[104719] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Hauling gear around a NANOG meeting
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adrian Chadd)
Sat May 24 09:46:15 2008
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 21:47:17 +0800
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@creative.net.au>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
In-Reply-To: <4837F3DE.3050109@psg.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Sat, May 24, 2008, Randy Bush wrote:
> i am greatly amused by all the poor country hicks so worried about
> having to go to the big scary city. when arriving, sweet virginia,
> please be sure to scrape that <bleep> right off your shoes.
Meh. I'm from the most remote pretend-city in the western world
and New York seemed fine to me. The subway wasn't dangerous in midtown
right out past three/four AM; there's always people going places and
in general seemed friendly enough to answer questions (and ask questions;
I had a native NY'er ask me how to get somewhere on the subway system!)
I'm sure there are places which are labelled "Don't go at night if you're
an unarmed middle-class white guy by yourself" but frankly, this place
isn't anywhere near as bad as historically portrayed.
I'm pleasantly surprised. :) (And annoyed that I'm leaving..)
adrian
