tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23477223.post1411921233319630016..comments2023-12-23T01:30:15.085-05:00Comments on Blah Blog Blah: How to Pass for a NativeJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362859175287085919noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23477223.post-3470073725337305422008-12-03T16:29:00.000-05:002008-12-03T16:29:00.000-05:00Yeah, what is it with the transplants, the youngst...Yeah, what is it with the transplants, the youngsters, and combination of both, identifying the subway lines by the color. I know that's how they do it in DC, Montreal, Paris and other European cities that has a Metro. It irks the hell out of me when someone stops me asking where they can get the red line. <BR/><BR/>And yes most of these youngsters live in "Upper West Side" where the "red" line goes. I'm sorry, but I have to admit i was going out with a twentysomething youngster from upstate a couple of years ago. And the reason why she ended up in "UPW" was that because CraigsList indicated that the apt. was in the UPW, even though technically it's Hamilton Heights (and others end up living in Riverdale, or wherever the streets are in the upper 100's and on the West side --anything to have that <B>New York, NY</B> address). So, maybe that should shed some light on why these youngsters take the "red" line.<BR/><BR/>AND, one can really tell a native NYer by referring to the subway lines as the <A HREF="http://www.nycsubway.org/faq/briefhist.html" REL="nofollow">IRT, IND, BMT</A>. I sometimes refer to these just to throw people off and indicate [brag] to them that I'm a native.<BR/><BR/>Sorry for the long-winded comment. Am having an off-day: neither productive at work nor can I put something insightful in my tumblr.esquared™https://www.blogger.com/profile/03535683572170541615noreply@blogger.com