Final Thoughts, Pt. 2: Lists

Things I’m Going To Miss About NYC:

• The man who operates the Rafiqi’s Halal Food cart. He always sports a giant smile.
• The variety of foods.
• The people at work. Several of them are genuinely cool people.
• Central Park, now that it’s warmed up and turned green.
• The people I live with. No matter how much crap we’ve gone through, I love them all.
• Being able to walk everywhere if I so choose.
• Delivery.com - Nearly every restuarant that delivers to me, at my fingertips.
• Dr. Kickasola / The classes I took. I genuinely enjoyed them. Learned a lot.
• Having a reason to listen to my iPod (blocking out street noises, bored on the subway, etc.)
• Beautiful getaways like The Cloisters
• This beautiful spring weather.

Things I’m Not Going To Miss About NYC:

• The lack of visible horizon-lines.
• The lack of hospitality.
• The cash-only nature of most businesses.
• Waiting for the orange line trains late at night.
• The prices on everything.
• Tourists who don’t understand how to move in a pedestrian city.
• The depressing gloom that is cast over the city mid-winter.
• The lingering burning smell from Sabretts and Nuts 4 Nuts carts.
• The smell of piss… everywhere.
• The fact that the City That Doesn’t Sleep only stays up if you’re a bloody alcoholic… Everything else closes relatively early.
• Pizza delivery people who can’t hold a pizza flat while delivering, and wind up delivering a pizza with all the toppings pushed to one side.
  
  
• TIMES SQUARE.