Comments | flaxenescapee: It's probably where the sewer-gator lives.

flaxenescapee

It's probably where the sewer-gator lives.

Aug 04, 2009 03:53

Now I can't imagine that many people who either aren't native to NYC or haven't ever visited would know anything about this, or care, but something irked me tonight coming home on the N (aside from the fact that the train was making all the local stops when it is an express train, but whatev it was 2 AM so FML ( Read more... )

emo meta rambling, nyc

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citizenjess August 4 2009, 13:33:48 UTC

It's not on the same level, of course, but it flooded in Iowa really badly last year. The downtown area in Cedar Rapids still smells like wet cardboard, and the dilapidated houses have been gutted, but you can still drive through the area and see the destruction. It's depressing.

flaxenescapee August 10 2009, 06:18:04 UTC

Same level or not, it really sucks for people's morale to have to live with that. Might I ask how the flooding occurred? I recall hearing about it, but not extensively. =(

citizenjess August 10 2009, 06:26:25 UTC

Honestly, it rained a lot, and the river overflowed. It's still weird to go by it and see it so calm now - also, one of the bridges over it was completely decimated, and it took them the better part of the year to remove all of it.

flaxenescapee August 10 2009, 06:31:12 UTC

Now that is upsetting. That's something that so easily could have been prevented.

helenquest August 4 2009, 14:08:32 UTC

I think it's similar to some parts of New Orleans as well. Even now, a couple of years after Katrina, parts of the city and counties are abandoned and utterly destroyed. I agree with you that progress is really the only way of moving forward, but it seems that urban development itself has been mired in the mud and rubble.

flaxenescapee August 10 2009, 06:27:07 UTC

Ugh, New Orleans is worse! That shouldn't even have happened, and the government's complete lack of involvement is still disturbing. At the time I wanted to volunteer myself to aid the relief effort, but was too pussy.
It's just purely insane that there is so little action taken to repair an immense tourist attraction like New Orleans. I'm sure instances like these are another reason this country's economy is in the shitter.

specimen_47 August 5 2009, 07:44:13 UTC

The MTA is in a whole mess of BS, and they aren't readily held accountable by the city, aside from the fines. What the top heads say goes, and it won't be changing for a while. But even aside from 9/11, the subways have been in a state of constant... disorder, to put it nicely. They shell out a ton of cash to pretty up the main tourist points, while everything else gets pushed to the wayside ( ... )

flaxenescapee August 10 2009, 06:47:51 UTC

You're not cynical at all, it's true. Since 2001 I've encountered probably hundreds of people who've visited specifically to see Ground Zero. I mean, I'm from here and it took me about 5 or 6 years to even want to head down to that area again. These people were going purely out of morbid curiosity, and I really can't blame them. But there comes a time when enough's enough. I personally have reached my limit and I think every poor di'kut who relies on mass transit feels the same.

You know, I never even knew about the camera ban. I won't even comment on that, and "If You See Something, Say Something" and how frighteningly close this comes to fascism.

And can you believe that we just had a fare hike? The service is getting accountably worse by the week and we're paying more than ever? To quote someone we all know and love, this is outrageous!