Japanese underground streets (Chika-gai 地下街、limited to the big cities) are well lit and clean, lined with many shops. Are there any comparable things in America? Maybe not.
A friend who was living over in Jersey City took me to the Oyster Bar for oysters back around 2010. It was good.
I've spent a lot of time in NYC over the years: got mugged in Times Square by Blacks when I was young and the animals were running the zoo, the enjoyed the city during the Guiliani period, whern he put them back in their cages and the city was relatively safe. It's been ruled by Democrats since then: probably even worse now than the 1970s.
Despite everything wrong with it, I've always liked New York.
Reading your comment, I realized that New York is a city that is constantly changing with the times. If I were to visit New York, I would probably be too stimulated and nervous and exhausted. However, I am very interested in Grand Central Station as an architectural structure.
I'm waaay to old and slow for NYC. Maybe Tokyo is like it. To do NYC, you have to get totally wired up on lots of coffee. It's a pedal-to-the-metal place, a young man's game.
Beautiful trees, sorry to read they are now gone. It was good you have this memory of them.
Thank you.
Japanese underground streets (Chika-gai 地下街、limited to the big cities) are well lit and clean, lined with many shops. Are there any comparable things in America? Maybe not.
It's like that under Grand Central Station in NYC, without the 'clean' part. The Grand Central Oyster Bar is there.
https://grandcentralterminal.com/shop/oyster-bar-restaurant/
That’s a very atmospheric and lovely bar. Grand Central Station is one of the places I’d love to visit someday.
A friend who was living over in Jersey City took me to the Oyster Bar for oysters back around 2010. It was good.
I've spent a lot of time in NYC over the years: got mugged in Times Square by Blacks when I was young and the animals were running the zoo, the enjoyed the city during the Guiliani period, whern he put them back in their cages and the city was relatively safe. It's been ruled by Democrats since then: probably even worse now than the 1970s.
Despite everything wrong with it, I've always liked New York.
Reading your comment, I realized that New York is a city that is constantly changing with the times. If I were to visit New York, I would probably be too stimulated and nervous and exhausted. However, I am very interested in Grand Central Station as an architectural structure.
I'm waaay to old and slow for NYC. Maybe Tokyo is like it. To do NYC, you have to get totally wired up on lots of coffee. It's a pedal-to-the-metal place, a young man's game.
That Sister Cities area was beautiful. It broke my heart to see those trees cut down for more shopping.
I agree. I think Nagoya city is bad at urban planning.