Re: What's that smell?

Ballou, Re:

>I know this has nothing to do with the Who (except that PT claims NY is his
>2nd favorite city in the world and I can't figure out why) but I couldn't
>help but post this since I believe there's such a large NY contingency on the
>list.  Please, tell me, how do you live there?

        I find the area around MSG and Penn Station (Herald Square) to be
quite unpleasant.  Echoing what Litgo said, the smell is a combination of
the river, garbage, organic waste, and poor personal
hygiene--sniiiiiiiiiiif--aah.  The summer heat heightens this effect.
However, there are many places in Manhattan that are cleaner, and um,
nicer.  I don't live in Manhattan, but I live in Queens.  It's close enough
to go to Manhattan whenever I want, but far enough away to have clean air
and trees around me.  Living close to LaGuardia airport, I have a different
problem to deal with: noise pollution.  But, like what Dan Ackroyd said in
The Blues Brothers about the constant trains going by his window, it
happens "so often, you don't even notice it."  I think most NYers have a
love/hate relationship with their city, a relationship I share.  L.A. on
the other hand...don't get me started!
                                                                        Stacey.