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Which city is better?
A record number of people left New York city last year, but then again a record number of English people left England (not just London) last year.
Heres a response from a poster called "English Muffin" to this important (is it?) debate from an online forum, perhaps he could shed even more light for us at Sleep New York Forums.
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I should imagine that's an under-estimate. We have such a cosy social
security program that we are being flooded with 'eastern europeans'
(gipsies) who arrive unchecked of rape/murder/assault crimes committed
in their own country. So street attacks are common.
There's a growing knife-culture amongst young ethnics who, to avoid detention when caught, hand their blade to a younger brother (who cannot be charged). So knife crimes are common.
The number of immigrants flooding in is so great, the government openly lies about immigration figures. There's a school in one London borough whose pupils speak any of 51 different languages, with little or no english at all. This holds the english kids back as they have to wait while the immigrant children 'learn basic communication skills' so they can 'catch up'.
And after school these kids force their own culture upon their peers - who try to act like them to avoid being stabbed. It's reached the point where english-born white kids speak with an afro-caribbean accent because that's now the majority local accent.
To help rocketing crime the situation, the Labour government introduce
around 2000 new laws a year to incriminate everybody. There are more
CCTV cameras per square foot than any other country in the world. Walk
through any town here and look up. No matter where you are, I guarantee
that you'll be able to see at least a dozen.
Local councils have been granted legal rights to pass their own 'laws'.
In some boroughs you can be taken to court and fined for putting your
grarbage out on the wrong day. In other boroughs if your garbage can is
more than 1.3 metres from the kerb it won't be collected (and you'll be
fined).
So many bye-laws, so much crime yet no real increase in policing - so crime does pay over here now. Report a burglar in your house and the police won't even come. Tackle a burglar in your house and you'll be sent to jail because the burglar has more rights than you do - even in your own house.
Suspected terror victims get off fairly easily too because under the 'human rights act' the state must provide them with a state-paid defence lawyer. And because the remuneration from the state is so lucrative, the smartest and best lawyers become human rights defence lawyers. As a result, the lawyers working for the terrorists are smarter than the lowly-paid state lawyers - and so the terrorists win their case and walk free.
So yes, given half a chance, anyone who can see what is going on here is very keen to leave.
- from the topic: London vs New York
Revlon and Maybelline Hand Model Sues Co op for $ 10 Million
November 27, 2009 by tikinyc
After marrying her doorman....
Full story here
A famous foot-and-hand model is suing her stuffy upper East Side building because workers there made her life miserable after she fell head over heels for a lowly doorman.
Re: D Train Stabbing Slay
November 27, 2009 by tikinyc
The whole thing was apparently captured on film by some photography students.
Article from the NY Times here
The other passengers on the train at 2 a.m. Saturday — among them four photography students on their way home from burgers and beer in a Midtown restaurant — had just become witnesses to a murder. One of the students, Paola Nuñez Solorio, 30, chronicled the aftermath of the stabbing, ending her day as she had begun it, watching the world through her camera.
In the morning she had zoomed in on apartment-building courtyards for a school project. Now she was photographing frightened passengers, a wounded man tottering through the train, a killer standing at the end of the car.
She took 120 photographs in the mayhem that followed the stabbing, some out of focus, some a blur of passengers scrambling to get out of harm’s way, some showing the victim’s blood on the floor, some showing the victim’s body sprawled across the two seats he collapsed on.
Re: ITS THANKSGIVING TIME IN MANHATTAN!
November 25, 2009 by tikinyc
Ha great! Do you have enough sauce for that turkey?
Re: Uncle Rice Wisdom For Tourists - Why Roppongi Crossing Sucks
November 24, 2009 by tikinyc
Yes - give us the wisdom Uncle Rice!
Hilarious dude, keep it up.
Re: Incredible Stereo Photos of Old Japan
November 24, 2009 by tikinyc
I like the geisha with the cat and also the Great Buddha. Where is its location?
Re: New Members Introduction Thread
November 24, 2009 by tikinyc
WELCOME MIDTOWNLAWYER!
WELCOME EASTVILLAGER!
WELCOME ALONZONY!
Re: The Recession Impacts the Upper East Side
November 15, 2009 by tikinyc
The documentary was spellbinding. They really poured their hearts out to the camera - no holds barred.
It's also scary to think the city is becoming like this.
Re: Manners for the Visiting Chavs, with Tenenbaum
November 15, 2009 by tikinyc
G.T., trust me, You're not the only one who has had this happen to you...
Re: TOURISTS - HAVE YOU LOST PROPERTY IN A NEW YORK CITY TAXI?
November 15, 2009 by tikinyc
Done. Sticky it is.
Re: Before You Take a Central Park Horse and Carriage Ride - Read This
November 15, 2009 by tikinyc
Another tip from Sleep New York Forums for those thinking about taking a horse and carriage ride in Central Park in New York - when the driver yells at you to tip him, give him one dollar!. For all 4 of you.
That is often a good tip and he cannot demand or insist on any more!
Of course, if you haven't been ripped off and feel like he did a good job, then give him more.
Give TikiNYC some too!
Before You Take a Central Park Horse and Carriage Ride - Read This
November 15, 2009 by tikinyc
From the NY POST
Some horse and carriage drivers are ripping off tourists in Central Park? Surely not!
"Central Park's horse-drawn carriage drivers are making "hansom"
profits -- charging tourists outrageous fees or shorting them on
trotting time.
A standard half-hour jaunt should cost $34, according to the rates set by the city.
But more than a half-dozen drivers questioned about the price of a ride
last week said it cost $34 for 20 minutes, noting that the tip wasn't
included.
Longer rides are supposed to cost $10 for each additional 15 minutes, with a 45-minute ride set at $44.
But drivers quoted rates that began at $60 for a 45-minute trip, and went up from there."
I will be glad if just one tourist reads this before deciding whether to take one of these rip offs. Often even a cab gives you a better ride, at a much much more inexpensive rate, and allows you change to go to your hotel, club or restaurant after your tour.
Re: Marty Forscher - Iconic NY Camera Repairman - Dead
November 14, 2009 by tikinyc
Did you ever have to see him - professionally to get something repaired? He sounds like a one in a million.
Re: FREEDOM TOWER MEGATHREAD
November 14, 2009 by tikinyc
Trump doesn't like the Freedom Tower proposed
The 911 Mastermind Trial in Downtown New York City
November 14, 2009 by tikinyc
The trial of the 911 Mastermind is underway - and the Feds are seeking the death penalty
Safer Cabs in NYC - All Use of Electronic Devices Restricted
November 14, 2009 by tikinyc
FROM THE NY POST HERE
Since 1999, the agency has banned drivers from talking on cellphones.
Under
the proposed new rules, yellow cab, black car, livery and TLC-approved
drivers are barred from using any kind of electronic device during
non-emergencies while their vehicles are in motion. The rules also
forbids drivers from having hands-free devices in their ears — even if
they’re turned off.
Re: 200 PARK AVENUE - PAN AM/METLIFE BUILDING
November 3, 2009 by tikinyc
Yeah it is a great photo.
Tenenbaum, you live down that way, so why not share some of your photos of Metlife?
Re: The Eat New York Logo
November 1, 2009 by tikinyc
Yes, I've seen both of those guys. And they have both delivered food to me - on the same night!
Pershing Square Cafe
November 1, 2009 by tikinyc
Pershing Square, opposite Grand Central on East 42nd Street
Solid cafe.
Open to 11 pm
Close to the Grand Central Terminal.
Pricey for some, but they make their own jams!
Overall, I don't mind it.
More detailed reviews coming soon.
Snowman at the Pershing Square?
