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on Feb 3rd 2011 at 12:14 pm Uncategorized

Some humor from The Onion

As promised, here’s the link to that Onion article that pokes fun at New Yorkers for putting up with the hassles of living here.

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  1. # sophiaon Feb 5th 2011 at 4:25 pm

    This reminds me of something I once heard. If the residents of nyc had to be evacuated from office buildings, schools, and homes, people would literally be piled up on top of each other on the streets. Thinking back to the article, I can just imagine the sheer magnitude of how many people believe in the new york narrative, a place where people come to make their dreams come true and also a place where you can find bums on the streets and trains.

  2. # elenaon Feb 8th 2011 at 11:09 pm

    I very much enjoyed reading this piece. Of course, this kind of event is not looming in the near future but…
    New York can never be deserted. Yes, we pay higher rent than almost anywhere else in the country for a bedroom that is probably too small to even be called a room (less true in boroughs other than Manhattan); and yes, we pay double the price for drinks and cigarettes than we would if we head down South; but really we are paying for the privilege to live in a city that truly is one of the business capitals, culture capitals, fashion capitals. This is also the city where a girl with neon green hair, who wears purple feathered jacket, will be able to find another person with similar preferences. No matter what one is into, any person will find company in New York. There are some things that only happen in New York and we absolutely should be proud of that. A warehouse party in Brooklyn, which includes a bonfire in a backyard-type of space, with a male in a long yellow fur coat and a female, in an outfit made of tree branches, played some sort of earthy music on the drums. A Santa Claus (wearing only underwear) marathon, an advertisement for a person dressed in a panda suit to come to your house, so you can punch out all of your anger without fear of retaliation, a tea party on the F train, the list goes on and on… Speaking of the trains, New York has a subway system that sucks, yes, but also runs 24-hours, which, as it turns out, is a lot more important than one might think.
    In the end, I liked this first topic of the class, absolutely loved E.B. White’s essay, and wanted to write a few sentences in defense of New York or simply express my love for New York.