Center Of The World: NYC

New York City smells of dog piss in the warm months. Much nicer in the cool months.

 

Miami's rich close to poverty is more pronounced than Philly's and New York's is essentially the same. Cincinnati and St. Louis are close to that, too.

 

NYC around the holidays is awesome

 

If you are judging cities by olfactory readings, you are probably going to end up loving the Minneapolises of the world.

 

Oddly, that was my least favorite time of the year there. You can only tell some white bread family from Omaha where Rockefeller Plaza is so many times til your homicidal instincts kick in.

 

You really can't miss Rockefeller Plaza. They had to be dumb. Listen for the tune playing at Saks Fifth Avenue. Look for the Golden Angels and the huge ice skating rink. And the taller than normal tower. Now that I think about it, I see why you got angry.

 

Shreveport smells like 15,000 cattle rotting in water no matter what time of the year.

 

Especially when you factor in that when I dealt with them I was usually coming from the Garden or my favorite Irish or Aussie pubs.

 

My favorite cities:

Chicago
San Francisco
Milwaukee/Madison (depending on my mood)
Arequipa, Peru
Santo Domingo

Worst

Atlanta
Lima, Peru
Suva, Fiji
Cancun

Dying to see:

Auckland
Rio
Vienna
Barcelona
Thimphu

Also, shockingly, I've been around a little bit, but never to NYC. Crazy.

 

Vienna nice. Innsbruck nicer.

 

Personally, I love winter --- ice (on roads and tress) not so much. Seems every 4-6 yrs they get it pretty good (last, '09 was brutal), otherwise agree.

IIRC, she said that particular winter was one of those yrs, colder more snow and storms than normal (just her luck), the “bone cutting” wind chill sealed it for her.

"Awfully gray..." I’ve lived in Seattle (still have a home there), no comparison.

 

I've been at Christmas, It was ok, but being shoulder to shoulder with a milliion people, standing in line to 45 minutes to piss, and the dipshit cabs that have the heater up to 120 degrees made it not so great to me. I'd rather spend Christmas in the mountains of East Tennessee with a large fireplace and sledding down a hill with my girls.

 

Loved Auckland and Barcelona. Hope you (soon) have a chance

 

Yeah, Christmas and NYE fun times

 

You don't like people, do you?

 

Barcelona is a shithole

 

Says the LA resident.

 

I'm thinking you haven been to both cities.

 

Yes. Barcelona twice ('00-'07) w/ future visit upcoming. LA numerous times. Maybe we can catch a quick drink during one those visits.

 

LA is Monte Carlo compared to Barcelona.