Thoughts from NYC

Since 1986...

The subways have improved immensely! AC, smooth operation, clear PA systems. Except the swipe cards are not an improvement. At least with tokens we knew how many rides we had left. And they always worked.

Times square looks very shiny. But I'm not sure the M&M store is any better than what use to be here.

Lady Liberty looks fantastic.

The Brooklyn Bridge still blows my mind.

To judge by all the big corporations in times square, all the Black men that haven't been incarcerated by our backasswards CJ system are working as security guards. It is a bizarre and sad dichotomy. Some strange correlate to the virgin-whore split that women have faced for so long, I guess.

People are just as friendly as they always were. On the subway, on the ferry, on the street. Civilians, police, train staff.

Speaking of which, some things run in the family. A clean cut young man just asked me for directions. And I knew the answer!

:-)

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