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I love visiting. I usually hang out in Greenwich Village and bum around comedy clubs inbetween adventures to find the best soup dumplings.
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Quoted: Not really, there are many terrible pizza places in NYC. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Sorry, OP, you're wrong on this one. Go and get some culture, history and food. Yes, commie shithole filled with commies. But.... What to do.... Pizza - anywhere Bagels - anywhere The Intrepid Air/Space Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Natural History/Hayden Planetarium Staten Island Ferry (free) Fraunces Tavern (on Wall St, where Washington gave his Farewell Address to his troops) Empire State Building 9/11 memorial Statue of Liberty Circle Line boat tour That's just to start - tons more to do... Not really, there are many terrible pizza places in NYC. |
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Quoted: Legit Chicago Deep Dish is better anyways. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Sorry, OP, you're wrong on this one. Go and get some culture, history and food. Yes, commie shithole filled with commies. But.... What to do.... Pizza - anywhere Bagels - anywhere The Intrepid Air/Space Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Natural History/Hayden Planetarium Staten Island Ferry (free) Fraunces Tavern (on Wall St, where Washington gave his Farewell Address to his troops) Empire State Building 9/11 memorial Statue of Liberty Circle Line boat tour That's just to start - tons more to do... Not really, there are many terrible pizza places in NYC. Chicago deep dish is an abomination unto man and god. |
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Quoted: Legit Chicago Deep Dish is better anyways. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Sorry, OP, you're wrong on this one. Go and get some culture, history and food. Yes, commie shithole filled with commies. But.... What to do.... Pizza - anywhere Bagels - anywhere The Intrepid Air/Space Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Natural History/Hayden Planetarium Staten Island Ferry (free) Fraunces Tavern (on Wall St, where Washington gave his Farewell Address to his troops) Empire State Building 9/11 memorial Statue of Liberty Circle Line boat tour That's just to start - tons more to do... Not really, there are many terrible pizza places in NYC. Dammit Miami. I like you but I gotta vehemently disagree with you on this. |
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Quoted: I agree with the OP. I have zero interest in going to NYC. I have no need to travel thousands of miles to a dangerous, shit ridden city run by communists who hate everything I stand for, just to get mugged on the subway while on the way to pay $10 for a bagel. ETA: Even better are the replies saying as soon as you get there NYC'ers are sizing tourists up like they are fresh fish. Yeah NYC is such a great place, so much to see but don't stop to look at it because you'll get cussed at by the 50 New Yorkers behind you. Such fun! Surely this is the greatest city on Earth! View Quote Is this your general approach to life? To find opinions expressed by other people and use them to justify having no practical experience of your own? |
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Quoted: The thread is abusive. A guy from Alabama doesn't want to go to NYC. No big deal. So everyone starts dogpiling on him like they are culturally woke art fags and he is a Neanderthal. Frankly I'd rather hang out with the OP night fishing for catfish on some river or lake down in Alabama and drinking beer. That's a good time. Eating a bagel and going to see a Broadway show? LMAO! View Quote Attached File |
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Quoted: If I had two days in the city, I would break it down into the following... Day one: Tenement Museum, Katz's lunch, dive bar tour, pizza dinner, live jazz in a basement (Small's), night cap at a great bar. Day two: Uptown museum (Met, MoMA or Nat Hist), Central Park Zoo, Great Lunch, Hotel Bar cocktails, High-end dining, Live Brazilian Jazz (Zinc Bar), night cap at a great bar. View Quote Saved, thank you. I live about 2 hours away and haven't been there since 99. Time to go back for a couple days. |
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Upstate NY is beautiful, but I will never step one foot in that hell hole NYC, communist filth
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I do tend to avoid cities in the US where I can't carry as most of those have been surrendered to the criminals by leftist politicians. And I grew up in a more violent city than most of them. I don't feel the same overseas and I've been to huge cities like London, Paris, Rome, etc where I stumbled around the city at night bar hopping, but never NYC. If I have to go there for work or something cool, but I have little desire to go there. When on vacation I always tend to enjoy the rural parts more than the megacities. I'd go back to France and drive around Normandy and the Loire Valley in a heartbeat. But Paris? No thanks, was the least good part of the trip. Same for another UK trip, I'd do maybe one day in London.
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Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question:
If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? |
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NYC can be fun but it's very overrated. If I had the chance to on vacation at 100 different places for a week each, NYC wouldn't be on the list.
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Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? View Quote |
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Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? View Quote |
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New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is the only place in the ENTIRE fucking US where you can find a decent collection of medieval knight armor on display. There isn't even a single museum in the west coast with medieval armor at all, I have to travel all the way there just to see one IRL.
Adam Savage Tours the MET''s Last Knight Exhibit! |
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Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? View Quote In Manhattan? John's or Lombardi's If leaving Manhattan, there are tons of great pizza places in Brooklyn, and even MORE convenient is to take the PATH to Jersey City. |
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Quoted: Chicago Deep Dish is better anyways. NYC Pizza is luke warm cardboard given a thin spread of watery tomato sauce and crappy cheese. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? Latter has been my experience, mostly. Not really a fan of Deep Dish except in small doses. Chicago thin crust is the gold standard for me, generally. |
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Quoted: Chicago Deep Dish is better anyways. NYC Pizza is luke warm cardboard given a thin spread of watery tomato sauce and crappy cheese. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? Deep Dish "pizza" is a disgusting, soupy casserole. It's not actually pizza. |
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Quoted: Deep Dish "pizza" is a disgusting, soupy casserole. It's not actually pizza. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? Deep Dish "pizza" is a disgusting, soupy casserole. It's not actually pizza. Correct. It’s lasagna that fails at being lasagna, cake that fails at being cake, pizza that fails at being pizza. Chicago deep dish is ontologically flawed. |
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Quoted: In Manhattan? John's or Lombardi's If leaving Manhattan, there are tons of great pizza places in Brooklyn, and even MORE convenient is to take the PATH to Jersey City. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? In Manhattan? John's or Lombardi's If leaving Manhattan, there are tons of great pizza places in Brooklyn, and even MORE convenient is to take the PATH to Jersey City. I dragged the wife to Brooklyn once about 10 years ago and still haven't hears the end of it. It's definitely gotta stay Manhattan, and probably south of the park, to get her to buy off on it. I'd had someone recommend Joe's, but the place looked awful touristy. Might give John's a try. The location is wife-friendly. Danke. |
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Quoted: Correct. It’s lasagna that fails at being lasagna, cake that fails at being cake, pizza that fails at being pizza. Chicago deep dish is ontologically flawed. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? Deep Dish "pizza" is a disgusting, soupy casserole. It's not actually pizza. Correct. It’s lasagna that fails at being lasagna, cake that fails at being cake, pizza that fails at being pizza. Chicago deep dish is ontologically flawed. As long as you fuckers don't call it "Chicago-style pizza," I personally don't care what else you call it. |
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Quoted: Is this your general approach to life? To find opinions expressed by other people and use them to justify having no practical experience of your own? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: I agree with the OP. I have zero interest in going to NYC. I have no need to travel thousands of miles to a dangerous, shit ridden city run by communists who hate everything I stand for, just to get mugged on the subway while on the way to pay $10 for a bagel. ETA: Even better are the replies saying as soon as you get there NYC'ers are sizing tourists up like they are fresh fish. Yeah NYC is such a great place, so much to see but don't stop to look at it because you'll get cussed at by the 50 New Yorkers behind you. Such fun! Surely this is the greatest city on Earth! Is this your general approach to life? To find opinions expressed by other people and use them to justify having no practical experience of your own? Are you trying to suggest that because I personally haven't been mugged in an NYC subway, been accosted on a sidewalk or been ripped off by oppressive taxes and fees imposed by a corrupt leftist mafia government, that I can't have an opinion or make decisions about where to spend my free time? A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. I love traveling and have visited a great many places, and have had many experiences in my life. None of them (except maybe paying for overpriced food) have involved the things described above, by design. Its a big, beautiful country with so many places to see, both historic and scenic. Its peculiar to me how some people view NYC as some mecca that must be visited to be truly "cultured" or some other nonsense. I call BS on that. |
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Quoted: Dammit Miami. I like you but I gotta vehemently disagree with you on this. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Sorry, OP, you're wrong on this one. Go and get some culture, history and food. Yes, commie shithole filled with commies. But.... What to do.... Pizza - anywhere Bagels - anywhere The Intrepid Air/Space Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Natural History/Hayden Planetarium Staten Island Ferry (free) Fraunces Tavern (on Wall St, where Washington gave his Farewell Address to his troops) Empire State Building 9/11 memorial Statue of Liberty Circle Line boat tour That's just to start - tons more to do... Not really, there are many terrible pizza places in NYC. Dammit Miami. I like you but I gotta vehemently disagree with you on this. Like BBQ, can't we love all of God's cheesy, tomato laden, doughy creations? There's room for both the Neapolitan cracker and the Pizzeria Uno casserole, the 2AM reheated sausage and cheese slice, the clam pie, the Quatro Formaggi, the Hawaiian, and the humble pepperoni. I liked several of the by the slice joints in the greater NYC area. Basile's, Joe's, 99 cent. Razza in Jersey City is pretty damned good. Stone Bridge was a lot better than you'd expect. Weirdly, the best pizza I've ever had is in Montana. Really. |
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Quoted: I dragged the wife to Brooklyn once about 10 years ago and still haven't hears the end of it. It's definitely gotta stay Manhattan, and probably south of the park, to get her to buy off on it. I'd had someone recommend Joe's, but the place looked awful touristy. Might give John's a try. The location is wife-friendly. Danke. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? In Manhattan? John's or Lombardi's If leaving Manhattan, there are tons of great pizza places in Brooklyn, and even MORE convenient is to take the PATH to Jersey City. I dragged the wife to Brooklyn once about 10 years ago and still haven't hears the end of it. It's definitely gotta stay Manhattan, and probably south of the park, to get her to buy off on it. I'd had someone recommend Joe's, but the place looked awful touristy. Might give John's a try. The location is wife-friendly. Danke. Lombardi's is the oldest, so there is historical significance. Great location, too. |
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Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? View Quote Define NYC pizza. There's a few kinds. The reheated slice place...Basile's in Jersey City was really quite good. Joe's in Manhattan was also good. Didn't make Giordano's or Lombardi's or John's. Razza, also in Jersey City, is excellent. But not the fold like paper plate and eat style. Almost as good as their hype. Much easier to get the order to go than eat-in. EDIT: Cincy's note about the PATH is on point. Extremely easy to get to Jersey City/Hoboken and back. And I'm definitely trying the two days in NYC itinerary when I go back there. |
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Been multiple times and I am not a fan at all. Sure there was some good food, but I have had good food all over the world. I HATED the traffic. Hated the parking. Hated the airport. Everything was crowded and expensive and people were generally unpleasant. Now I did enjoy the Hudson Valley area, but wouldn't go back on personal time.
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View Quote That's twice you've used that and yet, you admit you've never been there. If you don't want to go then don't. It's not that hard to figure out. Talk about being small minded. Click. |
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Damned glad I escaped 30+ years ago, but I still enjoy visiting from time to time.
The opinion of those who have never set foot there is little more than a large pile of shit. |
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Have decent transportation for sure, CitiBike docks and dining sheds have taken up parking space. Plus utility work and construction is up too.
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Most days ARFCOMERS deride the large, Democrat run liberal, shithole cities. Multiple examples are always provided as to why these cites are unsafe, have ridiculous laws or application of the laws, or are havens for criminals including illegals and politicians.
But this OP points out that he doesn’t wish to accompany his wife to the rotten apple, one of the biggest shitholes and about half of the responders say you don’t know what you are missing. Ooh the restaurants, ooh the museums, ooh the history. Put your money where your mouth is. Don’t support these liberal shitholes. Don’t give them your tourism dollars. Don’t buy from companies that choose to remain in these communist states. Support freedom. |
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Quoted: Are you trying to suggest that because I personally haven't been mugged in an NYC subway, been accosted on a sidewalk or been ripped off by oppressive taxes and fees imposed by a corrupt leftist mafia government, that I can't have an opinion or make decisions about where to spend my free time? A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. I love traveling and have visited a great many places, and have had many experiences in my life. None of them (except maybe paying for overpriced food) have involved the things described above, by design. Its a big, beautiful country with so many places to see, both historic and scenic. Its peculiar to me how some people view NYC as some mecca that must be visited to be truly "cultured" or some other nonsense. I call BS on that. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I agree with the OP. I have zero interest in going to NYC. I have no need to travel thousands of miles to a dangerous, shit ridden city run by communists who hate everything I stand for, just to get mugged on the subway while on the way to pay $10 for a bagel. ETA: Even better are the replies saying as soon as you get there NYC'ers are sizing tourists up like they are fresh fish. Yeah NYC is such a great place, so much to see but don't stop to look at it because you'll get cussed at by the 50 New Yorkers behind you. Such fun! Surely this is the greatest city on Earth! Is this your general approach to life? To find opinions expressed by other people and use them to justify having no practical experience of your own? Are you trying to suggest that because I personally haven't been mugged in an NYC subway, been accosted on a sidewalk or been ripped off by oppressive taxes and fees imposed by a corrupt leftist mafia government, that I can't have an opinion or make decisions about where to spend my free time? A wise man learns from the mistakes of others. I love traveling and have visited a great many places, and have had many experiences in my life. None of them (except maybe paying for overpriced food) have involved the things described above, by design. Its a big, beautiful country with so many places to see, both historic and scenic. Its peculiar to me how some people view NYC as some mecca that must be visited to be truly "cultured" or some other nonsense. I call BS on that. Obviously you can have an opinion, you are expressing one now. The issue at hand is whether your opinion is your own, or someone else's. Continue to live life as you see fit. Don't let me get in your way. |
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NYC is cool for a couple days. Been there a few times, lots to do. No one is saying you have to move there, but for sight seeing for a weekend it's something else. NYC is not my cup of tea, but I roll with it while I'm there. And the MET is damn impressive.
Recently tagged along with the wife on her work trip to Boston. I had never been there before. That place is cool too, if you like history (which I do). I wouldn't choose to live there, but for a few days it was fine. |
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Quoted: Did you fall and bump your head? NYC and North NJ are where the best pizza can be had, even if you’re a hater of the area. Chicago tomato casserole in a bread bowl sucks. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Sorry, OP, you're wrong on this one. Go and get some culture, history and food. Yes, commie shithole filled with commies. But.... What to do.... Pizza - anywhere Bagels - anywhere The Intrepid Air/Space Museum Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Natural History/Hayden Planetarium Staten Island Ferry (free) Fraunces Tavern (on Wall St, where Washington gave his Farewell Address to his troops) Empire State Building 9/11 memorial Statue of Liberty Circle Line boat tour That's just to start - tons more to do... Not really, there are many terrible pizza places in NYC. Did you fall and bump your head? NYC and North NJ are where the best pizza can be had, even if you’re a hater of the area. Chicago tomato casserole in a bread bowl sucks. Then why eat it? I don't know why people find this so difficult. Here. I googled a random article recommending Chicago pizza restaurants. https://www.timeout.com/chicago/restaurants/best-pizza-in-chicago 32 restaurants. Only 3 featuring Deep Dish. It is a Chicago Style (and, inexplicably, growing increasingly popular). Only ignoramuses consider it "the" Chicago style. You can literally walk into any of hundreds of pizza places in the region and find nothing like it on the menu. |
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Quoted: Define NYC pizza. There's a few kinds. The reheated slice place...Basile's in Jersey City was really quite good. Joe's in Manhattan was also good. Didn't make Giordano's or Lombardi's or John's. Razza, also in Jersey City, is excellent. But not the fold like paper plate and eat style. Almost as good as their hype. Much easier to get the order to go than eat-in. EDIT: Cincy's note about the PATH is on point. Extremely easy to get to Jersey City/Hoboken and back. And I'm definitely trying the two days in NYC itinerary when I go back there. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Since we have so many seasoned NYC livers or travelers in this thread, a question: If you had a someone from elsewhere else dismissing the alleged superiority of NYC pizza, where would you tell him he had to go to be proven wrong? Define NYC pizza. There's a few kinds. The reheated slice place...Basile's in Jersey City was really quite good. Joe's in Manhattan was also good. Didn't make Giordano's or Lombardi's or John's. Razza, also in Jersey City, is excellent. But not the fold like paper plate and eat style. Almost as good as their hype. Much easier to get the order to go than eat-in. EDIT: Cincy's note about the PATH is on point. Extremely easy to get to Jersey City/Hoboken and back. And I'm definitely trying the two days in NYC itinerary when I go back there. Unlike the morans here that insist Chicago pizza has to be deep dish, I'm asking those who rave about NYC to tell me how to define it, and where to go (with my admittedly unfair Manhattan qualifier, however). |
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If it is a school thing, be sure to have her point out to the other members of her team that this is what Democrat control of a city leads to.
Used to be decent and under Giuliani and Bloomberg actually got pretty nice, took years to recover after Dinkins. Did love Broadway and the parks but not anymore. |
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Quoted: Did you fall and bump your head? NYC and North NJ are where the best pizza can be had, even if you're a hater of the area. Like anywhere, there is also crap pizza, but for good pizza NY/NNJ sets the standard. Chicago tomato casserole in a bread bowl sucks. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69531/IMG_7631-2866570.jpg It's right next to this place if you want some bad ass cold cuts https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/69531/IMG_7632-2866572.png View Quote |
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Quoted: Cross pizza off the list of reasons to go, I guess. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61196/Screenshot_20230628_125606_DuckDuckGo_jp-2866585.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61196/nyc-pizza-oven-crackdown-heats-up-v0-hv6-2866587.JPG View Quote GD told me there were no horse carriage rides in Central Park anymore either. Maybe it's best not to confuse what one political faction or another is advocating, with reality. |
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Then stay the fuck home. Nobody cares if you waste your life watching grass grow and thinking Olive Garden is the peak of italian food.
I'll lead a horse to water but I aint gonna stick my head up his ass and suck if he won't drink. |
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Quoted: GD told me there were no horse carriage rides in Central Park anymore either. Maybe it's best not to confuse what one political faction or another is advocating, with reality. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Cross pizza off the list of reasons to go, I guess. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61196/Screenshot_20230628_125606_DuckDuckGo_jp-2866585.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61196/nyc-pizza-oven-crackdown-heats-up-v0-hv6-2866587.JPG GD told me there were no horse carriage rides in Central Park anymore either. Maybe it's best not to confuse what one political faction or another is advocating, with reality. |
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Quoted: If you can’t find something to enjoy in NYC, you are miserable in all aspects of life. It’s not a place I’d live, but the food and drink alone are fantastic. That is to say nothing of the history. It’s not a place I need to see more than once, but I’m glad I have gone. It was a ton of fun - and I’m not a fan of cities in general. View Quote This. Lighten up Francis. |
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Quoted: Horse Carriage rides are still being done last I checked. But then again, there are some in GD truly afraid of leaving their basements and touching grass. So they'll believe anything and everything posted on Reddit, Facebook, or Truth Social. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Cross pizza off the list of reasons to go, I guess. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61196/Screenshot_20230628_125606_DuckDuckGo_jp-2866585.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/61196/nyc-pizza-oven-crackdown-heats-up-v0-hv6-2866587.JPG GD told me there were no horse carriage rides in Central Park anymore either. Maybe it's best not to confuse what one political faction or another is advocating, with reality. The word Truth is right in the name. What do you have against Truth? |
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Gotta say OP, I lived WAY out in the hills and was perfectly content with my horses, cattle and guns
Seeing NYC was something my wife had wanted to do since she was a little girl so I surprised her on her 35th birthday and booked a week-long trip. I ended up enjoying myself. The entire trip was worth it seeing how excited she was and how much fun she had. |
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