tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post5713050365426530317..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Yunnipocalypse Now!Jeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-7326785361068572212013-11-19T22:10:00.662-05:002013-11-19T22:10:00.662-05:00Anon 2010,
The 1990's weren't as bad as yo...Anon 2010,<br />The 1990's weren't as bad as you described. Well, maybe, a little. But I haven't been in New York City since 15 July 2000. I miss it so much, it hurts. There were lots of complaints about former Mayor Giuliani making Manhattan too sterile in the 1990's. I don't know what it is like now, in comparison. <br /><br />The brouhaha over the new Taxi of New York is not a good sign. Everyone (with the exception of the taxicab fleet owners, the cab drivers, NYC residents, passengers, fuel efficiency advocates) seemed to like the taxis.<br /><br />My beloved Amalgamated Bank of New York is now staffed by product managers and merchant bankers from JPM with marketing MBAs instead of the elderly ladies and former garment workers who used to work there. My local branch was at Third Avenue and E. 21st Street. I wonder if there are any social workers at Bellevue? Do social workers even exist in the post-knowledge economy? I read a lot about social justice, but there is very little evidence of such.Ellie Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231840376889029260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-45564041569723718282010-09-04T22:33:53.635-04:002010-09-04T22:33:53.635-04:00what i think he meant is that in the 90's you ...what i think he meant is that in the 90's you would see homeless men shooting heroin. While thats not what this city needs, it still needs some character. The 90's were perfect, now any crime that was slightly common back then is a felony they'll send you to rikers for.Therefore, they cleaned it up, but too much, to the point that its restricting personal freedom. I only hope that it falls back down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-5605821984074195432009-02-10T07:57:00.000-05:002009-02-10T07:57:00.000-05:00don't worry, i am sure MePa and the 9th Avenue pla...don't worry, i am sure MePa and the 9th Avenue plaza will endure despite critique from me or anybody else.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-74852877190591281252009-02-09T20:38:00.000-05:002009-02-09T20:38:00.000-05:00Jeremiah,I generally agree that the city is changi...Jeremiah,<BR/><BR/>I generally agree that the city is changing to suit the needs of a richer crowd. However, you cite the plaza on Ninth Ave as an Epcot-style European village. Why do you hate this? It's not sterile, it's just kinda new. You know what, it provides a nice place to sit and read, maybe strike up a conversation. What the hell is wrong with that? Would a European village EVER have a plaza in the middle of a noisy intersection? Nope. The streets, the buildings, the parks; everything was new at one point. Yes, complete redevelopment is often quite sterile (see Battery Park City). However, the tone of your post tells me that you just hate ANYTHING new. Your just a nimby opposed to change.<BR/><BR/>Here's a newsflash. You live in a city. City's grow and change. That's how they become hotbeds of culture. The culture in the city isn't gone, it's just moved to different parts of the city, while you sit in the same place and cry about the change. Maybe you should go and explore other parts of the city. Find the new and interesting spots. Give everyone else a break.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-80850298657480223792009-02-03T16:19:00.000-05:002009-02-03T16:19:00.000-05:00thanks tom, i'll look for itthanks tom, i'll look for itJeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-26536869179501006362009-01-30T16:13:00.000-05:002009-01-30T16:13:00.000-05:00Does this mean no more double strollers and misera...Does this mean no more double strollers and miserable, undisciplined brats? One can only hope ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-45011938724755148392009-01-29T14:03:00.000-05:002009-01-29T14:03:00.000-05:00If you're longing for the "good old days" in New Y...If you're longing for the "good old days" in New York, Jeremiah, pick up a copy of "108th Street" by T David Lee, a very funny story about growing up in the City in the 1950s. Should be right up your alley. Keep up the good work here.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04886555509857774367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-73368095695962779662009-01-29T13:41:00.000-05:002009-01-29T13:41:00.000-05:00I hope the yuppies are afraid of NYC. I've had ve...I hope the yuppies are afraid of NYC. I've had very little hope<BR/>about NYC returning to its roots, especially after seeing so many<BR/>interesting neighborhoods decay from beauty to soulless blocks birthed for profit. A concrete suburbia. I'm sick of spoiled outta towners moving in and hiking up the rents in neighborhoods that should contain affordability, culture, and a variety of personalities. I have no pity for the greedy that are now in shambles. <BR/><BR/>I hope this economy, in a strange tide of events, saves the real<BR/>New York. Is it so selfish to want the city that I've stayed loyal<BR/>to throughout the years to have it's personality back?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all the articles Jeremiah, keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-63098033436279151512009-01-29T12:59:00.000-05:002009-01-29T12:59:00.000-05:00I too welcome this change and view it as positive ...I too welcome this change and view it as positive for NYC. Case in point: last night I actually got a table at the Corner Bistro and barely had to wait. The yuppie douchenozzles that have made it impossible to enjoy myself there for the last 5+ years? Gone. That asshole waiter (the Asian guy) who doesn't give a shit about you? Still there. And I love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-76295382272782694402009-01-29T12:22:00.000-05:002009-01-29T12:22:00.000-05:00But you gotta link to these dumb broads' blog: htt...But you gotta link to these dumb broads' blog: http://dabagirls.wordpress.com/<BR/><BR/>"Remember when together you and your FBF felt like you could conquer the world? It was great to be in New York, in love, and young (FYI non-New York readers, Young = under 40). There was nothing you two couldn’t do. No velvet rope that couldn’t be lifted, no secret handshake you weren’t privy to. Together the two of you were going to ascend the corporate ladder and then, after you had stashed away enough cash, you would turn your attention towards more philanthropic and artistic pursuits. Libraries and universities would bear your surname. You were going to be the Carnegies and Rockefellers of the new millennium…But those were the aspirations of BR. Dares’t we now dream of more than a brownstone in Park Slope, Brooklyn?"<BR/><BR/>Ooooh, I gotta settle for shitting up Park Slope?aka Victoria Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10803694831814853444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-67811397811368071952009-01-29T11:41:00.000-05:002009-01-29T11:41:00.000-05:00i wish i knew who did the comic. i hate to put thi...i wish i knew who did the comic. i hate to put things up without a credit. if anyone knows, please tell us. thanks.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-3274426485221269512009-01-29T10:14:00.000-05:002009-01-29T10:14:00.000-05:00I wish, but doubt it. "People are more likely to ...I wish, but doubt it. <BR/><BR/><I>"People are more likely to want to live in New York if they ....make more than $100,000, have never been married, have no children, ..." and </I>"are preferred by women." per <A HREF="New%20York%20was%20more%20likely%20to%20be%20preferred%20by%20women" REL="nofollow">NYT</A>esquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-25092857344138047822009-01-29T10:03:00.000-05:002009-01-29T10:03:00.000-05:00i believe your argument is quite valid, and pray y...i believe your argument is quite valid, and pray you're right. too many people out there take the city for granted and ruin its very unique character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-70785591482424503602009-01-29T09:43:00.000-05:002009-01-29T09:43:00.000-05:00Jeremiah, can you please tell me who is the comic ...Jeremiah, can you please tell me who is the comic artist of "Invasion of the Rich Fuckers"? Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-74527152081052222792009-01-29T08:59:00.000-05:002009-01-29T08:59:00.000-05:00Bloomy and his minions are the ones pushing the "b...Bloomy and his minions are the ones pushing the "bad old days" fear factor in the press. Change would be bad now! We need to reelect him! Keep him in office! He'll make it all better!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I hope you're right, JM...and the end is near.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-35803406708125575562009-01-29T08:46:00.000-05:002009-01-29T08:46:00.000-05:00Perhaps the recent extreme downturn in the econonm...Perhaps the recent extreme downturn in the econonmy will become the main plot of the next Sex and The City sequel?<BR/><BR/>One of the Sex in The City yunnies gets pushed in front of a fast moving subway train or MTA bus by a homeless person.<BR/><BR/>Or<BR/><BR/>The ghost of Taxi Ray Kottner returns to seek revenge on all of the yunnie transplant scumbags standing in line for cupcakes on the Bleecker Street sidewalks by plowing his taxi over them at 80+ m.p.h.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-75017173349405785622009-01-29T07:47:00.000-05:002009-01-29T07:47:00.000-05:00When the big Blue behemoth first went up I said I ...When the big Blue behemoth first went up I said I thought it would last as a lux building for a few decades, then fall into disrepair, eventually be populated by squatters, and 150 years from now someone would form a committee to save the building from the bulldozer. They would remember it as one of the first sore thumbs on the east side and think about it nostalgically. "Remember those yuppies who ruined our parents' neighborhood? They were so fun to hate." Maybe they'll rename the building Cookie Monster. It's a nice fantasy, anyway, second only to the thing imploding when no one's in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com