Comments | toddler_hiway: Ridiculous neighborhood

toddler_hiway

Ridiculous neighborhood

Aug 15, 2009 16:44

So I am well-ensconced in my room in the ridiculous neighborhood. Since everywhere in NYC seems kinda dirty to me, most of my metrics for assessing what is or is not a rich neighborhood are completely busted. The new rule of thumb I'm using is that the wealth of a neighborhood is directly proportional to the number of obviously anorexic women in it ( Read more... )

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neonelephant August 16 2009, 03:58:18 UTC

Manhattan? Say 'hi' to the Times Square subway station for me :-) Or, I suppose, the meeting of the A and 1 at 168th, if by chance that's closer.

I have less actual experience with NYC than I'd like, but I cannot offer any evidence against your hypothesis that everyplace is a little dirty.

toddler_hiway August 16 2009, 13:03:10 UTC

I will say hi to the Times Square station for you, and possibly the other one should I work up the gumption to head up to Washington Heights.. I've read that Inwood Hill Park, nearby, is the only place on the island where the original landscape and forest still exists, and for a while I've been meaning to go up there.

neonelephant August 17 2009, 04:11:30 UTC

I believe an aunt of mine used to live up around 183rd or so (yes, almost all of my NYC geographical knowledge is based on the subway system; looking at it on Google Maps, I can't orient myself at all). I recall her saying that there's a rocky protrusion in a park around there that's the highest point on the island. Dunno if that's true or not, though.