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T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Thu, May 25, 2006 1:35 PM On 2006-05-24 23:27, donhonyc wrote: There has definitely been alot of that here in NYC in the last ten years. I know! I went to NYC a few times in the 70s (as a teenager) and into the early 80s (in my early 20s) and didn't go back until 1999. What a change! It seemed safer but more generic. I remember the old Times Square / 42nd. Street and how sketchy it was, but very exciting! Last time I was so bored with the Disney version of Times Square and didn't stay long. Also, in the 80s the Village and Soho still had many old coffee houses and artists but they were starting to change. The East Village was full of punk rockers and students. Now Soho is full of chain stores like the Gap and the East Village is yuppie central. I'm not knocking New York - it's still the best city for the arts, architecture, and cuisine in the U.S. And I've been hearing great things about the bars lately. But it's too bad when some of the things that typify New York disappear (like the Checker cabs).

On 2006-05-24 23:27, donhonyc wrote:

There has definitely been alot of that here in NYC in the last ten years.

I know! I went to NYC a few times in the 70s (as a teenager) and into the early 80s (in my early 20s) and didn't go back until 1999. What a change! It seemed safer but more generic. I remember the old Times Square / 42nd. Street and how sketchy it was, but very exciting! Last time I was so bored with the Disney version of Times Square and didn't stay long.

Also, in the 80s the Village and Soho still had many old coffee houses and artists but they were starting to change. The East Village was full of punk rockers and students. Now Soho is full of chain stores like the Gap and the East Village is yuppie central.

I'm not knocking New York - it's still the best city for the arts, architecture, and cuisine in the U.S. And I've been hearing great things about the bars lately. But it's too bad when some of the things that typify New York disappear (like the Checker cabs).

Post #233976 by thejab on Thu, May 25, 2006 1:35 PM