Which City is the Most Tiki? - Tiki Travel

TC Tiki Chris Member London Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1542	TC Tiki Chris Posted posted on Tue, Aug 30, 2005 9:30 AM On 2005-08-30 09:17, Satan's Sin wrote: Very nice people, won't knock you to the ground in order to cross the street (against the light), like they do in New York. ??? I've lived in New York in the past & I'm still in the general NYC area and am in the city on a fairly regular basis. I've never been knocked down for any reason. However, I did once see an elderly man fall down only to be immediately surrounded by dozens of people concerned that he might be hurt (he was okay). Also, I once saw a young boy have all his collectable cards (Pokemon? Magic? I dunno) get blown away in a gust of wind. This broke the boy's heart ... and apparently everyone else around him. EVERYONE that saw what happened stopped what they were doing to pick up the cards which had scattered almost to the next block (traffic actually stopped on the street) and, I'm happy to report, the boy got all his cards back. Lovely New York Moment! Coming to NYC from the rural south, I brought w/ me a lot of preconceived notions about the Big Apple. I'm happy to say that some of the most thoughtful, earnest, and considerate people I've met come from this great city - and that most of my negative precepts have long been proven wrong. Anyway, the topic of this thread is "which city is most tiki". I'm glad you love chicago, it is a great city. but how is it tiki and why do you have to put down new york to compliment chicago? take care, tiki chris [ Edited by: Tiki Chris 2005-08-30 09:45 ]

On 2005-08-30 09:17, Satan's Sin wrote:
Very nice people, won't knock you to the ground in order to cross the street (against the light), like they do in New York.

???

I've lived in New York in the past & I'm still in the general NYC area and am in the city on a fairly regular basis.

I've never been knocked down for any reason. However, I did once see an elderly man fall down only to be immediately surrounded by dozens of people concerned that he might be hurt (he was okay).

Also, I once saw a young boy have all his collectable cards (Pokemon? Magic? I dunno) get blown away in a gust of wind. This broke the boy's heart ... and apparently everyone else around him. EVERYONE that saw what happened stopped what they were doing to pick up the cards which had scattered almost to the next block (traffic actually stopped on the street) and, I'm happy to report, the boy got all his cards back. Lovely New York Moment!

Coming to NYC from the rural south, I brought w/ me a lot of preconceived notions about the Big Apple. I'm happy to say that some of the most thoughtful, earnest, and considerate people I've met come from this great city - and that most of my negative precepts have long been proven wrong.

Anyway, the topic of this thread is "which city is most tiki". I'm glad you love chicago, it is a great city. but how is it tiki and why do you have to put down new york to compliment chicago?

take care,
tiki chris

[ Edited by: Tiki Chris 2005-08-30 09:45 ]

Post #182973 by Tiki Chris on Tue, Aug 30, 2005 9:30 AM