Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Former NY governor slams local leadership as 'utterly inept', defends NYPD" video.
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@jenniferorr5170 : Junior-Senior class trip was to NYC. Went to a ball game. The one girl who looked 25 or 30 bought us all beers. She was kind of a frumpy girl, who FAIK wore her grandma's hand-me-downs and became quite popular after that trip. I raced as high in the statue of Liberty as they'd let you go. I was small, light, and used to covering long distances afoot. I seem to recall you couldn't go past the head at the time, but there was a set of stairs that went clear up the arm to the torch that we couldn't access. Memories fade, though.
Anyway, I saw enough and smelled enough on the bus ride in that I would never want to live in such a place, even though they had world-class-anything-you-want-if-you-can-pay-for-it. I grew up in a town of about 300, surrounded by a lot of open countryside. The weight of tall buildings and all the people is pretty oppressive. It doesn't bother me, per sé. It's only something you notice when you're out in the quiet and can actually see the sky at night, and it feels good, that you realize how the city ain't BAD, but it lacks a lot of GOOD.
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