[TypicalGirls] Jamie K. Sims: former Cosmopolitan

maria tessa sciarrino maria at plainparade.org
Thu May 11 23:02:18 EDT 2006


nyc in the 80s sounds an awful lot like philadelphia right now....

-m.

Daniel Selzer wrote:
> I can't find it online, but the classic image of this
> may be that after the federal gov turned down NYC's
> request for money/aid, there was a newspaper with the
> headline "Feds to NY...Drop Dead".
> 
> Then the south bronx lit on fire, hip-hop was born,
> Rudy got rid of the squeegee guys, Brooklyn became the
> new manhattan, the pizzeria next to the continental
> turned into a bad falafel place, Leonardo's Pizza on
> Court St. turned into a Dunkin Donuts, CBGBs moved to
> Las Vegas and the rest is history.
> 
> That's not true. My girlfriend's car's windshield was
> wiped minus permission while waiting to get on the
> holland tunnel. So they're back, at least.


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