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LostSoul3412
Joined: 10 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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Nathyn wrote: Yeah, btw I noticed another one: Batman.
"Gotham City," is clearly modeled after New York and I think the movies were filmed there. At least some were, definitely.
"Gotham" is actually a nickname of New York.
Oh, and living in Maryland, I just have to say Washington D.C. s*cks. It's a blight on this country.
Nathyn wrote: Tourists come here and say, "Holy s**t. Look at this place. This is the capital of America? It's horrible."
The government is extremely corrupt and the city is plagued with crime and poverty.
There are two sides to Washington D.C. ...
There's the D.C. that you see in postcards and on Capitol Hill...
And then there's reality. |
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jawsome
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| If NYC had good weather, I really couldn't think of a better city to live in. The food is worth all of it. |
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Superfly
Joined: 07 Apr 2006
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| I heard that DC had the highest crime rate in the country. I figured it was that they were figuring in all of the crime by politicians (seriously), but it was violent crime, like murders, robberies and the like. |
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jawsome
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Superfly wrote: I heard that DC had the highest crime rate in the country. I figured it was that they were figuring in all of the crime by politicians (seriously), but it was violent crime, like murders, robberies and the like.
Reported/known crime rate, of course. The FBI makes sure to explicitly state that their facts and figures could be drastically off, depending on the amount of unknown crime.
That said, one of the safest cities in the nation, Irvine (CA), is also one of the most boring, creepy, and weird tract-house-ridden places I've ever been. |
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foadi
Joined: 09 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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jawsome wrote: That said, one of the safest cities in the nation, Irvine (CA), is also one of the most boring, creepy, and weird tract-house-ridden places I've ever been.
even the "bad" parts of the oc suck. G_d |
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Brooklyn
Joined: 03 Mar 2006
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Location: New York City
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Quote: Why are writers so obsessed with this city?
Because its one of the few American cities with character.
Quote: I wouldn't mind an apartment in Brooklyn...
Depends on which part of Brooklyn. My neighborhood is an old Italian neighborhood. Its safe, working class and family oriented. Some places in Brooklyn I would suggest never even thinking of going into.
Quote: Chicago pwns New York in every way.
Chicago people are just mad because we have better pizza.
All this being said. I would still prefer to have a house in the Garden District of New Orleans. Of course, the NoLa I remember probably doesn't exist anymore. |
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