Reasons why New York Sucks - Page 73

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Originally Posted by aravenel 

Yes, now this is insane. We live in ostensibly the world's greatest city, and yet you cannot sensibly get to the airport via public transit. And when you do get there, those airports are practically a third world country.

A few years ago I flew from Cannes to NYC. What struck me about the airport at Nice was how polished and professional everyone was - agents to bag handlers to cleaning staff. Actually commented about this to my wife. Lovely location may have something to do with that.

Then we landed at JFK. It was like landing in a fucking train station in India at rush hour. Actually, I've done that and it was a damn sight better than JFK. 

What the subways need is another Bloomberg-like ego "screw you guys, I know best and am doing what I want" and just simply start over. Rip it all out and just keep the holes. Also needs a mind shift on the part of users to stop throwing their garbage on the tracks and treating it like a sewer. I think that one is close. 

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 I love that movie though it did give me second thoughts about coming to the city at the time.

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The DJ was a highlight for me. The way she was framed and lit. Her voice. All perfect.

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There a very fucked-up movie directed by Warhol pal, Paul Morrissey, called Forty Deuce that follows Kevin Bacon as a gay hooker in Times Square who "sells" a young boy to a business man played by Orson Bean. I saw the premiere at a film festival, but don't think it was ever released.

This seems pretty accurate for the times. "I take people to the Bronx, Brooklyn, I take them to Harlem - I don't care."

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