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post #16 of 151
12/2/09 at 4:52pm
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How the heck can NYC be missing good Mexican food???

There is a lot of mediocre mexican food in Manhattan. Haven't ventured to the other boroughs yet, so I should have put a disclaimer. I am ashamed to say this, but I had better Mexican food in Raleigh then what I have had here in NYC so far.
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post #17 of 151
12/2/09 at 4:56pm
Most regional Mexican food in NYC is from the state of Puebla (e.g. chalupas and mole), south of Mexico City. It's pretty good in the boroughs.
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post #18 of 151
12/2/09 at 4:56pm
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Convenient Narwhals.

Reddit much?
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post #19 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:05pm
Parks. The idea of one gigantic Central Park and a handful of miniscule ones is pretty damn dumb, however cool Central Park may be.

Getaways (what chorse123 said)
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post #20 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:11pm
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Parks. The idea of one gigantic Central Park and a handful of miniscule ones is pretty damn dumb, however cool Central Park may be.
It's especially nice for those who have windows (above the tree line) facing it. But that is not I.
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post #21 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:11pm
by and large, believe it.

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How the heck can NYC be missing good Mexican food???
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post #22 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:12pm
"Good" & 'mexican food". Does not compute for me.
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post #23 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:15pm
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Originally Posted by Fuuma View Post
NYC, like most places, is missing most things. That's a sorta pointless question...

Taking the macro approach, obviously you're right. But, as others have pointed out, looking at the question and responding with specifics, was the point of the question.
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post #24 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:20pm
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Parks.

Getaways (what chorse123 said)

+1 on the parks. I know further out east in Queens, there much more options.

It may be relative, but we are a few hours away from update NY, Vermont, PA, etc.. I can understand though, a few hours away can be inconvenient. I've heard about a zip-line deal in upstate NY, but just haven't gone...
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post #25 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:31pm
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Taking the macro approach, obviously you're right. But, as others have pointed out, looking at the question and responding with specifics, was the point of the question.
Cities get their character from "synergies" (yuck) not individual lists, NYC is interesting because of overarching characteristics not because of a checklist. On the other hand you can buy/do a lot of the same shit than in London and lists would support that but I still see both places as fundamentally different. People hardly take advantage of even 5% of the opportunities afforded them them in a mid-sized town so it does not matter much. The overall feel is still so different that it's how you "rationally" select a city. I mean go to a large, say, Indian city and you'll realize it's a whole other world and you're missing out the total experience afforded there (just like they're missing out on NYC or even Wichita).
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post #26 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:31pm
Vastly better metropolitan transportation would be nice -- direct trains to airports, additional bridges, tunnels, etc. While we're at it, upgrades to the airports are needed. In the past year I have been to Hong Kong and Paris, and New York (and indeed the US) is dramatically behind the rest of the world on this score.

On intra-city transit, New York is basically the last place on earth that doesn't tell you how long it'll be until another subway is going to be. That's pathetic.

I concur on Mexican food. It's the Northeast's great shame.
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post #27 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:33pm
1. Parisianish sidewalk cafes. 2. Sensible local government. 3. Housing supply (Not "affordable housing", just more housing) 4. A Land Value Tax 5. An east-west subway somewhere north of the 60s. 6. A wholesale cleanout of the MTA's ranks-- from janitors to upper management.
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post #28 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:38pm
great independent cafes. it feels like there's 1 for every 10 Starbucks out there. And 1 for every 50 that prides themselves on great coffee.

also, a Wegmans
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post #29 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:42pm
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Originally Posted by Fuuma View Post
Cities get their character from "synergies" (yuck) not individual lists, NYC is interesting because of overarching characteristics not because of a checklist. On the other hand you can buy/do a lot of the same shit than in London and lists would support that but I still see both places as fundamentally different. People hardly take advantage of even 5% of the opportunities afforded them them in a mid-sized town so it does not matter much. The overall feel is still so different that it's how you "rationally" select a city.

I mean go to a large, say, Indian city and you'll realize it's a whole other world and you're missing out the total experience afforded there (just like they're missing out on NYC or even Wichita).

Absolutely. I agree 100%. A checklist certainly can't define, or redefine?, NYC's overall value/character. It's a personal thing. But i'm sure there are other metropolitan cities that have certain aspects that could be implemented in NYC. Outside of the bureaucratic/political red tape, just for shits and giggles, i just wonder what could be ,well, cool or useful or even necessary to have here.

Magoo makes a great point. To paraphrase, our intra-transit system (MTA) fucking blows. I personally think it's the most mis-managed public agency in NYC, possibly the nation. On the flip side, it carries millions of people daily, and has been in existing since the turn of the century.
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post #30 of 151
12/2/09 at 5:46pm
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Originally Posted by bobdobalina View Post
1. Parisianish sidewalk cafes.
2. Sensible local government.
3. Housing supply (Not "affordable housing", just more housing)
4. A Land Value Tax
5. An east-west subway somewhere north of the 60s.
6. A wholesale cleanout of the MTA's ranks-- from janitors to upper management.

By land value tax, do you mean your property taxes are directly tied to the perceived value of your land/property ?
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