Jerry Seinfeld: So You Think New York Is ‘Dead’

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/opinion/jerry-seinfeld-new-york-coronavirus.html

by mhb • 6 years ago

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raxxorrax• 6 years ago

Is New York dying? This wasn't funny at all.

mhb• 6 years ago

It's a reply to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24175351

simonebrunozzi2• 6 years ago

In my view, James Altucher is very close to what I would consider a "fraud" / "scammer". e.g. He was running a dubious business to get people invest in stocks and cryptocurrencies a while ago.

See what Naval Ravikant did after recording a podcast with him: he essentially asked the podcast to be removed, as he didn't want to associate his name with Altucher again.

I doubt that Jerry Seinfield needs to pay too much attention to what that guy writes.

bsaul2• 6 years ago

I just saw a video on yt of someone biking in nyc and showing empty streets, and places for rent. I didn’t think it was that bad. But if jerry seinfeld thinks it’s time to post something to tell people to stay, then it must be pretty damn serious...

gnusty_gnurc• 6 years ago

oh yea totally, Jerry Seinfeld is known for being a mouthpiece for cultural propaganda /s

bsaul2• 6 years ago

on the contrary. It's the first time i've seen jerry seinfeld say or write anything "serious".

KoftaBob• 6 years ago

^ This comment right here is a great example of confirmation bias. Rather than give a specific rebuttal to Seinfeld's commentary, they provide an anecdote that supports their pre-existing bias.

Hydraulix989• 6 years ago

Are you sure it’s not the other way around?

mariodiana• 6 years ago

What was Seinfeld's take, that cities "change"? He gave as an example "Rome"?

Perhaps tourists will go to a revitalized NYC someday, and visit the ruins of the Chrysler Building and Statue of Liberty.

Seriously. Cities "change" is perhaps the most vacuous and ambiguous commentary a person could make. Change to what?

cullinap• 6 years ago

No doubt people are leaving, but if you go to any of the neighborhoods on a weekend there are still a lot of people eating/drinking. What the city doesn't have at the moment is tourism and that might explain why times square is emptier.

simonebrunozzi2• 6 years ago

When I got my first apartment in Manhattan in the hot summer of 1976, there was no pooper-scooper law, and the streets were covered in dog crap.

Man, this guy knows how to write.

I am writing a novel in my free time (my 3rd; but I am nowhere close to being a proper "writer" - I just like writing, that's all), and I am studying how to be a better writer. The first sentence of Jerry's article is just masterfully written.

Jerry Seinfeld: So You Think New York Is ‘Dead’

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