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Stuart G

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14. Some people do not know why NYC is not a..."Car Culture" ..NO PARKING IN MANHATTAN..

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:02 AM

May 2020

I don't know how much it is to park a car in Manhattan..Maybe $100 a day?..Maybe more?
Who can afford $500.00 a week? to park a car? Can you?

Manhattan is not the only place like that..I was in Tokyo Japan in 2007. Same thing. Everyone uses public transportation....Why? at that time, gas was somewhere around $5.00 a gallon...So in today's money..maybe 15 dollars a gallon. (maybe more) Parking in downtown Tokyo is also quite limited. ..Everyone uses the public transportation system. (everyone) And people are pretty respectful,l if I recall, no pushing or shoving, people stand in line to enter subway trains, one person stands behind another, not side by side.
...Also...subway trains come very often. Where I was went, the trains came every 4 minutes. (downtown) That is not true of every place, but in some it is true.

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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

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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