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NYC resident, here. Its crazy bad.

timr 3y ago
NYC resident here. It is not "crazy bad". Other than the trains not running (which, let's be clear, is unfortunately not super rare), I barely noticed a difference. Zero-content exaggeration like this is infuriating. Obviously, if you're in an area that got flooded, it may well be the worst thing you've experienced in years. One person cannot speak for a city of 8 million people.
- macNchz 3y ago
  I mean...I don't disagree about context-free doom, but unless you work from home and had nothing to do today, you were likely affected by this in some way. Basically the entire subway and commuter rail serving millions of people was barely functional all day long, there was massive gridlock traffic because the highways flooded, many hours later three major road links out of the city (the Saw Mill, Hutchinson, and Bronx River parkways) remain closed to traffic, and there's widespread water damage to people's property–down the block from me cars floated out of the street and onto the sidewalk! Not great!
  - Wowfunhappy 3y ago
    For what it's worth, I live in Manhattan and don't work from home, and this didn't affect my day at all beyond my evening commute taking an extra half hour or so.
- game_the0ry 3y ago
  > NYC resident here. It is not "crazy bad". Other than the trains not running (which, let's be clear, is unfortunately not super rare), I barely noticed a difference. You must not have been in BK. 1/2/3, 4/5/6, N/Q/W/R all stopped running or partial service in BK. Local and express busses down in that area. Major streets shut down, including the ones around BK bridge. I spent 4 hours in traffic picking up my wife today. Also saw 4 accidents, bc drivers here seem to prefer driving more reckless in rain. If that's not "crazy bad", I don't know what it. > Zero-content exaggeration like this is infuriating. Obviously, if you're in an area that got flooded, it may well be the worst thing you've experienced in years. One person cannot speak for a city of 8 million people. Too many new yorkers have adopted this attitude of "its not that bad!" when it gets ugly here. I get it, I like the city (when its working) too, but I want the city to be better. I have been living or consistently visiting the city (and by "city", I mean all of NYC, not just Manhattan) since 2011. Thing have been getting worse, especially since covid. I have seen a video of people open cooking a roast pig on the sidewalk. NYC is 3rd world. The only thing keeping me here is my job that requires me to come into the office 3x/week.
- john-radio 3y ago
  I don't think that saying "it's crazy" is even specific enough to be called an exaggeration, nor is it untrue. It doesn't take that many force multipliers to make your experience during these floods absolutely wild and crazy painful. Try being homeless, incarcerated, mentally ill? I mean, I'm glad you're comfortable, but the city as a whole has really had a crazier than usual day.
- weatherlight 3y ago
  I had 2.5ft of water in my basement and my kids school was flooded, all of pre-K had to be taught in the cafeteria. Just because nothing happened to you doesn't mean nothing happened.
  - timr 3y ago
    I literally said that if you were someone who was flooded, it might be the worst thing to happen to you in years.
    - weatherlight 3y ago
      there was sandy and then there was the hurricane that happened two years ago... this shit just keeps happening. the entire drainage/sewer system needs renovation and the city/state hasn't invested in those projects. My understanding was that Manhattan didn't get hit bad but Brooklyn did. it's not just a few people who got flooded, it was entire schools, fire depts, parks, reservoirs, shops, etc.

timr 3y ago

NYC resident here. It is not "crazy bad". Other than the trains not running (which, let's be clear, is unfortunately not super rare), I barely noticed a difference. Zero-content exaggeration like this is infuriating. Obviously, if you're in an area that got flooded, it may well be the worst thing you've experienced in years. One person cannot speak for a city of 8 million people.

macNchz 3y ago
I mean...I don't disagree about context-free doom, but unless you work from home and had nothing to do today, you were likely affected by this in some way. Basically the entire subway and commuter rail serving millions of people was barely functional all day long, there was massive gridlock traffic because the highways flooded, many hours later three major road links out of the city (the Saw Mill, Hutchinson, and Bronx River parkways) remain closed to traffic, and there's widespread water damage to people's property–down the block from me cars floated out of the street and onto the sidewalk! Not great!
- Wowfunhappy 3y ago
  For what it's worth, I live in Manhattan and don't work from home, and this didn't affect my day at all beyond my evening commute taking an extra half hour or so.
game_the0ry 3y ago
> NYC resident here. It is not "crazy bad". Other than the trains not running (which, let's be clear, is unfortunately not super rare), I barely noticed a difference. You must not have been in BK. 1/2/3, 4/5/6, N/Q/W/R all stopped running or partial service in BK. Local and express busses down in that area. Major streets shut down, including the ones around BK bridge. I spent 4 hours in traffic picking up my wife today. Also saw 4 accidents, bc drivers here seem to prefer driving more reckless in rain. If that's not "crazy bad", I don't know what it. > Zero-content exaggeration like this is infuriating. Obviously, if you're in an area that got flooded, it may well be the worst thing you've experienced in years. One person cannot speak for a city of 8 million people. Too many new yorkers have adopted this attitude of "its not that bad!" when it gets ugly here. I get it, I like the city (when its working) too, but I want the city to be better. I have been living or consistently visiting the city (and by "city", I mean all of NYC, not just Manhattan) since 2011. Thing have been getting worse, especially since covid. I have seen a video of people open cooking a roast pig on the sidewalk. NYC is 3rd world. The only thing keeping me here is my job that requires me to come into the office 3x/week.
john-radio 3y ago
I don't think that saying "it's crazy" is even specific enough to be called an exaggeration, nor is it untrue. It doesn't take that many force multipliers to make your experience during these floods absolutely wild and crazy painful. Try being homeless, incarcerated, mentally ill? I mean, I'm glad you're comfortable, but the city as a whole has really had a crazier than usual day.
weatherlight 3y ago
I had 2.5ft of water in my basement and my kids school was flooded, all of pre-K had to be taught in the cafeteria. Just because nothing happened to you doesn't mean nothing happened.
- timr 3y ago
  I literally said that if you were someone who was flooded, it might be the worst thing to happen to you in years.
  - weatherlight 3y ago
    there was sandy and then there was the hurricane that happened two years ago... this shit just keeps happening. the entire drainage/sewer system needs renovation and the city/state hasn't invested in those projects. My understanding was that Manhattan didn't get hit bad but Brooklyn did. it's not just a few people who got flooded, it was entire schools, fire depts, parks, reservoirs, shops, etc.