NewYorkBuck
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Having said that, I'll take San Diego any day.
Weather is amazing. You can keep the 40% overpriced housing though.
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Having said that, I'll take San Diego any day.
Having said that, I'll take San Diego any day.Quote:
Yes, but housing is only 30% overpriced here.....Dude, you live in NYC right?
Dude, you live in NYC right?Quote:
It all comes down to the students: brilliance in; brilliance out. I love Chicago, was just there on Sunday. One caveat: If anyone from the shoe department at Paul Stuart reads this: I really was there to shop, even though I was wearing jeans and a tee shirt. Your loss. Chicago Lyric every bit as good as the Met. NY Phil concert here in the hinterlands was 'okay'; would have been better if the Lahti Symphony hadn't laid down a Sibelius 2 for the ages right before NYP presented a mannered Dvorak 9. This proves that symphonies are like universities: too many variables to give unqualified recommendations about which is "better." New York Phil kinda, um, well...stinks. koji-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote (Lord Foppington @ May 19 2005,07:47) Quote (Thracozaag @ May 19 2005,03:44)
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Why is that, by the way? I always assumed money had a lot to do with quality. (And of course a history of good institutional decisons, but money can compensate for bad decisions. Look at the Yankees.) Doesn't the NY Phil have as much money as or more than any other US symphony? New York Phil had its moments under the batons of Rodzinski and Bernstein, for example, but never has been, for one reason or another, a terribly cohesive unit or even an exciting ensemble. Â Base salary actually here in nyc is lower than some of the other big five (and considerably lower when factoring in cost of living). Â kojiIt all comes down to the students: Â brilliance in; brilliance out. I love Chicago, was just there on Sunday. Â One caveat: If anyone from the shoe department at Paul Stuart reads this: I really was there to shop, even though I was wearing jeans and a tee shirt. Â Your loss. Chicago Lyric every bit as good as the Met. Â NY Phil concert here in the hinterlands was 'okay'; would have been better if the Lahti Symphony hadn't laid down a Sibelius 2 for the ages right before NYP presented a mannered Dvorak 9. Â This proves that symphonies are like universities: too many variables to give unqualified recommendations about which is "better." New York Phil kinda, um, well...stinks. koji
Very true. Good post. Having said that, I'll take San Diego any day. In fact, I do.Quote:
Very true. I loved living in San Francisco, but got heartily sick of the whole "life's just a little bit better here" attitude.I grew up in New York City, have an Ivy League
undergraduate degree, received an Masters
from the U of Chicago and am
one dissertation short of a Doctorate.
U of Chicago was more"intellectual" than
Cornell, at least in the 60s and 70s when
I attended both.
I lived in Chicago from '71 through '88 when
I moved to the SF Bay Area. During this time,
I principally shopped in New York at Chipp,
Dunhill Tailors, and Paul Stuart. Chicago did not,
as a rule, offer the selection found in
Manhattan. Also, as an old
"Ivy" dresser, Chicago's better men's shops,
Ultimo, Nieman, or Bowit's (now gone)had
little appeal.
Unless it has changed I great deal, Chicago is at heart an
"Archie Bunker" town. I grew up in Queens. I should know.
Chicagoans tend to celebrate the commonplace, the provincial,
even the pedestrian, unlike New Yorkers, of many strata,
who try to be hip and cosmopolitan in their taste and dress,
despite their own superficiality. In many ways
the Bay Area is like New York, but more narcisistic.
San Fanciscans, in particular, often exude a
sense of smugness because they inhabit
one of the "perfect" places on the planet.
Comrade
I find it to be very ironic that many residents from both NYC and SF I've met/interacted with tend to boast about the alleged worldliness and open-mindedness that they possess as the result of living in such a big city, and yet there's a clear myopia that prevents them from recognizing or acknowledging the fact that there's a whole world outside of the city that matters just as much or much more than they do. Personally, I have no desire to join the 75% of my undergraduate class moving to NYC after graduation (probably not that much but it seems like it); mostly it's because I dislike crowds and mass transit, but the above attitude is not insigificant in my decision.Very true. I loved living in San Francisco, but got heartily sick of the whole "life's just a little bit better here" attitude.
New York, where I also loved living, had a version of the same problem. A certain, common type of person had to blurt out, every five minutes or so, "New York is the greatest city in the world." or "New York is the center of the universe." Maybe so, but why ceaselessly reassure us all of that?
I had a theory it has to do with real estate. How else to cheer yourself up for living in a dingy $2500 walkup studio? Well, I do it because "New York is the bestest bestest megbestest place in the world."
(Lord Foppington @ May 21 2005,11:00) Very true. I loved living in San Francisco, but got heartily sick of the whole "life's just a little bit better here" attitude. New York, where I also loved living, had a version of the same problem. A certain, common type of person had to blurt out, every five minutes or so, "New York is the greatest city in the world." or "New York is the center of the universe." Maybe so, but why ceaselessly reassure us all of that? I had a theory it has to do with real estate. How else to cheer yourself up for living in a dingy $2500 walkup studio? Well, I do it because "New York is the bestest bestest megbestest place in the world."Quote: