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Kayoed by the Blizzard

The Boxing Day Blizzard and its subsequent clean up efforts have seriously dented Mayor Bloomberg's approval ratings. Do you think he and the city could have done better?
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/01/06/2011-01-06_heads_rolling_in_aftermath_of_blizzard_fiasco_sanitation_department_to_shuffle_b.html
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
It's funny that people will close their eyes to all kinds of fraud and injustice going on in the city but they will never forgive the mayor for not plowing the streets after a snowstorm! It goes back to what someone said a while back that the mayor can never do a good enough job, part of his job is to be hated.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish: You are right. Politicians are supposed to be hated. That is the way it works. If they wasn't hated, they wouldn't try harder to do a great job.

When it comes to fraud and injustice, many people turn their noses to it, as if it doesn't affect them. At least they think it doesn't affect them personally. But snow removal does affect them when it is their street and they have to get out to go to work.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@hhusted you have a point there
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ajadedidealist
ajadedidealist 2yrs+
Compared to London's troubles with a mere 5 inches of snow, I've got to say that this blizzard seems like a breeze! I'm here in NYC now and while there are some issues with garbage collection still going on, at least the city is functional (and remained so after Saturday's snow). Small mercies...
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Ajadedidealist: Are you here for the long-term or just for a short vacation?

How did everyone cope with this last snowstorm?
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
By the way, storm or no, it looks like the garbage collectors decided to take some freakin' time off, because the same stuff has been out on the curb for a week now. Man!
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish: That means double-duty for the cleanup crew. Does it stink yet? Or is it just piled up?
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
@hhusted All of Chinatown stinks, so it's hard to tell. This is one area where no one can afford for the garbage collectors to take a day off!
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish HA!
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish: Oh, my. Good gracious. Give garbage collectors overtime pay.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish ha ha!
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
I know you all feel my pain on this one. The routes I use daily to go in and out of my place are determined by which streets do not have fish vendors. Luckily I'm spared the worst, my little nook is relatively free of them.
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BroadwayBK
BroadwayBK 2yrs+
I could never live in Chinatown, my nose would fall off.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK I could happily live in Chinatown, as I mentioned in another post when I first moved to NYC, I used to spend so much time sourcing ingredients in Chinatown that my friends used to urge me to buy an apartment there.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl: That's your culture, right. Indians love spicy foods. I grew up on country food. The only thing about country food is the chicken. If done right, chicken can be finger-licking good. Hmmmm hmmmm good.
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Uraniumfish
Uraniumfish 2yrs+
Chinatown has so many charms to compensate for some of its drawbacks. Case in point: even with my awful cold, I was able to get some great fresh food in a 20 minute excursion outside. I love how much is within reach here.
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
The only thing I can put on my foods is salt. That is as spicy as i can have it. Otherwise, anything stronger will burn my mouth and damage my stomach.
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@JenMac I close my eyes and lose myself to the flavors.. love Chinatown dives like Grand Sichuan, Jaya Malaysian , Singapore Cafe and Pongsri Thai and of course Golden Unicorn for some dim sum
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JenMac
JenMac 2yrs+
Look at you uptown! You're the Chinatown master!!
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uptowngirl
uptowngirl 2yrs+
@JenMac will gladly accept that title ha!
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hhusted
hhusted 2yrs+
@Uptowngirl is the Chinatown Master. Yeah, yeah, yeah.... She's the uptown girl, she lives in a right pretty world...
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