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Some like me will recall NYC of the ‘70’s and ‘’80’s; porn, prostitutes and drugs being openly marketed on the sidewalks of Downtown Manhattan. We lived 30 minutes away from NYC and rarely went, like most of our neighbors or anyone else anywhere in New York State.
Giuliani gets credit for turning things around, and his timing musta been right; a demand that led to gentrification of whole neighborhoods.
For the last 20 years at least taking the train to Grand Central to spend a day in Manhattan was a thing.... great restaurants, shows, Chinatown, Empire State Building, Museum of Natural History, Central Park etc etc........
Dunno what’s going to happen now, or where the pendulum will swing back to.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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If we as conservatvies and patriotic Americans truly had a green light to *take care of business and knew there was no law enforcement to contend with afterwards, how many of us would do a damn thing? Criminals sure will, but I doubt many of us would leave our comfortable Lazyboy.
Think about it, NO COPS, no repercussions. Sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime. Of ten lifetimes. An opportunity for the ages! Everyone talks about a "reset", well, here you go. I can PROMISE you I would take advantage of that...
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went"
Will Rogers
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Never been to NYC. Looks like I never will. Only passed through the area on the way to go deer hunting in Maine. Couple of rifles behind the seat of the pickup were a comfort.
"No good deed shall go unpunished!"
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I imagine, that since many of them know they brought the city forward from the armpit that it was in the early 1980's, the believe it can be done again..
They may also bide their time for when deblasio gets desperate, or tossed out at which time they will have the upper hand.
But that is just speculation on my part....
-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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If we as conservatvies and patriotic Americans truly had a green light to *take care of business and knew there was no law enforcement to contend with afterwards, how many of us would do a damn thing? Criminals sure will, but I doubt many of us would leave our comfortable Lazyboy.
Think about it, NO COPS, no repercussions. Sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime. Of ten lifetimes. An opportunity for the ages! Everyone talks about a "reset", well, here you go. I can PROMISE you I would take advantage of that... If we as conservatvies and patriotic Americans truly had a green light to *take care of business and knew there was no law enforcement to contend with afterwards, how many of us would do a damn thing? Criminals sure will, but I doubt many of us would leave our comfortable Lazyboy.
Think about it, NO COPS, no repercussions. Sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime. Of ten lifetimes. An opportunity for the ages! Everyone talks about a "reset", well, here you go. I can PROMISE you I would take advantage of that... I would stack [bleep] up like cordwood. Said it yesterday, our only hope to save the republic is a complete descent into chaos and lawlessness so we can get to the business of doing what needs done.
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I have a Nephew up there, and if things get bad for him, he's on his own. Nobody made him live in that glorified sewer.
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Lennie: In this instance Sean ""the interrupter" Hannity is absofuckinlutely correct!
Sad though.
Hold into the wind
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The last time I was in New York was 1982. Before that, a few annual conventions before the industry moved them.
The sign on the New York Hilton cautioned guests not to go out at night. One of our guys got mugged at the airport and then when entering the Hilton. He told the second mugger he'd already been cleaned out.
Nobody owned a car. Rent on a parking space cost more than an apartment in any other place. Transportation consisted of stepping to the curb and waving a $20 bill to attract a taxi.
Probably much worse 38 years later.
Don't blame me. I voted for Trump.
Democrats would burn this country to the ground, if they could rule over the ashes.
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