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Sunday on 7th Avenue

New York 30 Years Later

Some things have changed since I was last in New York City, 30 years ago.

Thirty years ago there was a garbage workers strike, and the streets of NYC were lined with piles of stinking garbage that only NYC rats could appreciate. Of course the World Trade Centre stood proudly in lower Manhattan. We took a taxi 3 blocks because we were afraid of being mugged around Times Square. Subway trains were completely covered in graffiti, even new cars not yet in service.

When we visited NYC this past autumn I was impressed by how clean the city is now, and also by the fact that people feel safe walking in the streets day and night.

I was astonished to ride on a subway train with absolutely no graffiti. I could actually see out the windows. Amazing! Churches now occupy space that once housed bars and dance halls.

I was impressed by the pride that New Yorkers take in welcoming the hoards of tourists that flock to NYC all year long.

The city has moved on from the disaster that was the World Trade Centre. New, smaller towers are rising on part of the site, although not where the original twin towers stood.

There is some evidence of increased security with armed officers at the entrances to subway stations in Manhattan, and Times Square Security guards in evidence in this busy tourist area, to increase security, but also, more impressively, to help tourists with information and directions.

Well done NYC! You are a great city.

Comments:

i love New York, the place the rush and the ambitious people living in there. i have a last minute vacations in NY last year.

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