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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I have no problem with tourists who are confused by the subway, because quite often it just doesn't make any sense
The NY subway has never made as much sense to me as I was sure it should have. I could navigate London quite well, but I grew up there. Thinking on it, I dove into Moscow subway with less apprehension than my last solo NY trip. There's an aura.
A wedding party pulled up in a limo and piled out to get photos taken with the skyline in the background. Then at least half a dozen groups of tourists started posing for photos with the limo.
That's awesome!
It's the Mole People.
It could be worse. I can't even get the "natives" here to move out of the way so I can get on the train. Le sigh.
God I loved Moscow so much. Everyone moves so quickly and briskly, and if you stand in the way you'll get bumped out of it right quick.
Moscow subway's pretty easy. It sets a new bar for crowds, but because of the above it doesn't get annoying the way they can here. IME, anyway.
And now I want to visit Moscow!
Crap. Bo Diddley died.
Same thing with walking slowly in a group of 3-5. Don't do it! I don't care if you're getting a drink after work!
This wouldn't bug me so much if any of these groups ever had the awareness of their surroundings to detect when someone walking faster is behind them, and made room to be passed.
This, so very much. I grew up in an area that was almost entirely tourist-dependent. I'm very familiar with the love-hate dynamic that is present in such situations. And I know I live and work in the most tourist-heavy parts of SF, but STILL. The worst part about my entire rehearsal process has been the fact that the theater is near Union Square, and so the entire area is clotted with oblivious groups of people.
I'm so sorry for your loss, askye.
It's the Mole People.
Not the C.H.U.D.?
("Of course you'll have a bad impression of New York if you only focus on the pimps and the C.H.U.D.s.")
No! That's very sad.
(Reading the restaurant list from Kathy's link - want to go to Sunshine Cafe. . . NOW.)
This wouldn't bug me so much if any of these groups ever had the awareness of their surroundings to detect when someone walking faster is behind them, and made room to be passed.
I hate it when a gaggle of office workers go to lunch together. I always feel as if I'm being run off the sidewalk by the Douchebag Express.