Hauling gear around a NANOG meeting

Fri May 23 21:00:55 UTC 2008

The days of The Warriors (come out and plaaaaaaaYYYYYAAYYYYYY) have long
since passed.

As someone else said, a car would be a mistake, as parking in Manhattan at
night is both very expensive and very scarce.

On 5/23/08 12:28 PM, "andrew young" <andrewy at webair.com> wrote:

> 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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