years ago) link
i'll hook you up
― the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Friday, 31 October 2008 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
thx btw we charge $600/wd
― max, Friday, 31 October 2008 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link
btw your borough may be a wonderland, culinary-wise, but nick's pizza is also found in manhattan
― gabbneb, Friday, 31 October 2008 04:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Now schwarma places on the other hand...
― Mordy, Friday, 31 October 2008 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
oh yeah forgot about that! Does it hold up?
― dan selzer, Friday, 31 October 2008 06:18 (fifteen years ago) link
ive never found any good indian food in nyc, but i dont know where to look admittedly
― corrie ham (roxymuzak), Friday, 31 October 2008 12:46 (fifteen years ago) link