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The article is not loading for me (server overload?), but if that's a quote from the article I'm glad I didn't read it. New York is not the financial district,
by zavulon 16y ago
The article is not loading for me (server overload?), but if that's a quote from the article I'm glad I didn't read it.
New York is not the financial district, it's not Wall Street, it's not Williamsburg, it's not Astoria, it's not Coney Island - it's a combination of all those things and much more. Each neighborhood has its own unique personality, and the "scene" is completely different in each.
I live in the East Village and the wall street types/lawyer types are nowhere to be found. I work in an startup incubator office building, with dozens of other startups.
New York is a big place, but it's really is what you make of it.
- antongm 16y agoYES! The piece got picked up by TechMeme, and our server imploded. We're working hard on getting it back up right now. Apologies for the delay. Feel free to flame away at being cocky Bay Area types who can't manage a damn server properly....
- zavulon 16y agoI have read the article and I gotta say, I really enjoyed it, even though I disagree with about 99.99% of it (as probably all New Yorkers do) This is a brilliant move from PR point of view. It invoked feelings of Andy Kaufman from me, because at the core, it's a troll - yet it's not an "obvious" troll, so people still fall for it. I can only imagine the traffic/attention you're gonna get now that it's viral. Bravo!
- antongm 16y agoThanks for reading. At its heart, it's actually a love letter to New York. In a sort of toughlove sort of way.