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Message: [QUOTE="nomar, post: 2886280, member: 651"] Well that's disturbing, but I'm not sure where they were. Fordham's in the Bronx. I've lived here since 1999 and have never seen a person shoot up. Not one. I have seen obvious junkies but since my first day here I've been street smart enough to know where to go and where not to go and where to look and where not to look. I lived in the Village, the East Village and Lower East side for 14 years, so it's not like I haven't seen the city's underbelly. It's just not that bad. It's not 1977. For better or worse, Manhattan has become almost entirely gentrified. It's a city with 8.6 million people, 1.7 in Manhattan. One billion people pass through the subway every year. So yes, there are garbage bags on the street. There are weirdos on the subway. There are homeless people who stink of urine. It happens. There are also the best restaurants in the world, the best museums, the best shows, the best musicians, the best minds in finance, law, fashion, etc., a gigantic collection of interesting people who come from every corner of the world. Like I said, it's not for everyone. It's very expensive. It's not the place to be if you value quiet, hate crowds, or need a lot of personal space. To me, the nice Connecticut town I grew up in doesn't hold a candle to it. Yet I don't go around telling people who live in the suburbs or rural areas that I'd be bored to death in their podunk town, (I'm replying to your post, CD, but that's not aimed at you. I know you're just repeating an anecdote.) [/QUOTE]

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