And guess what these mods do? Up the limiters on speed and put a battery that is far too large for its purpose.

Yeah , I don’t think anybody would consider midtown dangerous . Some parts around Hell’s Kitchen could be considered a little sketchy at night , but overall I find it safer than most places . Fordham is also not that bad , I guess in certain areas at least. The most surprising part of that article is that somehow East NY is not mentioned lol

Can’t they change the truck hours? It’s a major issue impacting our quality of life and obviously the cities reputation

It’s more like “fewer people will see the rats and file 311 complaints so we’ll be able to show numerically that we’re making a difference!”

It IS an absurd comment to people like you and me who define NYC as Fifth Avenue in the East 60s.

I think at least the 8 of the neighborhoods here (not Midtown or Bushwick) could reasonably described as battle zones, not necessarily war zones:

https://propertyclub.nyc/article/most-dangerous-neighborhoods-in-nyc

Regarding the red-vs.-blue divide, I think it's always relevant to note the cities in red and even very red states are often blue; for instance, while Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee all voted by a large margin for Trump in 2016, Atlanta, New Orleans, Louisville, Memphis, and Nashville each voted overwhelmingly for Hillary. That's why trying to split the country in some way is an impossibility, as there'd be dozens of blue islands surrounded by hundreds of square miles of red territory, and that certainly goes for New York State.

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Its cool as long as its before midnight. Dont want gremlins.

How do we pay for that? Eat the Rich.

"Haha, right." says every super in the city.

Can you imagine the city just announcing your private employment 9-5 job now ends at 7? rip to any super who wants to see their kids

Deciding it this way is dehumanizing them

My friend (21 F, consultant) is looking to make more friends in the city, can you all suggest some ways?

Then it doesn't really make sense.

If lithium Ion batteries are dangerous then they're dangerous. They're still dangerous even when they're in things basically everyone uses.

Edit:

For example here's some stories from the last month of phones that exploded:

https://www.truescoopnews.com/newsdetail/phone-leads-to-death-68yearold-man-dies-after-his-phone-exploded-while-talking-to-a-friend

https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/hamilton-county/green-township/watch-iphone-explodes-while-family-sleeps-we-were-extremely-lucky-to-avoid-a-house-fire

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/cellphone-explodes-in-his-pants-youth-falls-from-1st-floor-in-ahmedabad/articleshow/98193000.cms?from=mdr

The same dangerous battery tech is still dangerous when attached to smart phones.

Oh yeah, I figured, and that's bullshit, but it still seems funny to me that the example in the article is that they found a building that "appears to have undergone a rehab inside and out".

I don't know how the system is designed but it seems pretty easy to set up a points system where "one coat paint" does not mean you can raise rent, but "replaced oven, replaced pre-1950 windows with double-paned windows, replaced leaky 1974 toilet with modern dual flush, replaced water damaged 1983 drywall, AND added one coat of paint" would qualify as substantial improvement.

I followed the renovations of my last building which had routine ceiling cave ins and a very unsafe central staircase.

They did nothing structural.

They made a nice one bedroom into a terrible 2 bedroom with no living room, doubled the rent, and it has turned over every year since, most recently with a rent REDUCTION, meaning no one renews, meaning it's still unsafe.

These landlords are not doing what they claim they are doing.

Yeah I've actually seen some of these tickets pop up recently on the doors into buildings, so there does appear to be stepped up enforcement on this front.

Rats come out more at night. How is this helping?

Covid happened. the city was shut down for 2 years. Self inflected.

Speak for yourself

The rat problem has always existed, but it has gotten significantly worse since covid. I’m on DSNY and the rats have become a big issue. Used to see them here or there, now I see them multiple times a night. They get into the garbage, they make a mess and they carry diseases.

I don’t think this later in the night put out is gonna change anything though. Even if everyone participates and does the right thing, most recycling trucks go out on the midnight shift and rats are less likely to go for recycling bags if there’s garbage next to it. Standard garbage collection trucks are split between the day shift and the 4pm shift. So no matter what you still have garbage potentially sitting on the street for 12 hours anyway.

This solution makes no sense and I don’t think we’ll see any real change.

sites like thecity and curbed are re shill sites

I went to Amazon Go next to WTC last year and was a great experience.

Went to the store in the morning since I was in hurry and didn't want to go to local bakery due to wait on the line. Took me only less that 4 minutes to pickup what I need. The food quality was similar like getting from airport but overall food was fresh and have no complaints.

I wish we can have this we're I live.

Rats are very disciplined eaters. /s

TLDR.

just skimmed enough to glean that now, in addition to being long winded and sadistic, you're also being smug.

if you breed and live by the garbage you preach, may your progeny take revenge for their beatings when you are old and helpless.

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