14 Jan 19
@great-big-stees saidHow can a visit to Brooklyn be a bad experience?
A good or bad experience?
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14 Jan 19
@handyandy saidLet me ponder that and I'll get back to you.
How can a visit to Brooklyn be a bad experience?
14 Jan 19
@handyandy saidMaybe we can get Rusty to visit Brooklyn. With luck, he'd get lost on the subway.
How can a visit to Brooklyn be a bad experience?
14 Jan 19
@handyandy said🙂
Maybe we can get Rusty to visit Brooklyn. With luck, he'd get lost on the subway.
I would probably get lost on the subway, as I do everywhere else when I'm on my own. I watched a programme about Brooklyn a few days ago and it seems that living there is getting very expensive, so much that people who have lived there all their lives find it hard staying in that part of New York. Is that true?
14 Jan 19
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@torunn saidIt's true. I grew up in a rented six-room house in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn where
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I would probably get lost on the subway, as I do everywhere else when I'm on my own. I watched a programme about Brooklyn a few days ago and it seems that living there is getting very expensive, so much that people who have lived there all their lives find it hard staying in that part of New York. Is that true?
the monthly rent was $30. Today, the value of that humble home, since renovated extensively,
is more than $2 million. Needless to say, I couldn't afford it.
14 Jan 19
@HandyAndy
New York New York...one of the many cities that I only saw the airport on the way to somewhere else...once while waiting to board a plane to one of those somewhere else's a young lady came over to talk to me because she thought I was Joe Namath...don't know why because I am shorter...and better looking...😀
14 Jan 19
@handyandy saidIt's a pity as it will probably change the character of Brooklyn. It was also mentioned in the TV-documentary that Harlem is going through a huge change too and is now attracting rich property buyers.
It's true. I grew up in a rented six-room house in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn where
the monthly rent was $30. Today, the value of that humble home, since renovated extensively,
is more than $2 million. Needless to say, I couldn't afford it.
14 Jan 19
@leur saidI'm sure she wasn't disappointed. 🙂
@HandyAndy
New York New York...one of the many cities that I only saw the airport on the way to somewhere else...once while waiting to board a plane to one of those somewhere else's a young lady came over to talk to me because she thought I was Joe Namath...don't know why because I am shorter...and better looking...😀
14 Jan 19
@torunn saidUrban flight has reversed direction. The gentrified inner city now competes with the outer suburbs.
It's a pity as it will probably change the character of Brooklyn. It was also mentioned in the TV-documentary that Harlem is going through a huge change too and is now attracting rich property buyers.
14 Jan 19
@leur saidShe must have noticed the devilish look in your eye.
@HandyAndy
New York New York...one of the many cities that I only saw the airport on the way to somewhere else...once while waiting to board a plane to one of those somewhere else's a young lady came over to talk to me because she thought I was Joe Namath...don't know why because I am shorter...and better looking...😀
14 Jan 19
@handyandy saidFor its size, New York feels very welcoming to tourists. When I was there last time, we were surprised to be met with so much kindness and helpfulness, even by people who had nothing to gain. It's an amazing place.
Urban flight has reversed direction. The gentrified inner city now competes with the outer suburbs.
15 Jan 19
@ashiitaka said'Sex laxar i en laxask' (six salmons in a salmon-box) - hard to say fast.
"Irish Wristwatch"
@ponderable saidHere is a sentence we had to practice on when I learned German:
In Ulm und um Ulm und um Ulm herum
a classic German one.
Selten ess ich Essig. Ess ich Essig, ess ich Essig im Salat
(The 'ch' sound was difficult to get right 🙂 )