As one born and brought up in the concrete jungle of London, I've travelled to NYC a few times and ended up living there for a few months in December 2004, taking shots for an exhibition I wanted to do.
Yes, all you described above definitely exists, however!..... I never got harassed on the subway, or in the streets, walking in what some may describe as not so desirable areas. I think it has a lot to do with the way you walk, the way you engage with others with your eyes. Many New Yorkers just look down or into their phones, similar to a lot of busy cities these days, there is no connection.
Seeing so much chewing gum pressed into the pavements shocked me! I'd never seen so much!
But it wasn't just the food that was amazing, the many different types of restaurants, bars and cafes, along with the wonderful people you could meet in there.
The music! The fact you could walk down one street and into many small bars and be listening to awesome jazz in one, soul, salsa or classical music in another. The Blue Note was one of my favourites too. I am on their email list even now and sometimes wish I could beam myself back over there just to listen and absorb the atmosphere of the creative human and inanimate collaboration :)
But now? I live on a high hill in Tasmania in the freshest air in the World, surrounded by garden, fields and forest, with no concrete in sight!
Strange how our lives take us in a myriad of directions, sometimes from the sublime to the ridiculous, or perhaps vice versa in my case ;)
I lost my job in Manhattan but almost immediately got a great gig toilet training small poodles and Yorkies. You have to show them how to do it but since. 'Rona shitting in the street is a civil right even for humans! Many openings. Literally. Great post Yard Bird Keep it. Up
Thank YOU for saying NY is just OK. Thank you. You can have that town. Newyorkers dick-ride their dusty ass city so hard. Nice work
Nice piece Isaiah :)
As one born and brought up in the concrete jungle of London, I've travelled to NYC a few times and ended up living there for a few months in December 2004, taking shots for an exhibition I wanted to do.
Yes, all you described above definitely exists, however!..... I never got harassed on the subway, or in the streets, walking in what some may describe as not so desirable areas. I think it has a lot to do with the way you walk, the way you engage with others with your eyes. Many New Yorkers just look down or into their phones, similar to a lot of busy cities these days, there is no connection.
Seeing so much chewing gum pressed into the pavements shocked me! I'd never seen so much!
But it wasn't just the food that was amazing, the many different types of restaurants, bars and cafes, along with the wonderful people you could meet in there.
The music! The fact you could walk down one street and into many small bars and be listening to awesome jazz in one, soul, salsa or classical music in another. The Blue Note was one of my favourites too. I am on their email list even now and sometimes wish I could beam myself back over there just to listen and absorb the atmosphere of the creative human and inanimate collaboration :)
But now? I live on a high hill in Tasmania in the freshest air in the World, surrounded by garden, fields and forest, with no concrete in sight!
Strange how our lives take us in a myriad of directions, sometimes from the sublime to the ridiculous, or perhaps vice versa in my case ;)
Again, love your piece :) Kudos my friend.
I will never live in a big city again.
I lost my job in Manhattan but almost immediately got a great gig toilet training small poodles and Yorkies. You have to show them how to do it but since. 'Rona shitting in the street is a civil right even for humans! Many openings. Literally. Great post Yard Bird Keep it. Up