[104691] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Hauling gear around a NANOG meeting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew young)
Fri May 23 12:28:29 2008
From: andrew young <andrewy@webair.com>
To: Paul Stewart <pstewart@nexicomgroup.net>
In-Reply-To: <89D27DE3375BB6428DDCC2927489826A014CAEBA@nexus.nexicomgroup.net>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 12:28:16 -0400
Cc: Alex Rubenstein <alex@corp.nac.net>, David Diaz <davediaz@gmail.com>,
Martin Hannigan <hannigan@verneglobal.com>, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
The part of brooklyn where the meeting is being held is often referred
to as MetroTech brooklyn:
http://www.metrotechbid.org/
IMO, its a nice place to relax and get a feel for life outside of
Manhattan.
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On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 11:49 -0400, Paul Stewart wrote:
> A lot of it is common sense - New York is a GREAT city .. no question
> and very safe overall. But common sense will tell you not to take a
> leisure walk through Harlem at 3AM .. having said that, I've walked
> through Central Park (65th St.) at various times of the night and never
> had a problem, but then again that's different too...
>
> Travel in herds and mind your own business - don't travel at 3AM (on
> foot) and you'll be fine..;) That really goes for any city when you
> think about it...
>
> Take care,
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Rubenstein [mailto:alex@corp.nac.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 5:06 PM
> To: Rod Beck; David Diaz; Martin Hannigan
> Cc: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: RE: Hauling gear around a NANOG meeting
>
> > I hate to break the news to the New York bashers, but New York is one
> of
> > the safest American cities. This is not a controversial statement.
>
> While I generally agree with what Rod is saying, saying "NYC is safe" is
> like saying "all routers are cisco"
>
> There are safe areas, and there are not safe areas. I don't know how the
> Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn bridge rates, but I don't think I'd be
> overly concerned. And, since people going to NANOG tend to have a
> herding instinct, there shouldn't be a problem.
>
>
> > New York has a lower incidence of crime than Miami, Detroit, Seattle,
> > Los Vegas, Houston, Atlanta, DC, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.
>
> Yes, but in at least most of those locations, my Florida or Utah CCW is
> valid.
>
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