New York ....... or .......Yorkshire

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New York or Yorkshire

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  1. Young Nudger

    Young Nudger Well-Known Member

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    Us the British were largely responsible for the ships and people that went to Ellis Island.
    Have a wander around and see if you can spot that.
    Ellis Island is a disgrace - looking at it you would think only American ships and black people landed there.
    Try to find a reference to Liverpool, Dublin or Southampton.
     
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    I know what you mean. Less appealing. In the sense I’ve done all the major sites etc. My youngest lives there. But I have been going many years. Love theatre. So always try to take in new shows. And see my favourites again. Already done some. 2/3 times. Mainly Musicals. I like the ones with least expectations. Eg Once. How do broadway/New York theatres compare . That’s if you do theatre mind.
     
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    the poverty is scary apparently 20 percent of New Yorkers live in poverty
     
    red24/7, Sep 26, 2020
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    My partners daughter is on the West end in SIX so I've been introduced to theatre and I love it. The theatre side of things are pretty similar other than the American audiences are a lot more vocal (no surprise there) both Broadway and the West end are held in equally high regard by performers and theatre goers alike.
     
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    The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”

    It was freezing cold as the wind was coming off the sea.
    And San Fransico was shut when I was there.
    Or that’s what I thought.
    Who the foook builds a city on hills three times higher than Harbrough Hills ???
    People in that city have got great legs - they must have.
     
    Young Nudger, Sep 26, 2020
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    Very similar places
    Central Park - Locke Park
    Times Square - Peels Square
    Statue of Liberty - Statue of Dickie
    Both have Broadway
     
    Bossman, Sep 26, 2020
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    young nudger is really Phileas Fogg
     
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    If you find New York dull, you can't have left the airport.

    Best place I've visited. Packed loads into 6 days, and I've a list of stuff about 4 years long that I'd like to do next time.
     
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    as New York got 8 Gregg's though, why would you go, Struber will wake up fancying a steaky bake and be "what have I done "
     
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    As with most of American culture - it’s based on falsehoods.
    Other than Vegas - American cities are extremely boring.
    However - the American people are great - their roads are the most impressive thing to see - and their west coast scenery (Bryce, Monument Valley, Yellowstone etc) is the most spectacular in the world.
     
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    It depends what you consider boring really. I'd much rather live in Yorkshire than new York but for a holiday how can anyone be bored? There's so much to see and do.
     
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    Barnsley as an holiday inn and so does New York,to stay in New York holiday inn on 3/10.2020 it would be 98 pounds, the one in Barnsley would be 51 pounds

    for fun which of the 2 received this review 2 weeks ago

    "Room smell like cigarette .Many people not wearing mask in the hotel mostly other guests but no one said anything.Lots of homeless people hanging around the entrance and again no one said anything.Not impress at all "

    ANSWER AT 7.30:)
     
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    You couldn’t pay me to go to New York again.

    A giant film set.
     
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    I suppose where I went wrong is that I expected it to be a tall London - or be like other cities I’ve been to
    I was expecting much.
    I was greatly disappointed.

    As far as I’m concerned - there ain’t no place like the buzz of London.
     
    Young Nudger, Sep 26, 2020
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    The review was from New York, the Barnsley review said " could do with thicker blanket its very cold round here" a Mr Robins
     
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    I think you were in the harbour in Alcatraz
     
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    New York is basically Manhattan Island because going to the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staren Island etc is akin to going to the outskirts of Sheffield. You can do all the touristy bits in a few days. We were in Times Square first time we went and did Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, Liitle Italy, Chinatown, Wall street, Ground zero, Empire State building, Top of the Rock, Greenwich Village, Grand Central Station, Madison Square Garden, Maceys, Central Park inc Strawberry Fields all in 3 days. We also saw a couple of Broadway Shows. Manhattan is nowhere near as expansive as London so if you go a second time like we did, there's not much new to see. The museums are nowhere near as numerous as London. Comparing New York to Yorkshire is like comparing London to Canada. Apples and pears.
     
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    Have you been to both Brooklyn and the outskirts of Sheffield? Cos I would say they are a tad different myself.
     
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    66% Yorkshire

    Sithi
     
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    That's impressive. It's my youngest's dream. She had tickets to see Six at Bradford sadly it was cancelled. My daughter is in Performing Arts College, and often drags us down to the West End (and to Broadway a couple of times). From an occasional theatre goer, I've become a huge fan - especially Musical Theatre. Prefer the West End, as Broadway was off the scale £ wise. Spent £500 for 2 tickets to see Dear Evan Hansen. Best show I've seen, but way too much for an evening's entertainment!
     
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