Hauling gear around a NANOG meeting

Fri May 23 16:28:16 UTC 2008

The part of brooklyn where the meeting is being held is often referred
to as MetroTech brooklyn:

http://www.metrotechbid.org/

IMO, its a nice place to relax and get a feel for life outside of
Manhattan. 
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On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 11:49 -0400, Paul Stewart wrote:

> A lot of it is common sense - New York is a GREAT city .. no question
> and very safe overall.  But common sense will tell you not to take a
> leisure walk through Harlem at 3AM .. having said that, I've walked
> through Central Park (65th St.) at various times of the night and never
> had a problem, but then again that's different too...
> 
> Travel in herds and mind your own business - don't travel at 3AM (on
> foot) and you'll be fine..;)  That really goes for any city when you
> think about it...
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Rubenstein [mailto:alex at corp.nac.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:06 PM
> To: Rod Beck; David Diaz; Martin Hannigan
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: RE: Hauling gear around a NANOG meeting
> 
> > I hate to break the news to the New York bashers, but New York is one
> of
> > the safest American cities. This is not a controversial statement.
> 
> While I generally agree with what Rod is saying, saying "NYC is safe" is
> like saying "all routers are cisco"
> 
> There are safe areas, and there are not safe areas. I don't know how the
> Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn bridge rates, but I don't think I'd be
> overly concerned. And, since people going to NANOG tend to have a
> herding instinct, there shouldn't be a problem. 
> 
> 
> > New York has a lower incidence of crime than Miami, Detroit, Seattle,
> > Los Vegas, Houston, Atlanta, DC, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.
> 
> Yes, but in at least most of those locations, my Florida or Utah CCW is
> valid.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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