>> You must have come into NYC,

> Yes, that's one of my favourite cities (my absolute no 1 is San Francisco,
> but that's probably because it's the most Europe-like city in the US). I

Perhaps if you'd been in some of the older areas - the village (Greenwich
Village, Washington Square, Christopher St.) you'd see some of that..
that's how parts of it struck me at least. Unfortunately though, I've never
been to Europe to really compare.

>actually walked around the Twin Towers just a month prior to the 9-11 disaster
>and we (my wife and I) had planned to go up to the top, but we found the $13:5
>just to go up there was a wee bit too much, so we rather took the $9:50 on the
> ESB. Something I of course regret today...

I can imagine ...

> We both loved everything about NYC (except the hair raising hotel prices --
>$120 per night in a sleazy hotel on 48th street was more than we use to pay in
>a five star hotel in Europe), especially the Delis, that we soon got accustome
> to.

Next time you need a place to stay, check out the YMCA.  I'm serious.  My
sister comes in to Manhatten from Hollywood often and that's what she does.
It's safe and it's clean and it's cheaper than what you paid.  I forget how
much she told me it was, but one of these days I'll dig up the info
.

> Plus of course all the people, that somehow made London, Paris et al seem
> like petty small towns.

It is neat.  I remember when in school, taking a bus to NYC almost every
weekend.. it felt like you were seeing "the world".  For all the
different types of people walking about, I suppose it was the closest a kid
 could get
 I lived about an hour from the city then... I loved the Opera, and the
Theaters there a great deal.. (theaters as in plays, not movies ).

>> not that I'm prejudiced about that area of the country, you understand
> 

> Of course not! I know perfectly well the difference between NYC and NY, the
> state. :)

Heh.. I figured you did :) I just meant my own love of Manhatten might be
showing some 

Take care,
Janis

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