Reasons why New York Sucks

[Piobaire]



I love LA.

I love the thought of a really big city but do not think I could survive in one without far more money than I have.

 

[Manton]



I don't think the city proper has even half the population of NYC. LA County has more but is also larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined.

First of all, I get to choose which half goes.

Second, it is not built for density.

Third, too many cars is really a bigger problem than too many people but it's easier to get rid of the people, and with them go the cars, sort of a two-fer. I win!

 

[Omar1223]



Er...that won't work in most of the NY subway system.

some stations have wifi and others i just check it right before i go underground.

 

[aravenel]

Manton, are you ghost-writing Gothamist headlines?

"Suspicious Weather Forecast: No Rain for Next Several Days"

http://gothamist.com/2013/06/19/suspicious_weather_forecast_no_rain.php

 

[Manton]

insufficiently bitter tone to be me

 

[gomestar]

had the headline complained about the sun being too hot, then maybe.

 

[LawrenceMD]



I love the thought of a really big city but do not think I could survive in one without far more money than I have.

the answer to this question is always brooklyn.

from there you have to have an honest conversation with yourself how close you are willing to live near projects and after that hipster population density.

 

[whiteslashasian]



the answer to this question is always brooklyn.

from there you have to have an honest conversation with yourself how close you are willing to live near projects and after that hipster population density.

This happens in a lot of neighborhoods in Manhattan too...

 

[ter1413]



some stations have wifi and others i just check it right before i go underground.

No one in NY does that...check to see if their train is delayed before going home......

 

[Garth Vader]

some stations have wifi and others i just check it right before i go underground.

Indeed. Real-time subway apps are awesome. The less time soaking up the stale, 105-degree combination of flatulence, urine, Old Spice and body odor the better. The true New Yorker is the one who does not stop moving between the sidewalk and the air-conditioned car, and in situations where the train is behind schedule, camps out precisely where a door will open.

 

[poorsod]



had the headline complained about the sun being too hot, then maybe.

Then would it be ok for me to complain how bitterly hot it has been the past few days in Sorrento and the Almafi coast?

 

[Connemara]



The MTA is completely falling apart.

Pretty sure it has been since its first day of operation.

 

[FlaneurNYC]



This happens in a lot of neighborhoods in Manhattan too...

You can't throw a stone in my neighborhood (LES/Alphabet City) without hitting some form of project/government housing.

Indeed. Real-time subway apps are awesome. The less time soaking up the stale, 105-degree combination of flatulence, urine, Old Spice and body odor the better. The true New Yorker is the one who does not stop moving between the sidewalk and the air-conditioned car, and in situations where the train is behind schedule, camps out precisely where a door will open.

And they make it a middle door. Because the ends have no AC vents.

 

[whiteslashasian]



You can't throw a stone in my neighborhood (LES/Alphabet City) without hitting some form of project/government housing.
And they make it a middle door. Because the ends have no AC vents.

The middle door AC vents are crucial to my summer survival.

 

[lawyerdad]



I don't think the city proper has even half the population of NYC. LA County has more but is also larger than the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined.

Yeah, LA County is really too large and difficult to traverse to serve as a point of comparison for any single big city. The best point comparison would probably include smaller municipalities close to the actual City of Los Angeles (e.g., Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Pasadena) but not all of the County.

First of all, I get to choose which half goes.

Second, it is not built for density.

Third, too many cars is really a bigger problem than too many people but it's easier to get rid of the people, and with them go the cars, sort of a two-fer. I win!

The second point is kinda true, and the third is very true. I'm leaving the first point alone because I don't want to know which half I fall in.