{Nimue} A scrund about New Yorkers

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Author Message Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4382 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Saturday, June 20, 2009 - 8:29 pm:        As a former New Yorker, I know that there is a widespread scrund about people who live in New York City. What is it?? Pikachizzle (Pikachizzle) New member Username: Pikachizzle Post Number: 362 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 2:47 am:        Does it involve accents? Who would have this misconception? (People in the US, Foreigners) Does it involve food? Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1139 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 3:30 am:        Does it involve: Politics? Crime? Traffic? Sports? Money? Does it apply specifically to people, or to something that affects them (like, say, housing prices)? Does it apply to their bodies? Their minds? Their backgrounds? Their sense of humor? Does the scrund only apply to NYC, or could it apply to other places? Does it apply to all NYC'ers, or just one or more class(es) of people (firefighters, Asians, pet-owners)? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4384 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 7:21 pm:        Pikachizzle (Pikachizzle) New member Username: Pikachizzle Post Number: 362 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 2:47 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it involve accents? no Who would have this misconception? (People in the US yes, Foreigners some would & some would not Does it involve food? no Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1139 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 3:30 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does it involve: Politics? no Crime? no Traffic? yesish or yope Sports? no Money? no Does it apply specifically to people, or to something that affects them (like, say, housing prices)?closer to the former Does it apply to their bodies?noish Their minds?noish Their backgrounds? no Their sense of humor? no Does the scrund only apply to NYC, or could it apply to other places? I don't know of any other place it applies to, but there may well be some Does it apply to all NYC'ers, yesish or just one or more class(es) of people (firefighters, Asians, pet-owners)? None of those classes is relevant Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 109 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 8:32 pm:        Commuting relevant? Environmental issues? Health? Workplaces? Did the scrund exist 10 years ago? 20 years ago? 50 years? 100 years? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4386 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 9:22 pm:        Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 109 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 8:32 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Commuting relevant?yesish or yope Environmental issues? no Health? noWorkplaces? noish Did the scrund exist 10 years ago? yes 20 years ago? yes 50 years? yes100 years? no Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 113 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 9:31 pm:        Is the scrund about means of transportation? The time it takes to get from A to B? About streets? Railway lines? Urban planning? Buildings? Walking? Local supply? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4387 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 9:57 pm:        Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 113 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 9:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about means of transportation? yes The time it takes to get from A to B? no About streets?yope or noish Railway lines? noUrban planning? no Buildings? no Walking? noLocal supply? yope Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 118 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 10:10 pm:        Means of transportation: cars? buses? lorries? bicycles? motorcycles? trains? trams? subway? boats? ships? escalators? elevators? The importance of certain means of transportation? Their availability? Their usefulness? Modal split? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4388 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 10:40 pm:        Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 118 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 10:10 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Means of transportation: cars? buses? lorries? bicycles? motorcycles? trains? trams? subway? boats? ships? escalators? elevators? cars The importance of certain means of transportation? yes Their availability? noish Their usefulness? yesish Modal split?please clarify the question Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1153 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 10:55 pm:        Is the scrund about the presence of something? That isn't present? Or the absence of something? That is? Is all of NYC relevant, or just certain boroughs? Transportation links? Or hubs? Between boroughs? Taxis involved? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4390 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 11:35 pm:        Jenburdoo (Jenburdoo) New member Username: Jenburdoo Post Number: 1153 Registered: 5-2003 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 10:55 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about the presence of something? noThat isn't present? no Or the absence of something? yes That is?yes Is all of NYC relevant, or just certain boroughs?The scrund holds for "New York City" in general Transportation links? noOr hubs? no Between boroughs? no Taxis involved? no Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 125 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 11:39 pm:        Is the scrund about parking? traffic jams? People owning/not owning a car? Traffic restrictions? The types of cars common in New York? Hitchhiking? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4391 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 11:55 pm:        Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 125 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Sunday, June 21, 2009 - 11:39 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Is the scrund about parking? no traffic jams? no People owning/not owning a car? yes Traffic restrictions? no The types of cars common in New York? noishHitchhiking? no Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 126 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:13 am:        So the scrund is that most/many people in New York don't own a car while they usually do? Nimue (Nimue) New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 4392 Registered: 8-2001 Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:32 am:        Markobr (Markobr) New member Username: Markobr Post Number: 126 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 - 12:13 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) So the scrund is that most/many people in New York don't own a car while they usually do? Yes ***** SPOILER************** I'm from Brooklyn, & my (middle-class) family did not own a car. Whenever I mention to anyone (except another New Yorker) that my family didn't have a car, the reply is, "Well, of course not; you lived in New York." But I knew only one other person whose family did not own a car & they were poor.Sorry it was so easy, but check out my new, harder one.