The part of brooklyn where the meeting is being held is often referred to as MetroTech brooklyn: http://www.metrotechbid.org/ IMO, its a nice place to relax and get a feel for life outside of Manhattan. - ------------------------------------ Andrew Young Webair Internet Development, Inc Phone: 1 866 WEBAIR 1 FAX: 516.938.5100 http://www.webair.com andrewy@webair.com ------------------------------------- We are interested in any feedback you might have about the service you received. Please contact our technical support consumer care manager directly at 1.866.WEBAIR1 or e-mail customercare@webair.com ------------------------------------- On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 11:49 -0400, Paul Stewart wrote:
A lot of it is common sense - New York is a GREAT city .. no question and very safe overall. But common sense will tell you not to take a leisure walk through Harlem at 3AM .. having said that, I've walked through Central Park (65th St.) at various times of the night and never had a problem, but then again that's different too...
Travel in herds and mind your own business - don't travel at 3AM (on foot) and you'll be fine..;) That really goes for any city when you think about it...
Take care,
Paul
-----Original Message----- From: Alex Rubenstein [mailto:alex@corp.nac.net] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:06 PM To: Rod Beck; David Diaz; Martin Hannigan Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Hauling gear around a NANOG meeting
I hate to break the news to the New York bashers, but New York is one of the safest American cities. This is not a controversial statement.
While I generally agree with what Rod is saying, saying "NYC is safe" is like saying "all routers are cisco"
There are safe areas, and there are not safe areas. I don't know how the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn bridge rates, but I don't think I'd be overly concerned. And, since people going to NANOG tend to have a herding instinct, there shouldn't be a problem.
New York has a lower incidence of crime than Miami, Detroit, Seattle, Los Vegas, Houston, Atlanta, DC, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.
Yes, but in at least most of those locations, my Florida or Utah CCW is valid.
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