So, is New York City actually Small Town, USA?

[SeattleGirl]

I've noticed that on pretty much every fictional crime show I watch that's set in NYC, when one of the cops finds out where a suspect is, they always tell the other cops on the case that the suspect is in the lower east side, or in the west side, or whatever. And the cops being told where said suspect is never ask for an address. They always say, "Okay, I'll meet you there."

Now, I live in Seattle, which is nowhere near the size of NYC, but I'd never tell someone to just meet me downtown. I'd give them a precise location.

Am I missing something here, or is NYC truly and actually Bum fuck, USA? :shrug:

:rofl:

[crimsonblue]

1. yes

[SeattleGirl]

4. Cool!

Thanks for solving THAT mystery!

[crimsonblue]

5. always

[Haole Girl]

2. Good observation

It also bothers me, just a little, when people don't lock the doors of their homes in scary movies (but I guess they don't in any movies!). Or, when people ask someone out but never get their phone number(s)!

[SeattleGirl]

6. I guess the movie wouldn't be as scary if the doors were locked.

And the people who ask someone out without getting phone numbers must be stalkers! :crazy:

[Haole Girl]

11. Very funny. nt

[SeattleGirl]

14. Hehe.

[Kerrytravelers]

3. I've always noticed that, too!!!!

:rofl:

[SeattleGirl]

7. If someone told me that, I'd be driving around for DAYS, trying to

figure out where the fuck I'm supposed to be! :rofl:

[LeftyMom]

8. New York = San Francisco -hills - sea lions -( charm/2) + filth

:shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

9. Damn, LM!

Now I'm really confused, 'cause I'm not very good at math! :cry:


:rofl:

[LeftyMom]

12. Translation:

New York is San Francisco with filth, no hills and only half the charm. And no sea lions. :( The East Coast apparently doesn't have them, which strikes me as horribly sad.

[SeattleGirl]

13. Gotcha!

Never been to NYC, but I've been to San Francisco twice, and I love that town!

And yes, it's said if NYC doesn't have sea lions. One of the charms of SF, definitely!

[XemaSab]

16. Man, if New York is San Francisco WITH filth, remind me never to go there

'cause damn, SF is some filthy shit.

Walking in people's piss and shit--not cool. x(

[LeftyMom]

17. It's rainy, so the worst gets washed into the bay at least.

New York reminded me of what San Francisco would be like if it were warmer and didn't rain much. And a garbage strike was going on. :P

New Jersey, to my shock, was mostly pretty nice.

[LostinVA]

31. You even met a nice cop in New Jersey

A rare find for that town. Recently, they shot a local guy five times in the back at point blank range the morning of his brother's HS graduation.

NJ is actually quite nice, though.

[Genevieve]

38. Actually, it's not "so rainy", and actually no more so than NJ.

eom

[Genevieve]

23. Have you ever really visited the neighborhoods of Manhattan?

Or are you coming to these conclusions about
all of NYC from a taxi ride
you took from the airport from Queens on the Long Island Expressway
and back?

I live in the West Village, in New York City, and it is
a beautiful residential neighborhood.
Most of New York City neighborhoods are wonderful....the only place that New Yorkers
rarely frequent (basically, NEVER) are where so many of the tourists visit, which by that I mean
Times Square.

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/realestate/20070923_COV_FEATURE/index.html

[Chovexani]

28. You beat me to it

Also, there are four other boroughs that are really neat.

...okay, three (we try to forget Staten Island exists :P)

[Genevieve]

35. Yes.

There are three more! ;)

We have such beautiful neighborhoods in NYC. Where I reside, the picturesque streets are always
compared to the lovely towns in Europe. Then there's Central Park West,
Museum Mile, all the fabulous neighborhoods on the water on the West Side,
Riverside Drive, No-lita, Gramercy Park .. and so many, many more.
And not to forget the great neighborhoods in the boroughs (except for Staten Island, of course).

Thanks for responding. ;)

[speedoo]

25. Well.... NY does have hills.

Not as many, relatively speaking, as San Francisco or Seattle, but there are some.

As for the filth, my guess is you have not been to NYC in some time. There are many sections of the city that are very clean.

As for charm, very few cities have as much as San Francisco, so I'll certainly concede that point.

And the east coast does have sea lions.... you just have to go further north, ie Maine, whre the water is colder.

[LostinVA]

32. She was there last September

When she came out for my wedding.

[Genevieve]

37. And NYC has plenty of charm...I think many tourists think NY is just midtown and Times Square.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

27. ummmm............HA-HA-HA

I don't even know where to begin with you LM...sigh x(

[speedoo]

29. Yeah, it's sad, isn't it?

I guess I should be used to people dissing NYC by now, having lived here for about 40 years.

But at least I can appreciate a lot of other cities, by actually spending some time in them, instead of buying into the myths.

:thumbsdown:

[Chan790]

30. Bah...typical West-Coast supremicist argument.

You forgot one key fact...anything you could ever want, can be found in NYC...or doesn't exist. Arts, culture, fancy Tobaggan cuisine, history, eclectic bookshops, 24-hour coffeehouses, Brooklyn, great sports teams (and the Yankees. Sorry I can't resist a Yankees dig. It's in my sworn oath as a Sox fan.), soapbox preachers, Yoruba mystics, naked cowboys, Times Square, concerts, plays in the park,...(I didn't run out of examples. I'm just lazy.)

But no sea-lions. :cry:

[Genevieve]

39. And we don't even need a car to enjoy it all! nt

[amitten]

36. But having been in both cities, the sea lions smell worse than the

people.

Just sayin'.

[bettyellen]

52. Your Ocean is BULLSHIT: can't swim in the Pacific ocean without freezing yer cans off.

the beaches around here are better for people than anything you got in Cali.
Suckers.

[Book Lover]

41. At least you can eat nearly anywhere after 10 pm in NYC

And do I need to go into the fact that NYC is something like 10 times the size of SF? There is so much more there there, there is no comparison.

[Genevieve]

43. ........

And NYC is made up of sooooo many different, interesting neighborhoods....each one
individual to itself.
SF, is well, just SF. (Not that there's anything wrong with that, but don't
go put down an entire city from one experience in a taxi
ride from the airport).

[Book Lover]

45. I think I have to disagree with you a bit there

The area by the shore and the spaces near the ballpark feel very different to me. Bayview is segregated into its own world. I think it's just that NYC has so many more different places.

[Genevieve]

47. Ok.

I wasn't aware,
so thanks for that ;-)

Yes, NYC has SO many different places. (And you don't need a car).

[mnhtnbb]

48. The last time I was in SF I got food poisoning so bad I puked my guts out all night

and slept in the bathtub so as to not wake hubby.

I have NEVER--and I've been to NYC a gazillion times--EVER had a bad meal in NYC.

So you can have your fog and your filthy streets and lousy food in SF. I'll take Manhattan, thank you very much!

[Robeson]

10. Here's looking at you, SeattleGirl...

...yeah, when I was a private dick in the Lower East Side, all we needed was a name. Back then, the air was so thick, a name was all you needed. Rain pounded on the windows so hard, it made your back itch. And that's all you needed,...that itch.

Who needs an address when you're looking for a stiff, or the finger man. All you really need is a smell, a taste for the Lower East Side.

Yeah, those were the days...

[SeattleGirl]

15. :swoon:

I love those kinds of movies!

:faint:

[Robeson]

18. If I had to count how many times...

...I've watched a Bogie movie - repeatedly - I'd be a millionaire. And once one comes on, I can't turn it off...;-)

[SeattleGirl]

19. I hear you!

For me, he's addictive.

[Robeson]

20. It's weird that you say that...

...because Mrs Robeson and I were talking about the same thing. We have most of his movies on dvd, so we could watch them anytime. Yet if we see one coming on TV, we just have to watch it. LOL!

I've always thought, he was the original "method actor" before there were method actors.

[SeattleGirl]

21. We're the same way.

We have lots of our favorite movies on VHS and DVD, yet if they come on the television machine, our butts are parked on the couch, and we'll watch 'em, commercials and all!

:rofl:

[Crazy Dave]

24. Plus good lookin' dame and you had to be a chain-smoker

Trenchcoat optional

[cemaphonic]

33. That post is all wrong

Hard-boiled detectives are soo West Coast (specifically LA and SF).

[ForrestGump]

22. It's a small village, really

Its apparent size is all the result of special effects.




See?

[speedoo]

26. Betcha you could say the same thing about any TV series based in a city.

Streets of San Francisco?

Miami Vice?

Can't prove it, but it would be interesting to find out!

:hi:

[cemaphonic]

34. heh, good catcth

Probably just one of those cinematic elisions, like how people in phone conversations just hang up on each other, and don't actually eat their meals.

[Kutjara]

40. You're missing an important point.

Have you ever noticed how cops on TV or in movies always manage to park right in front of the place they need to go? No matter how big the city or what time of day it is, there's always a nice big space directly in front of the suspect's/witness's/partner's building. The space is usually so big, in fact, that the cop can drive into it at full speed and then come to a screeching halt (no parallel parking required).

There's the answer to your question: the cops just drive around the Lower East Side or wherever, until they spot the only unaccountably empty parking space in an otherwise solid street of cars. That's the clue that tells them they've found the right place.

[SeattleGirl]

49. ROFL!

:rofl:

[Book Lover]

42. Yes, but not in the way you mean

NYC is very provincial. I know people who have spent years on the island of Manhattan, never stepping foot outside that one borough. I also know people in Queens who would never even think about going into the city for dinner or whatever. I myself (pitifully) didn't set foot in Brooklyn until I was in college!

[Genevieve]

44. I know many people who do not

want to travel outside their zip code!

[mnhtnbb]

46. What crime shows are you watching? Law and Order and SVU always

give street addresses at the bottom of the scene.

[SeattleGirl]

50. Without A Trace was the show that prompted my post.

One agent called another and said that the suspect was spotted on the upper east side. The other agent said, "Okay, I'll see you there."

Where the hell is "there" in the upper east side?

:shrug:

[mnhtnbb]

51. Oh, well, that explains it. I don't think the writing on Without a Trace

compares to the Law and Order series.

[bridgit]

53. Yeah, I guess...if you consider Kathy Hilton 'just folks'...

:)