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  • #571
    Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post

    Friends don't let friends stray into Times Square, especially during peak tourist times. To go to theaters/shows, walk up 8th Ave. and then cut over.
    Really???

    Part of the big reason to go there is BECAUSE OF the people.

    And Mookie is kind everywhere, whether appreciated or not. All of mookie's efforts are inward directed behavior-- mookie is who he is because mookie likes it
    He doesn't care how others take it
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    • #572
      Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

      Originally posted by mookie1995 View Post
      Really???

      Part of the big reason to go there is BECAUSE OF the people.

      And Mookie is kind everywhere, whether appreciated or not. All of mookie's efforts are inward directed behavior-- mookie is who he is because mookie likes it
      He doesn't care how others take it
      That's mookie. What about you?

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      • #573
        Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

        Originally posted by mookie1995 View Post
        Really???

        Part of the big reason to go there is BECAUSE OF the people.
        Yes, just not the ones in Times Square.

        Walk over into Hell's Kitchen, meet real people, eat real food - pretty simple, and not a strenuous walk even for the average middle American. Night and day difference.

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        • #574
          Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

          Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
          Yes, just not the ones in Times Square.

          Walk over into Hell's Kitchen, meet real people, eat real food - pretty simple, and not a strenuous walk even for the average middle American. Night and day difference.
          Do both.

          There's no good reason to avoid Times Square if you are a tourist. Just like there are good reasons to go to many other areas in Manhattan.

          Why restrict yourself?

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          • #575
            Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

            Originally posted by alfablue View Post
            Do both.

            There's no good reason to avoid Times Square if you are a tourist. Just like there are good reasons to go to many other areas in Manhattan.

            Why restrict yourself?
            Exactly. It's like refusing to go to Bourbon Street on your first visit to New Orleans or skipping the beach the first time you see Miami.
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            • #576
              Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

              No. Times Square is awful. It's one of those ultra famous places that's still not worth visiting, like Pike Place in Seattle, Circus Circus in Vegas now that it s-cks, or Faneuil Hall. You're not getting any experience in those places except an ironic, once-removed experience of the fame and recognition of the place, which you can get just by looking at it on TV. You don't actually see anything authentic at all.

              NYC has 10,000 fascinating places to go, including just making a random turn and walking and watching. Don't bother with what is just a glorified ESPNZone.
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              • #577
                Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

                Pike Place is worth it, just don't spend a whole day there. You meant to say the Space Needle.

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                • #578
                  Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

                  Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                  No. Times Square is awful. It's one of those ultra famous places that's still not worth visiting, like Pike Place in Seattle, Circus Circus in Vegas now that it s-cks, or Faneuil Hall. You're not getting any experience in those places except an ironic, once-removed experience of the fame and recognition of the place, which you can get just by looking at it on TV. You don't actually see anything authentic at all.

                  NYC has 10,000 fascinating places to go, including just making a random turn and walking and watching. Don't bother with what is just a glorified ESPNZone.
                  Sorry- but let the traveler decide.

                  The world isn't up to your opinion. Some people like to see the big ball of twine. Others can see through the fluff around Faneil Hall and see the history that is there- so let them.

                  Seems like your problem that you can't get a decent experience.

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                  • #579
                    Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

                    Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                    Pike Place is worth it, just don't spend a whole day there. You meant to say the Space Needle.
                    True story. Looking up at the Space Needle was the last time I passed out. I'm pretty f-cking afraid of heights. I distinctly remember being out in the backyard of my house when I was about 7 and looking up at a 747, and then suddenly feeling like I was out on the wing looking dow--- (thunk).

                    So I, ya know, avoid heights. I haven't had many bad spells as an adult: once while flying for probably the hundredth time suddenly being fixated on falling (thunk) and another time at the then Sears Tower looking down on the famous skydeck floor (vomit; thunk). The very last time was around '99, just at the base of the Space Needle (which BTW is rundown and seedy as sh-t) and then imagining suddenly climbing up on the outside... (you know).

                    Also, yeah, the Space Needle sucks, and so does that silly urban monorail thingy that only goes about 200 feet. The thing to do in Seattle is go out to the gardens (name?) and look back to view the city and Rainier in the distance. You can only do it about 100 days a year because of the clouds, but when you see it you'll bust a nut it's so lovely.
                    Last edited by Kepler; 08-11-2017, 01:03 PM.
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                    • #580
                      Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

                      Originally posted by alfablue View Post
                      Sorry- but let the traveler decide.

                      The world isn't up to your opinion.
                      No. I have been sent here to order all your lives!
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                      • #581
                        Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

                        Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                        The thing to do in Seattle is go out to the gardens (name?) and look back to view the city and Rainier in the distance. You can only do it about 100 days a year because of the clouds, but when you see it you'll bust a nut it's so lovely.
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                        Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                        No. I have been sent here to order all your lives!
                        Hey, if he wants to hobnob with his fellow white, suburban rubes from the Rust Belt, he's quite welcome to.

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                        • #582
                          Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

                          Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                          Hey, if he wants to hobnob with his fellow white, suburban rubes from the Rust Belt, he's quite welcome to.
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                          Last edited by Kepler; 08-11-2017, 01:47 PM.
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                          • #583
                            Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

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                            • #584
                              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                              True story. Looking up at the Space Needle was the last time I passed out. I'm pretty f-cking afraid of heights. I distinctly remember being out in the backyard of my house when I was about 7 and looking up at a 747, and then suddenly feeling like I was out on the wing looking dow--- (thunk).

                              So I, ya know, avoid heights. I haven't had many bad spells as an adult: once while flying for probably the hundredth time suddenly being fixated on falling (thunk) and another time at the then Sears Tower looking down on the famous skydeck floor (vomit; thunk). The very last time was around '99, just at the base of the Space Needle (which BTW is rundown and seedy as sh-t) and then imagining suddenly climbing up on the outside... (you know).

                              Also, yeah, the Space Needle sucks, and so does that silly urban monorail thingy that only goes about 200 feet. The thing to do in Seattle is go out to the gardens (name?) and look back to view the city and Rainier in the distance. You can only do it about 100 days a year because of the clouds, but when you see it you'll bust a nut it's so lovely.
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                              • #585
                                Re: Travel Part 2 - Where ya headed?

                                Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                                Hey, if he wants to hobnob with his fellow white, suburban rubes from the Rust Belt, he's quite welcome to.
                                New York isn't until November, we still have to head back to Havana first.

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