@starryblueisis@jonatanpallesen Immigrants over select for work ethic and entrepreneuralism. I have lived amongst and observed Haitians in three American countries. They are the hardest working people one could imagine. "Culture hostile to work?" I'm not woke, y'all are just straight up racists.
@MetsMoneyline I keep telling people, it's simply too soon to be SURE you're out on Mauricio.
Tyrone Taylor deserved a little better.
I still follow the great Starling Marte like he's on the team.
@CeraGibson Hard 💊 to swallow: American culture is superior, not just different. Smiling, small talk, this is a pro-social affirmation of our shared humanity. Indifference, suspicion, self-isolation, it's not a quirk, it's a moral failing.
Every kid along metro north, LIRR or nj transit was always going to move to nyc postgrad as the best career opportunities are within the city in person similar to how many of our parents did. I’m a Yankees/knicks/giants/rangers fan and grew up going to those games my whole life. Was at the 2009 Alcs/WS and distinctly remember where i was for both giants super Bowls. Went to Knicks games all the time growing up with my dad / grandpa. Moving from a different state and changing alliances to your sports teams you root for is a cardinal sin. Where i grew up was arguably closer to Yankee stadium than where i currently live in Manhattan. Whether moving from the suburbs to the city makes you a transplant is up in the air but doesn’t mean you’re not a New Yorker.
@pootsobotka I was born in Brooklyn (technically hospital in Manhattan), moved very young to Greenwich but ABSOLUTELY never left... because I never lost the connection...and Greenwich is NY anyway.
There's a lot of people like me and we are *absolutely* New Yorkers.
@pootsobotka Back to me. Visited grandparents in BK aunt & uncle (worked for City) in Queens. Summer classes at Hunter College...Mets every other weekend (then STAY for the day in City). Every Doctors appointment or anything in NY...Port Chester (NY) in our backyard...
NYC has 520 miles of subway track.
London has 250. Paris has 136. Tokyo has 121.
NYC's subway system is longer than every other major city's combined.
And it costs $2.90. Same price whether you ride one stop or the entire length of the island.
No other city on earth moves 3.6 million people a day for less than the price of a coffee.
@theistinthought On the way we talked, stretched our legs, saw the sun...saw neighbors at the market (imagine!!), saw and tried new foods...lived life. Not a hassle, life.
We weren't born to live in cars! You guys are simply afraid of going outside.
@theistinthought As a child in Brooklyn, we'd walk w. my dad to the supermarket almost every day after school. We bought FRESH food for dinner THAT night.
America B fills massive shopping carts full of boxes and boxes to transport in your ghastly SUV.
It's a foreign (sad) way of life to us.