I was reading Ikea's 2010 catalog last night on the train home, trying to find some Scandinavian inspiration for home decor, and I noticed a woman and her daughter pointing at my catalog.
Turns out they were French tourists, from Paris, on a 5 day visit to NYC as part of a 3 week North American tour.
So they took 5 whole days out of their 21 to see this stinkhole!!??? They were staying in Queens, even better!!! So they couldn't afford a pricey Manhattan hotel, the city even prices those crazy enough to want to visit out of it's touristy areas! I asked them how they liked Queens - they said it was a nice hotel, but the area was loud and dirty. Um, YEAH, that pretty much describes all of NYC!
I couldn't get over why someone who lived in freakin PARIS, FRANCE of all places would want to shlep all the way across the Atlantic to visit this hellhole??!!!!
I guess it's just those crazy French.
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with regard to IKEA, i want you to take the book case from your bedroom when you move into the house, b'shaa tova u'mutzlachas. you can fix the back. as to tourists, no matter what you say, ny is a world class city with huge attractions. don't forget that there are plenty of other loud, dirty and smelly large cities which notwithstanding all that, are well worth visiting.
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ReplyDeleteShe noticed my IKEA book, BTW, because they have one in Paris. Truly a multinational icon - they have 'em all over.
NY is for single non-frum people. Outside of a few more restaurants, there isn't much the city offers to people in your demographic. Many who extol the virtues of NYC do not even venture outside of the same daily route...work-home-shul-work-home-grocery-work-home...but they can "never leave NY!"
ReplyDeleteA better and more affordable lifestyle can be had in many places outside of NYC.
Agreed, Mark.
ReplyDeletethis mark dude should vist my facebook... :-).... well said, mark
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