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Jerry Seinfeld: So You Think New York Is ‘Dead’

23 points by mhb 6y ago

raxxorrax 6y ago
Is New York dying? This wasn't funny at all.
- mhb 6y ago
  It's a reply to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24175351 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24175351
  - simonebrunozzi 6y ago
    In my view, James Altucher is very close to what I would consider a "fraud" / "scammer". e.g. He was running a dubious business to get people invest in stocks and cryptocurrencies a while ago. See what Naval Ravikant did after recording a podcast with him: he essentially asked the podcast to be removed, as he didn't want to associate his name with Altucher again. I doubt that Jerry Seinfield needs to pay too much attention to what that guy writes.
bsaul 6y ago
I just saw a video on yt of someone biking in nyc and showing empty streets, and places for rent. I didn’t think it was that bad. But if jerry seinfeld thinks it’s time to post something to tell people to stay, then it must be pretty damn serious...
- gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
  oh yea totally, Jerry Seinfeld is known for being a mouthpiece for cultural propaganda /s
  - bsaul 6y ago
    on the contrary. It's the first time i've seen jerry seinfeld say or write anything "serious".
- KoftaBob 6y ago
  ^ This comment right here is a great example of confirmation bias. Rather than give a specific rebuttal to Seinfeld's commentary, they provide an anecdote that supports their pre-existing bias.
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  - Hydraulix989 6y ago
    Are you sure it’s not the other way around?
  - mariodiana 6y ago
    What was Seinfeld's take, that cities "change"? He gave as an example "Rome"? Perhaps tourists will go to a revitalized NYC someday, and visit the ruins of the Chrysler Building and Statue of Liberty. Seriously. Cities "change" is perhaps the most vacuous and ambiguous commentary a person could make. Change to what?
- cullinap 6y ago
  No doubt people are leaving, but if you go to any of the neighborhoods on a weekend there are still a lot of people eating/drinking. What the city doesn't have at the moment is tourism and that might explain why times square is emptier.
simonebrunozzi 6y ago
> When I got my first apartment in Manhattan in the hot summer of 1976, there was no pooper-scooper law, and the streets were covered in dog crap. Man, this guy knows how to write. I am writing a novel in my free time (my 3rd; but I am nowhere close to being a proper "writer" - I just like writing, that's all), and I am studying how to be a better writer. The first sentence of Jerry's article is just masterfully written.

23 points by mhb 6y ago

raxxorrax 6y ago

Is New York dying? This wasn't funny at all.

mhb 6y ago
It's a reply to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24175351 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24175351
- simonebrunozzi 6y ago
  In my view, James Altucher is very close to what I would consider a "fraud" / "scammer". e.g. He was running a dubious business to get people invest in stocks and cryptocurrencies a while ago. See what Naval Ravikant did after recording a podcast with him: he essentially asked the podcast to be removed, as he didn't want to associate his name with Altucher again. I doubt that Jerry Seinfield needs to pay too much attention to what that guy writes.

bsaul 6y ago

I just saw a video on yt of someone biking in nyc and showing empty streets, and places for rent. I didn’t think it was that bad. But if jerry seinfeld thinks it’s time to post something to tell people to stay, then it must be pretty damn serious...

gnusty_gnurc 6y ago
oh yea totally, Jerry Seinfeld is known for being a mouthpiece for cultural propaganda /s
- bsaul 6y ago
  on the contrary. It's the first time i've seen jerry seinfeld say or write anything "serious".
KoftaBob 6y ago
^ This comment right here is a great example of confirmation bias. Rather than give a specific rebuttal to Seinfeld's commentary, they provide an anecdote that supports their pre-existing bias.
- deleted 6y ago
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- Hydraulix989 6y ago
  Are you sure it’s not the other way around?
- mariodiana 6y ago
  What was Seinfeld's take, that cities "change"? He gave as an example "Rome"? Perhaps tourists will go to a revitalized NYC someday, and visit the ruins of the Chrysler Building and Statue of Liberty. Seriously. Cities "change" is perhaps the most vacuous and ambiguous commentary a person could make. Change to what?
cullinap 6y ago
No doubt people are leaving, but if you go to any of the neighborhoods on a weekend there are still a lot of people eating/drinking. What the city doesn't have at the moment is tourism and that might explain why times square is emptier.

simonebrunozzi 6y ago

> When I got my first apartment in Manhattan in the hot summer of 1976, there was no pooper-scooper law, and the streets were covered in dog crap. Man, this guy knows how to write. I am writing a novel in my free time (my 3rd; but I am nowhere close to being a proper "writer" - I just like writing, that's all), and I am studying how to be a better writer. The first sentence of Jerry's article is just masterfully written.