Comments on: The subways as New York’s great equalizer http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Donnell http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/#comment-49167 David Donnell Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:56:18 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1235#comment-49167 The bit about giving directions to tourists is somewhat misleading... One may indeed be a New Yorker by the time one feels bold enough to do so, but that doesn't mean one knows what they hell one is talking about! (Phew, pardon the overwrought grammar.) See my "2 out of 3 rule for asking for directions" at NutsInNY.com. Tanks, DD The bit about giving directions to tourists is somewhat misleading… One may indeed be a New Yorker by the time one feels bold enough to do so, but that doesn’t mean one knows what they hell one is talking about!

(Phew, pardon the overwrought grammar.)

See my “2 out of 3 rule for asking for directions” at NutsInNY.com.

Tanks,
DD

]]> By: Asking Directions in NYC: The 2 Out of 3 Rule : Nuts in NY - I Got Your Crazy New Yorkers Right Here http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/#comment-49140 Asking Directions in NYC: The 2 Out of 3 Rule : Nuts in NY - I Got Your Crazy New Yorkers Right Here Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:23:35 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1235#comment-49140 [...] On the blog Second Ave Sagas, Benjamin Kabak discusses the notion that knowing the subway system in NYC is what makes someone a New Yorker. [...] [...] On the blog Second Ave Sagas, Benjamin Kabak discusses the notion that knowing the subway system in NYC is what makes someone a New Yorker. [...]

]]> By: Nick http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/#comment-46958 Nick Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:54:58 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1235#comment-46958 It actually means what Marsha said - when you walk to the point on the platform that corresponds to the closest exit to where you need to go at your destination, so when you get off the train you've saved yourself some time. (I can't claim the term pre-walk though - Randy Kennedy coined it in one of his subway articles in the <i>Times</i>.) It actually means what Marsha said – when you walk to the point on the platform that corresponds to the closest exit to where you need to go at your destination, so when you get off the train you’ve saved yourself some time.

(I can’t claim the term pre-walk though – Randy Kennedy coined it in one of his subway articles in the Times.)

]]> By: Eric http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/#comment-46956 Eric Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:42:19 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1235#comment-46956 What in the world does this mean? What in the world does this mean?

]]> By: Alon Levy http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/#comment-46929 Alon Levy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:47:32 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1235#comment-46929 The hatred of New Yorkers toward newcomers is just bigotry. Native-born Americans in Arizona hate Hispanics; native-born New Yorkers in Brooklyn hate Californians. The hatred of New Yorkers toward newcomers is just bigotry. Native-born Americans in Arizona hate Hispanics; native-born New Yorkers in Brooklyn hate Californians.

]]> By: The Mark of a True New Yorker » trainjotting.com http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/#comment-46875 The Mark of a True New Yorker » trainjotting.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:23:12 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1235#comment-46875 [...] SecondAvenueSagas offers the unique perspective of a New York native to an NY Times story on those skyline-gazing new adults arriving in our city these days and clogging our sidewalks and subways: the college freshman. [...] [...] SecondAvenueSagas offers the unique perspective of a New York native to an NY Times story on those skyline-gazing new adults arriving in our city these days and clogging our sidewalks and subways: the college freshman. [...]

]]> By: Marsha http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/#comment-46872 Marsha Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:30:35 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1235#comment-46872 The real gold standard of subway mastery is to know which car lets you out exactly at the exit of the station. The real gold standard of subway mastery is to know which car lets you out exactly at the exit of the station.

]]> By: Peter http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/#comment-46862 Peter Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:07:47 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1235#comment-46862 When I moved here from Ohio in 1976, I would regularly get lost in the Union Sq Station. After I finally figured my way around it, the TA remodelled it, two separate times, and I would get lost all over again When I moved here from Ohio in 1976, I would regularly get lost in the Union Sq Station. After I finally figured my way around it, the TA remodelled it, two separate times, and I would get lost all over again

]]> By: Nick http://secondavenuesagas.com/2008/08/27/the-subways-as-new-yorks-great-equalizer/#comment-46857 Nick Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:44:34 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=1235#comment-46857 The gold standard of subway mastery is the corresponding platform pre-walk - if you've got that down, you've arrived (both literally and figuratively). The gold standard of subway mastery is the corresponding platform pre-walk – if you’ve got that down, you’ve arrived (both literally and figuratively).

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