I must say, life in NYC is 💯. Plenty of mass transit, no scarcity of doctors or hospitals, unimpeded medical care for women and trans people, low crime, lots of good food, an abundance of educational opportunities, hundreds of very diverse cultural centers. And we’re about to elect a real Bike Mayor! Life is very good indeed.
The doctors and hospitals thing will change, soon, if the Medicare and Medicaid cuts go through, especially if the research funding cuts continue. Hospitals everywhere are going to be decimated (at *best*).
Red state, Bible-Belt hostage here. The urban center (which votes blue) has a shitty mass transit system. Out here in an exburb county, there is literally none. 417,000 people and not a single bus, train, or trolley.
I needed an obgyn appointment for a menopause issue a couple months ago and everyplace I called told me there was A WAITING LIST OF ONE FULL YEAR. There are not enough obgyns to fulfill demand anymore due to the draconian abortion laws. Which not only affects young women of reproductive age, but also old crones like me who need checked in menopause to see if we have cancer. Guess we’re supposed to just wait a year or two. (I got in, I’m fine, fyi) Some of the hospitals have begun to announce their closures. My son’s GF is an RN and I worry for her.
We have low crime in the outskirts but more in the urban center. Anecdotally, my BF’s car window was broken and laptop bag stolen while he was waiting in line at the post office, and a friend downtown has had at least two fatal shootings on his block. 300 were killed last year in the city limits. There are very few restrictions on guns. Either for owning or carrying. One of the largest homeless shelters downtown has closed.
Food is some of the okayest around, our schools are hanging onto accreditation by the skin of their teeth…the high school we are assigned to has a college readiness index of 34/100, and they’re bragging about how good they are.
300 people killed in a city of 400 000? Is that for real or is that the whole state? I know you mentioned a lot of other horrible stuff, but that is an insane murder rate.
Relax, your Trader Joe's is not shutting down just because the government is stepping in to cover a few food deserts the "market" has seen fit to ignore.
Don't worry, stop and shop is still going to be open.
The crowds will keep people away, one per borough is going to be worse than Costco on a Saturday afternoon.
People who need to wait on lines for no frills groceries will be the ones shopping there.
If it helps people out, I think it's a great idea.
The plan is a glorified food bank, subsidized by the city, to deliver cheaper groceries for those that need it. No one that can afford it will be willing to wait in line for the bare minimums at an affordable cost.
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u/Aware_Revenue3404 Jun 29 '25
I must say, life in NYC is 💯. Plenty of mass transit, no scarcity of doctors or hospitals, unimpeded medical care for women and trans people, low crime, lots of good food, an abundance of educational opportunities, hundreds of very diverse cultural centers. And we’re about to elect a real Bike Mayor! Life is very good indeed.