Re: Gimme the Dirt

From: Jeff Richard <richaje_at_XPjF2s46-JK9pZ09DDpDbJfQA9wwgAYIIj9ai_BNul-51xDzIYBM6rOPkf3ojIrGnI0W>
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:40:51 -0000

> > Newark is an awful pit of a town.
> It is indeed. The only minimal consolation is that on Friday morning
I
> went along with the State Police when they raided a house to nab an
> armed robber and that bit of Newark made where we were seem
positively
> bucolic...

Yeah - I try to limit my involvement in Newark to the transit from the airport to Manhattan. There's a reason why the Sopranos are set in Newark (and that's Newark, New Jersey - a famed city of crime).

> > Where in Manhattan?
> Battery Park City, in the Financial District and on the Hudson

I know that area well - neat area, surprising amount of history. Dramatic improvement on Newark. IN fact, whereas Newark is a dangerous slum, Manhattan is the safest large city I've ever been to (certainly safer to wander about at 2 am than London or Paris).

Jeff