tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post1260813508275759332..comments2024-03-29T03:35:13.051-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Out and About in the East VillageUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31921091406641587742015-04-30T00:58:32.409-04:002015-04-30T00:58:32.409-04:00Giovanni said:
I love how people say the city was...Giovanni said:<br /><br /><i>I love how people say the city was so awful, ugly and bad back then, but they all stayed right here, or if they ever left and went somewhere else they always came right back. </i><br /><br />One reason I haven't left in over 30 years is knowing these people who have gone out to California to make a life for themselves…and they're back in like a month. <br /><br />I've had people try to get me to leave the city—to go out west with them, or just leave my apartment, or whatever—and I refuse, although once I did have someone offer to pay my [first month's] rent if I left this apartment. Fortunately my roommate took me back after two months.Scuba Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326884503725331349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-64756488829330164452015-04-29T13:31:49.868-04:002015-04-29T13:31:49.868-04:00Hey Anon, 9:20AM: Hopefully soonHey Anon, 9:20AM: Hopefully soonIzFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-59466614299660282872015-04-29T13:28:02.663-04:002015-04-29T13:28:02.663-04:00"When the summer comes and there are massive ..."When the summer comes and there are massive riots the tourists will stop coming."<br /><br />A man can dream, can't he? I so look forward to these days and reclaiming our city from the tourists. Please, bring on the "crime and grime".bowboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-35339366918592294152015-04-29T10:55:14.714-04:002015-04-29T10:55:14.714-04:00I love how people say the city was so awful, ugly ...I love how people say the city was so awful, ugly and bad back then, but they all stayed right here, or if they ever left and went somewhere else they always came right back. The fact is NY always had an energy that you couldn't find anywhere else, an artistic and creative edge that had nothing to so with dirt or crime but everything to do with the attitude and talent of the people who lived here. Entire artistic movements in painting and music were born in the Village. Now that the attitude has changed into New Amercian Generica and the rents are at an all time high they are leaving, or talking about moving to drought-ridden LA or the abandoned city of Detroit, right at the same time that crime and grime are at an all time low. How very ironic that is.Giovannihttp://urbanmyths.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-38124482529006524882015-04-29T10:08:42.139-04:002015-04-29T10:08:42.139-04:00nygrump said...
This is classic: "The city w...nygrump said...<br /><br /><i>This is classic: "The city was a shithole, plain and simple — an absolute shithole. It was everything that you wanted as a teenager."</i><br /><br />Yeah, that's what drew me here in the 70s. Boy was I disappointed when it turned around. <br /><br />We can only hope that "more crime and grime is coming soon."Scuba Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10326884503725331349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-31803516093441447822015-04-29T09:20:32.186-04:002015-04-29T09:20:32.186-04:00Dont worry. When the summer comes and there are ma...Dont worry. When the summer comes and there are massive riots the tourists will stop coming. Crime is going to spike. The end of quality of life policing will change the city. More crime and grime is coming soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-30909397261878248812015-04-29T08:52:42.537-04:002015-04-29T08:52:42.537-04:00This is classic: "The city was a shithole, pl...This is classic: "The city was a shithole, plain and simple — an absolute shithole. It was everything that you wanted as a teenager."nygrumpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-9948410226218968882015-04-29T08:44:50.419-04:002015-04-29T08:44:50.419-04:00Damn right. 'Precious' is a great word for...Damn right. 'Precious' is a great word for all the crap and the overprivileged Carries in their little ballet slippers and all the places they frequent. Feh.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-56116062204156820852015-04-29T08:34:52.451-04:002015-04-29T08:34:52.451-04:00The two dogs were Nanook and Sheba. I used to giv...The two dogs were Nanook and Sheba. I used to give them dog biscuits, and petted them whenever I walked past. My hands were always black from greasy dirt afterwards.Former East Villagernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-86016128233865233542015-04-29T08:11:50.866-04:002015-04-29T08:11:50.866-04:00Damn it, I miss New York. I now live in the Disney...Damn it, I miss New York. I now live in the Disney version of it.Gojiranoreply@blogger.com