XPost: or.politics   
   From: jawod@fuse.net   
      
   darrint68@aol.com wrote:   
   > Larry Caldwell wrote:   
   >   
   >>In article <1147226768.604913.316080@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,   
   >>darrint68@aol.com (Darrin) says...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>Dave, not to rag on Oregonians, but next to Paris, London, Los Angeles   
   >>>or New York (aka The State That Has Everything, The World's Second   
   >>>Home, Greatest City In The World, The City, Naked City, Concrete   
   >>>Jungle, Big Apple, Gotham City, Metropolis, Empire State), there's   
   >>>absolutely BUPKESS doing out in Oregon!   
   >>   
   >>Having visited all those places, I would say that Paris is the only city   
   >>you named that is not sunk in total urban squalor.  You didn't mention   
   >>Vienna, but Vienna is quite nice, as cities go.   
   >>   
   >>New York City is popular with people who have never been anywhere else.   
   >>Culturally, some pretty good artists play NYC, because the money is   
   >>good.  Broadway is suffering because the real creative artists (writers)   
   >>no longer live in NYC, and don't write for Broadway.  The best shows are   
   >>warmed over revivals.  The real stage talent is in London, which is even   
   >>filthier than NYC, but the shows are better.  Musically, NYC is third   
   >>tier, behind a couple dozen cities with better talent.   
   >>New York does have the lock on the ignorant tourist T-shirt concession.   
   >   
   >   
   > Bull DRECK!ehe NYC IS still the cultural, financial, fashion, retail,   
   > trade, music, arts, real estate, cuisine, theatre, media &   
   > communications capital of the world! Home to Wall Street & the NYSE,   
   > Madison Avenue, Park Avenue, 5th Avenue, Central Park (world's most   
   > famous recreational park - home to Strawberry Fields Memorial),   
   > Juilliard, Soho, The Actors Studio, Little Italy, Tisch (NYU Film   
   > School), Fiorella LaGuardia HS For The Performing Arts (aka FAME),   
   > Tribeca Film Festival (De Niro's baby - pound for pound, the greatest   
   > film festival on earth), Hamptons Film Festival, Empire State Building   
   > (just celebrated its 75th B-day - world's most famous skyscraper),   
   > Brooklyn Bridge (world's first steel suspension bridge - most   
   > romanticized bridge in the world), Jacob Javits Center ("the busiest   
   > man in the Senate, sweet, Jewish NY Senator, world's most famous   
   > convention centereh), Museum of Modern Art (MOM - 250+ more museums in   
   > the museum capital of the world), Rockefeller Center/Plaza (NBC World   
   > Headquarters), Coney Island (America's First Amusement Park), Statue of   
   > Liberty, Ellis Island & The United Nations (3 of the greatest   
   > international symbols of life, liberty & the pursuit of happiness),   
   > Times Square (crossroads of the world -"The entire world turns to Times   
   > Square on New Year's" - Dick Clark), Broadway (great white way). NYC is   
   > also home to the greatest musical venues & concert events in the world:   
   > Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, MSG (Madison Square Garden),   
   > Apollo Theatre, Lincoln Center, MTV Studios, Studio 54 (formerly, now   
   > home to Broadway's Cabaret), Cotton Club, Rainbow Room at 30 Rock, RNR   
   > HOF Induction ceremonies at Waldorf Astoria, Woodstock at Bethel,   
   > Beatles on Ed Sullivan (theatre now used by Dave Letterman), Beatles At   
   > Shea, etc, etc! The Big Apple literally means "hub of media/music. The   
   > term surfaced during the '30s, among black musicians, who regarded NYC   
   > as the ultimate place to perform: "There are so many apples on the   
   > tree, but to play New York City is to play the Big Time...the Big   
   > Apple!" No other city on earth has as many recognizable international   
   > momuments and attractions.   
   >     As for total urban squalor!? LOL! Since 1993, NYC (1st capital of   
   > America from 1789-1790) has become the safest, largest city in the US!   
   > So nice to see that you view NYC with cliche' eyes that went out with   
   > Shattered by The Stones in the '70s!eehee For a city that has 8+   
   > million people and 13,000 tons of residential & institutional refuse,   
   > NYC is cleaner (per capita) than any other city on earth. The streets   
   > looks pretty darn clean to me! While every major city has its fair   
   > share of crime, how many can claim to be the safest, largest city? Only   
   > one! NYC leads the nation in every quality of life improvement: less   
   > crime, less litter, less homelessness, less pornography, less   
   > prostitution, less of everything that detracts from a city that is   
   > universally acknowledged as the greatest city in the world! NYC has no   
   > cultural equal! Every ethnicity from every part of the globe resides   
   > here! Even when NYC was riddled with crime, I still wouldn't want to   
   > live anywhere else. Especially out in the boonies of Oregon! ehehe   
   > Better to have a little crime (every major city does) than to be bored   
   > out of your friggin' mind!eheheh Remember, Lady Liberty beckons only   
   > the best! eh Anyone with talent, beauty, or money eventually winds up   
   > in The Big Apple to find out where they stand against the best of the   
   > best.   
   >   Here's a little hint: Matt Damon (et al) is residing in Manhattan   
   > (center of the universe), not London, not Paris, and not Vienna.   
   > Because even if you combined all three, it still wouldn't equal the   
   > greatest enrichent for cultural & the arts - NYC!  The same city that   
   > has produced & inspired more celebrities and notables than any other   
   > city on earth! The same city that welcomes 36.7M tourists each and   
   > every year. The #1 tourist destination for international visitors, with   
   > Britain leading the pack. NYC IS the Greatest Show on Earth! eh And   
   > that's precisely why it was targeted by those bastard terrorists on   
   > 9/11. Much in the same way the Beatles chose it to begin their   
   > invasion. You go with the biggest and best city in the world, because   
   > it provides you with the most exposure in the world! -D, NYC "You know,   
   > the more they knock New York, the bigger it gets!" - WILL ROGERS.."I   
   > thank God I was born on the banks of the Hudson!" - WASHINGTON IRVING,   
   > poet/author, 1809.."'Cause everyone's your friend in New York City..And   
   > everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty..The streets   
   > are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see..But the best   
   > thing about New York City is you and me..Statue of Liberty, Staten   
   > Island Ferry, Co-op City, Katz's and Tiffany's..Central Park, Brooklyn   
   > Bridge, The Empire State where Dylan lived..Coney Island and Times   
   > Square, Rockefeller Center..Wish I was there" - THEY MIGHT BE   
   > GIANTS.."The more I travel across the gravel..The more I sail the sea.   
   > The more I feel convinced to the fact, New York's the town for me. That   
   > crazy skyline is right in my line. And when I'm far away, I'm able to   
   > bear it for several hours.. Then I brake down and say: Take me back to   
   > Manhattan...Take me back to New York...I'm just longing to see once   
   > more..my little home on the hundredth floor" - COLE PORTER.."There's a   
   > boat dat's leavin' soon for New York. Come wid me, dat's where we   
      
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