― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:00 (twenty years ago) link
We have a million diners.
― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Asymmetric Cocktails (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:00 (twenty years ago) link
(these pictures are all my answers to the question)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris V. (Chris V), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Asymmetric Cocktails (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:03 (twenty years ago) link
B-b-but if you move here you can have the midwest AND Germany AND Worcester and a million other places all in one city with an easily navigable and reasonably cheap transportation system!
― Asymmetric Cocktails (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:04 (twenty years ago) link
I think most of the reasons one would have for living and loving where you live are personal. They can seem like nice reasons to others but unless they're *your* reasons no one else is going to get them.
― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Asymmetric Cocktails (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:09 (twenty years ago) link
http://bitchcakes.topcities.com/images/belmont.jpg
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:10 (twenty years ago) link
― Asymmetric Cocktails (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:12 (twenty years ago) link
..for visiting.
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:13 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Asymmetric Cocktails (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:14 (twenty years ago) link
(also, um, some people grew up here)
― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
(Tracer, Felicity, Mary, bnw--look familiar?)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:17 (twenty years ago) link
http://forgotten-ny.com/Alleys/GREENWICH%20VILLAGE/pamela1.jpg
― Asymmetric Cocktails (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:18 (twenty years ago) link
Then why make the case for how great it is for all the random googlers who will eventually read the thread! ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Texas Sam (thatgirl), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Asymmetric Cocktails (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:19 (twenty years ago) link
..says the Phoenix native?
Sorry, Ally, didn't mean to be flippant. No one should be made to feel guilty about moving to any place if they just feel it suits them. But I think NA's indirect point is that there is nagging "NY is the only place" vibe that gets tiring after a while. (not accusing you of that)
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:20 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/apple.jpg
http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/wbridge.jpg
http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/littlelighthouse.jpg
http://www.norfolkwindmills.com/images/coney3.jpg
― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:20 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.essentialbigapple.com/graphics/66stsign.jpg
Gareth's pix are lovely :)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:22 (twenty years ago) link
I'll say this, though. I certainly wish fuckin' less people would move here and leave the city for those snobby shits like myself who were actually born here, goddammit!
Just kidding......sorta.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:22 (twenty years ago) link
― amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:23 (twenty years ago) link
And some elsewhere! And that's a large part of it too, what feels like 'home,' wherever it is. I had the best of both worlds, I think, in that I grew up moving around to various places -- including upstate New York, let us not forget! -- but kept coming back to San Diego as a home. I'm used to SoCal, its weather and its ways and its atmosphere, and I dearly love it still. For all the cases that can be made for NYC and all the comparative inconveniences that may occur -- the whole 'how do you live in SoCal without a car' thing, f'r instance -- there's as much captivation and potential magic here as there is there. I wouldn't make the case for it being better than NYC but I *would* make the case that it's more equal than either side would realize, and you could make similar comparisons for many other cities and NYC at that.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:23 (twenty years ago) link
ha, nativism, gimme a break.
― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:24 (twenty years ago) link
To me, the western states are one big vacuous hole of hellpit.
So yeah, to me, people move to NYC for personal reasons. Other people might be here for other reasons, but since I never ask them, I don't speculate why they might want to be here.
(massive xpost)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:24 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Asymmetric Cocktails (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
(I'm going back to posting pix, I want to scan in the rest of my photography tonight and upload! So now I am relying on others)
(I thought the west coast was boring before I had a whole lot of shit happen to me)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:28 (twenty years ago) link
(hahaha everyone on ILX can figure out exactly where I live from my pictures on this thread, it's great)
― Ally (mlescaut), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:28 (twenty years ago) link
I think I may move to SF at the end of the year Sam, so if you want to visit...
― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:29 (twenty years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:29 (twenty years ago) link
Can we admit it's all about stereotypes (and ones which pretend the rest of the country doesn't exist)?
East Coast on West: 'Shallow, obsessed with surfaces losers!'
West Coast on East: 'Pretentious, snobbish idiots!'
Truth of matter: 'There are things to like and dislike about both places, actually. D'oh.'
Rest of country: 'Fuck you and your ocean-moderated weather.'
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 7 August 2003 16:30 (twenty years ago) link