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not_the_one

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13. What shockey80 said...

Reply to shockey80 (Reply #12)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:43 AM

May 2020

California is a car culture. NYC is NOT.

NYC residents (by the millions) have no choice but to crowd into tin cans/buses with a ton of other people, where social distancing is not possible. Add to that the huge influx of outsiders (it is the # 1 tourist destination in the US), and if you don't know you got a bug spreading, millions are in immediate danger of being exposed.

Cuomo, once he got his sea legs under him, became the political leader this pandemic needed.

It doesn't do us any good to compare apples and oranges. We know the "heartland" hates New York City. So. Fucking. What. We wear that badge proudly.

NYC will come back, and by its very nature, will again be the # 1 US tourist destination.

New York, New York.. what a wonderful town!

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Two Coasts. One Virus. How New York Suffered Nearly 10 Times the Number of Deaths as California. [View all] Dennis Donovan May 2020 OP

We freaked the fuck out and sheltered before government officials told us to. RandySF May 2020 #1

I did too, on March 11 Dennis Donovan May 2020 #3

Yeah, same here. roamer65 May 2020 #16

That was the last day for my household, too. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #18

Same here, we live in the Bay Area. secondwind May 2020 #6

Northern California was the very first place padfun May 2020 #2

Sacramento has leveled the curve shanti May 2020 #20

My recollection, as an NYC employee, was that Cuomo was Squinch May 2020 #4

The ritual pissing party between NY State and NYC is part of the story BeyondGeography May 2020 #5

Lots of deaths in nursing homes too, which wasn't handled jmg257 May 2020 #7

This article is just so much bullshit RAB910 May 2020 #8

This. Squinch May 2020 #9

Thank you for stating this truth. n/t phylny May 2020 #11

Hmmm ... Igel May 2020 #15

The NYT didn't actually express an opinion in the link you provided RAB910 May 2020 #19

I really like ProPublica, but they could have explored the hypotheses regarding different mutations, chia May 2020 #10

It's all Trumps fault, end of story. shockey80 May 2020 #12

What shockey80 said... not_the_one May 2020 #13

Some people do not know why NYC is not a..."Car Culture" ..NO PARKING IN MANHATTAN.. Stuart G May 2020 #14

This is comparing apples to oranges. Italy and Spain would be a better... SKKY May 2020 #17