a dinner party,a friend of mine went down to the street to get a taxicab and the cab veered (22 too quickly and hit him.His wife and I tool him in the cab to Lenox Hill Hospital,and while we were trying to get emergency treatment for him the cab driver was screaming at us for the fare.A few weeks ago a fifteen-year-old girl was raped on a subway train.The next day the police expressed the opinion that the girl was partially responsible for the act 3)because she had entered a car in which there were no other passengers.All of these things may happen in other large cities,and undoubtedly do,but
a dinner party, a friend of mine went down to the street to get a taxicab and the cab veered (22)too quickly and hit him. His wife and I tool him in the cab to Lenox Hill Hospital, and while we were trying to get emergency treatment for him the cab driver was screaming at us for the fare. A few weeks ago a fifteen-year-old girl was raped on a subway train. The next day the police expressed the opinion that the girl was partially responsible for the act(23) because she had entered a car in which there were no other passengers. All of these things may happen in other large cities, and undoubtedly do, but
they reflect a lack of caring,a sickness of the soul,that I find difficult to accept and impossible to forget.(24) Crime is widespread and New York's crime statistics are not the worst in the country.Perhaps what troubles me is the kinds of crimes that go on here,the terribl meanness in addition to the offense 25 I have just read in th paper that three elderly people,sharing an apartment and al confined to wheelchairs.26 were robbed by intruders.Thre Mexican tourists who could speak no English were charged $167 for a taxi ride from Kennedy Internationa Airport to downtown New York.The 21 blind news dealers of New York recentl complained that their
they reflect a lack of caring, a sickness of the soul, that I find difficult to accept and impossible to forget. (24) Crime is widespread and New York’s crime statistics are not the worst in the country. Perhaps what troubles me is the kinds of crimes that go on here, the terrible meanness in addition to the offense.(25) I have just read in the paper that three elderly people, sharing an apartment and all confined to wheelchairs,(26) were robbed by intruders. Three Mexican tourists who could speak no English were charged $167 for a taxi ride from Kennedy International Airport to downtown New York. The 217 blind news dealers of New York recently complained that their
customers are stealing coins from their trays, shortchanging them,and frequently mugging them on their way home at night.During last year's Central Park Bicycle Race,five of the racers were attacked and had their bikes stolen while the race was in progress.27 This is something of a handicap in a bicycle race 28) And there is the minor cheating too,so commonplace that it is almost a game with New Yorkers.Some drivers run through traffic lights for five or six seconds after the light has turned red,and it stirs them with pleasure.The cab driver conveniently neglects 29 to throw his flag upon arrival at your destination,and
customers are stealing coins from their trays, shortchanging them, and frequently mugging them on their way home at night. During last year’s Central Park Bicycle Race , five of the racers were attacked and had their bikes stolen while the race was in progress.(27) This is something of a handicap in a bicycle race.(28) And there is the minor cheating too, so commonplace that it is almost a game with New Yorkers. Some drivers run through traffic lights for five or six seconds after the light has turned red, and it stirs them with pleasure. The cab driver conveniently neglects(29) to throw his flag upon arrival at your destination, and
while you are paying him,an additional ten cents rings up.It seems to please him more than any other money he has made all day.The hatcheck girl has no change for a dollar.Almost everybody in New York cheats a little. There are other things I dislike. I don't want to see children in Central Park playing in unmarked clumps of poison ivy,and I don't want to see any more statues and walls scribbled with spray paint;and I dont want to ride anymore on an obsolete and rundown subway system so poorly marked that even the Transit Authority people find it difficult to give directions.(30
while you are paying him, an additional ten cents rings up. It seems to please him more than any other money he has made all day. The hatcheck girl has no change for a dollar. Almost everybody in New York cheats a little. There are other things I dislike. I don’t want to see children in Central Park playing in unmarked clumps of poison ivy, and I don’t want to see any more statues and walls scribbled with spray paint; and I don’t want to ride anymore on an obsolete and rundown subway system so poorly marked that even the Transit Authority people find it d i f f i c ul t t o g i v e di re c t i o n s.( 3 0 )
For some reason I resent the horrid smartness of a city that sends hundreds of people to eat at Elaine's, a celebrity-packed restaurant serving mediocre food, because it's fashionable to be seen there. New York offers some prizes I shall miss,and I can only hope to find them elsewhere.A few days ago,after a quick rainstorm,I walked across Central Park near the lake and I thought I had never seen a city so lovely.The steel and glass buildings caught the sunlight,and in the clean air they glowed brilliantly.I passed a youth on 74th Street one morning recently and for no reason at all he smiled and said,.“Hi.”In no other city in the whole world are there such
For some reason I resent the horrid smartness of a city that sends hundreds of people to eat at Elaine’s, a celebrity-packed restaurant serving mediocre food, because it’s fashionable to be seen there. New York offers some prizes I shall miss, and I can only hope to find them elsewhere.(31) A few days ago, after a quick rainstorm, I walked across Central Park near the lake and I thought I had never seen a city so lovely. The steel and glass buildings caught the sunlight, and in the clean air they glowed brilliantly. I passed a youth on 74th Street one morning recently and for no reason at all he smiled and said, “ Hi.” In no other city in the whole world are there such