What's with NYC? Seems like half of NYC is throughly unqualified to hold a Driver's License.

[Hawkeye-X]

I'm visiting this town until day after tomorrow, then I'm scramming back to Denver in a relatively safe place.

I have NEVER seen people so impatient. Twice tonight, there was two schmucks who ran the red lights about 10 seconds BEFORE it turned green.

Lots of double parking on the streets literally everywhere in Brooklyn, and parking SO tight you couldn't even squeeze a gnat through. Also, lots of "24 hour active driveway" that are not even being used at night. Either park it or lose it (my in-laws could use the parking spot)

Oh, and Bloomy the Schmuck decided to raise taxes on parking and meter time is 20 minutes for each quarter.

Good thing I'm heading back to my snowy Denver (at least I hope 90% is melted by Monday) where I can drive with relative ease and don't have to worry about parking - have my own driveway, and plenty of parking everywhere, even the lots downtown are relatively inexpensive compared to having to pay through the nose for downtown parking in NYC. Yeesh.

Oh yeah, Hummers and Suburbans all over Brooklyn where parking is a premium too. If I was Bloomy, I'd ban everything that is not a standard SUV.

Oh yeah, MORE friggin public transit, less cars, please. The subway was a delight to ride on between Brooklyn and Manhattan.

A-scared Hawkeye-X

Yeah, I'll fuhgettaboutit when I get back home. :)

[Stephanie]

1. Just stay home then

This place is so jammed with tourists we don't need any more, especially not whiners.

[Hawkeye-X]

2. Hey, I'm no tourist.

I just get scared when I go visit my in-laws in Brooklyn. Been here plenty of time, never used to the place. Give me Rochester anytime.

Hawkeye-X

[marybourg]

4. Rochester is yours. nt.

[Renew Deal]

10. Where in Brooklyn?

[Hawkeye-X]

37. Boro Park

Near 18th and 57th.

[LakeSamish706]

14. Not a nice welcome to visitors... Might want to try harder on that! n/t

[Stephanie]

21. Wasn't I clear?

We don't want any more tourists. If you're coming here to whine about how awful NYC is, just stay home. We don't want you.

[LakeSamish706]

28. Well you were very clear if it were up to you to make that decission...

But alas, it is not and thank God for that.... I am not complaining about NY and have been there on several occasions, but if it were up to you many would not visit. Some how, I don't think your opinion matters all that much.

[Stephanie]

30. NYC! No Whiners!

And you think I give a fuck about YOUR opinion on whether MY opinion matters? NO!

[LakeSamish706]

33. Lol... And you think I give a fuck about you period.. Nope... I guess you have not...

read any of my past posts... I really don't give a rats ass about you, your city or your opinion.. So there, I have one uped you....

[Stephanie]

35. Great! Stay home!

That's all I ask. You bitch and bitch about NYC and then you come here and jam our sidewalks. Stay home!

[Name removed]

36. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[alcibiades_mystery]

57. +1

:thumbsup:

[Raineyb]

46. And frankly we're not too sure about the ones that don't whine.

Well at least I'm not.

BTW, Boro park has always been a shitty place to park. That's not going to change anytime soon and if you think the subway to Manhattan was so great then you haven't done it during rush hour.

Regards

[Dr.Phool]

42. Could you come down to Florida and take yours back?

I'm tired of those rude, obnoxious morans.

And while you're at it, take that crappy NY style pizza too!

[flvegan]

3. Seems that driving in that very scenario every day

makes them better drivers than most folks, as insane as that may sound.

But then, I used to drive in Boston quite a little bit so that may just be my perspective. Less insane, but understanding.

[Renew Deal]

7. It does make you a better driver.

Though we love the left lane.

[donco]

49. I thought the left

lane was reserved for when they retire in Florida,

[Fumesucker]

5. I would guess that half of NYC doesn't have a license..

It's really one of the few places in the US where it's truly practical not to have a car for the average person.

[Renew Deal]

6. Welcome to NY, now go the fuck home!

Take your whining back to the thin air.

[Hawkeye-X]

9. Not whining. Just giving my observation.

It's a free country!



:evilgrin:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

8. Most of us take the train.

So imagine how it would be if we were all driving. :evilgrin:

[BlooInBloo]

11. Boston's worse.

[marmar]

16. Agreed. The term Masshole isn't just hyperbole.....

...... People in Boston are fine until they turn the ignition. I drive fast, but orderly. Bostonians do whatever, legal or illegal, for expediency's sake.

[AllieB]

51. If you can drive in Boston, you can drive in the chaos of Italy.

In Eastern Mass., road rules are a suggestion that most people ignore. My first driving experience was navigating the Fresh Pond parkway rotaries with cars screeching by me at 60 mph in a 30 zone (at the time). If you can drive in Boston, you can drive anywhere.

[foo_bar]

12. you should see Boston.

Btw, "fuhgetaboutit" doesn't literally mean "forget about it", it's more like "she's outta here" a la Harry Kalas. Sorry to run that light, but when you drive through a thousand intersections a day those seconds add up.

[pnwmom]

13. Why try to drive in NY? Lots of NYers don't bother to get a driver's license.

When we used to visit there from NJ we never drove. Public transportation there works well.

[salguine]

15. Your assertion that "half of NYC is throughly unqualified to hold a driver's license"

is completely ridiculous.

80% of NYC is throughly unqualified to hold a driver's license.

(I just moved here three weeks ago.)

[Stephanie]

18. And offensive

But bash away. EVERYone was al New Yorker on 9/12/01 but now it's just a bash-NY-fest every day here at DU.

[salguine]

40. Oh, lighten up! It was a joke! I moved here 'cause I liked it here.

[Stevenmarc]

43. ..

[aquart]

25. Clearly he's never been to New Haven.

That town's drivers scare New Yorkers.

[Donnachaidh]

17. oh please -- whining about drivers in Brooklyn?

That's the kiddie ride version -- try Manhattan at rush hour. You'll appreciate all those Brooklyn drivers with just one day's worth of lower Manhattan.

Next time fly in to NY and cab it - or do as the peons do and take the subway. Personally, I loved driving in Brooklyn when I lived there. You learn the parking patterns and how to play them. Or you give up your car. :shrug:

[LakeSamish706]

19. For those that haven't been to Rome... You want to see insane drivers.... Yikes..

You must try that for a frantic moment... Never drove there, but even as rider... It is amazing that there are not more serious accidents.

[AllieB]

52. I had no problem driving in Rome or Paris, but I grew up in Boston

and have had plenty of experience with aggressive drivers who don't obey road rules.

[TankLV]

20. I think HONOLULU get's that "prize" - especially the Honolulu POLICE...

by far the WORST drivers anywhere I have been - and I've been to plenty of places all over the country and world...

[Historic NY]

22. well....

[Nye Bevan]

23. Never use turn signals when driving in NYC

You don't want to reveal your intentions to the enemy. ;)

[annabanana]

55. YOU'VE got it!

That's they way to go, for sure.

[Canuckistanian]

24. Johnny Carson NY story

So, Johnny Carson was riding in a cab and they came to a red light. There was a blind man with a seeing-eye dog crossing the street.

The light turns green, but the blind man still hadn't cleared the intersection. So the cab driver leans on his horn as soon as the light turns green.

Johnny asks him, "Why did you honk at him? He's blind. He didn't know the light had changed"

The cab driver replies, "Well, the dog should have known better"

[ColbertWatcher]

26. Ha! We got you beat out here in LA! We're probably up to 70-80% "undrivers"

[ChazII]

27. After reading this thread,

I don't want to hear about the bad driving in Phoenix.:evilgrin:

edited for speeeelling

[fishwax]

29. I loved driving in New York

I think it's great fun, and wish I could get back to do it again soon.

But parking--not so much ;)

[all.of.me]

31. Hey, that's where I learned to REALLY drive! ;) nt

[ShareTheWoods]

32. But the locals are so warm and friendly and the low cost of living is a plus

The fact you can stroll around any part of NYC at any time of night and be safe is comforting too. And if you don't
have a date, some locals will come up to you and ask you if you want one.

A better bedroom community does not exist.

[Stephanie]

34. They'll offer you a smoke, too

Just stroll through Washington Square

[johnfunk]

38. Only half?

[pokercat999]

39. LOL you thought they had DRIVERS LICENSES......you

thought they had DRIVERS LICENSES.....hahahahahahahahahah

:rofl:

[obiwan]

41. I used to have a license plate on the front of my first car (a van).

It had the devil behind the steering wheel and flames behind him. The text said, "Drive like Hell- you'll get there."

Should be the official NYC license plate- and LA (where I live) too.

[Stevenmarc]

44. Not our problem, it's the rest of the country that doesn't know how to fucking drive

[customerserviceguy]

45. I can tell you this

After living here in NY for about a year or so, going back to the Pacific Northwest really made me notice the contrast in driving. Being on the Interstate was like being on a kiddie ride at the Playland!

They are really aggressive around here, I'm still too intimidated to drive in NYC. But I can flip folks off like the best of them on the Thruway!

[HEyHEY]

47. pffff... cry me a river, I live in Beijing. n/t

[Mollis]

48. In San Fran it was a quarter for 10 minutes. lol

I have been to NYC once, but I didn't drive. I think I am too much of a wimp to drive anywhere like that.

[surrealAmerican]

50. They're trying to tell you something.

Next time, leave the car at home. You don't need it, and it causes much aggravation.

[annabanana]

53. I have no prob. negotiating NYC traffic.. even with a big

old suburban old lady van..

Here's the trick:
You pay attention to the car directly in front of you, and the cars directly on either side..And you let the guy behind you worry about YOU.

Also.. think of the traffic on the Avenues as water.. The lanes are of no significance.. you should just take the path of least resistance...

[rug]

54. It filters out the tourists.

[northzax]

56. Who drives?

If I wanted to drive, I would live in the country.

[L0oniX]

58. Cracker Jacks gives out way too many of those things.

[jmm]

59. I live on a two way street that's barely

big enough for one lane with parking on both sides and half my street is in Boston. If you want to see bad driving come visit me.