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| DATE | 2007-07-30 |
| FROM | Amy Coleman
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] The Unreachable Mayor's Office
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Its paying 9 dollars to get off of the bridge, not to leave SI as Paul
mentioned. Since I have only lived in NYC since 2002, I see the prices of
everything going up and up. Mayor Bloomberg us a rich man since he does
live on Park Avenue.
My only complaint is the fact that bloomie here hasn't put a stop in the
MTA fare hike. It seems the MTA has money in concintency (sp) and one day
they dont. So MTA should make up their minds on what to really do. The
further up it goes, the more people will move out. In Boston, the fare use
to be 75 cents when I was a child, it is now 1.25. And once you take a
green line train outside of kenmore, its free! DC has a depending on where
you are going fare rate (for instance going from Silver Spring to DC can
cost you 1.25 but going from Silver spring to somewhere else can cost you
maybe 2.00.
So I may not have valid opinions since I did not grow up in this city, but
seeing how it is going up and looking dirty and crappy, makes me wonder if
living elsewhere is the thing to do.
-Amy
On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> Umm hmm
> Then how do you explain the toll on the Verizano bridge?
> People on Staten Island are charged to leave the island no matter where they
> go unless we take the ferry into Manhattan
> and the ferry is only free because Staten Island voted to succeed from the
> city and the only reason we didn't is that the subject was tabled out of
> existence in Albany. before that we were charged for the bus, train, or
> parking on Staten Island then charged for the ferry then charged for the
> subway once we got to Manhattan.
>
> Oh also I agree with Ray on the whole Black Sticky residue. I can remember
> when i was a teenager and I was doing a carpentry internship at the south
> street seaport. twice a week we would have to scrub a nearly one inch thick
> layer of black sticky filth off all of the railings and decks in all of the
> closed off out door areas of the ships.
>
> As to the Mayor I'm staying out of it because my opinions of the Guilliani
> administration differ severly from your.
>
>
>
> On 7/25/07, Ruben Safir wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 09:23:56PM -0400, email wrote:
> > > I hear you, defiantly, but living on 1st ave is 10 times worse than
> > > living on the edge of the Gowanas Expressway which I did for 18
> > > years.
> >
> > First, there are 2 issue. The first issue is that anything which
> > seperates Brooklyn from Manhattan is a violation of the City's
> > sovernity, and I will not brouch it. The 5 boroughs are 1 city, and
> > we have the right to free travel anywhere in our city, without any other
> > considerations.
> >
> > Secondly, I'm at LICH, right off the Gwonas Expressway, just before it
> > heads under the Promanade. The trafic nighmare for New York is from the
> > Toga Line that comes in over the Verazzano Bridge, from NJ, from the BQE
> > and LIE from Nassua and Suffolk county. I've been subsidizing those
> > pin heads access to NY via car for decades. Just shut off
> > non-residential
> > driving PERIOD, and the problem stops.
> >
> > No more 20 block traffic jams to the Lincoln Tunnel, no more parking lot
> > past Shea Stadium, no more...
> >
> > If you don't live here, don't DRIVE HERE.
> >
> > I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with the fcuking MTA
> > screwing me every day and a brainless Manhattan Centric Mayor telling me
> > that
> > I'll be treated like someone from Baldwin.
> >
> > Ruben
> >
> > >
> > > That said there is better than Kings Hwy on a busy day. Traffic
> > > sucks
> > > anywhere in this town, but you're forgetting Manhattan gets it from
> > > all
> > > angles, not only LI which kills Brooklyn. We get NJ too.
> > >
> > > And yes, moving is an option, one I'm not quick to do. ut next time
> > > we
> > > grab a beer in the village I'll show you the inch of soot, rubber &
> > > asphalt dust on my windowsills that settles as quick as I can wipe
> > > it.
> > > Pray for my lungs!
> > >
> > > : -)
> > >
> > > Ruben Safir wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 08:51:27PM -0400, email wrote:
> > > > > > we had him treat Brooklynites as second class citizens
> > > > > > with the
> > > > > > congestion pricing crap
> > > > > while I see your point, this program has worked wonders in
> > > > > London
> > which
> > > > > is where he got it from. And living in Manhattan is a
> > > > > nightmare with
> > > > > deadly levels of toxic air and noise pollutants, so I have
> > > > > to say I
> > > > > welcome it HUGELY. I am seriously considering moving out of
> > > > > state due
> > > > > to the toxicity of Manhattan, not to mention the danger the
> > > > > traffic
> > > > > brings.
> > > > >
> > > > > Now I will admit, Brooklyn will suffer from the parking
> > > > > hordes, which
> > I
> > > > > hated in the 80's and are exponentially worse now.
> > > >
> > > > Brooklyn carries all that traffic ANYWAY. I will not sit here
> > > > and be a
> > > > second class
> > > > citizen in my own city. I have every right you do as a
> > > > Manhattan
> > > > resident. If they
> > > > want to make it a residence driving only city, no problem. But
> > > > to make
> > me
> > > > equal
> > > > to Hackansak is utter bullshit.
> > > >
> > > > And frankly Ray, I love you, but if you don't like traffic,
> > > > moving out
> > of
> > > > Manhattan is an option.
> > > >
> > > > Ruben
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > http: //www.mrbrklyn.com - Interesting Stuff
> > http: //www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
> >
> > So many immigrant groups have swept through our town that Brooklyn, like
> > Atlantis, reaches mythological proportions in the mind of the world - RI
> > Safir 1998
> >
> > http://fairuse.nylxs.com DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI
> > Safir 2002
> >
> > "Yeah - I write Free Software...so SUE ME"
> >
> > "The tremendous problem we face is that we are becoming sharecroppers to
> > our own cultural heritage -- we need the ability to participate in our
> > own
> > society."
> >
> > "> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be
> > damned.<
> > You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have
> > been attacted at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess
> > you missed that one."
> >
> > (c) Copyright for the Digital Millennium
> >
>
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