I (finally) found something new york city dwellers DON'T have….

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    I have lived in the city that supposedly ‘has it all’ my entire life and I have found something key that the five boros are missing- Being able to see the stars. Imagine how our self worth would soar if we see the myriads of stars and that Hashem gave each of them a name. All I see are the same 6 or so….That doesn’t really help me visualize this fact too much. Thoughts, additions…subtractions??? ((Hey, it’s zman simchaseinu…)

    #818271
    am yisrael chai
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    “the five boros are missing- Being able to see the stars.”

    Guess you’ve never lived in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, among many other places.

    Did you know that some parts of the city don’t even have alternate side of the street parking?

    Generalizing only generally works 😉

    #818272
    Bar Shattya
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    +1 (You did ask for it)

    #818273
    2scents
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    There is much more than that missing in NY.

    #818274
    yeshivabochur123
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    sorry wrong we have the country

    #818275
    Joseph613
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    and peace an quiet.

    #818276
    Sister Bear
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    lol so true….and I don’t even live in the city (although the suburbs don’t give much stars….grass we have tho).

    Funny story, I was in the country with a few friends and we looked up at the stars and we were like oh they’re so pretty. So one girl was like what are they? We’re like stars you city girl (btw she lives in suburbia too). She was like I know there are stars up there but those are twinkling. So the other girls we were with started singing twinkle, twinkle little star.

    #818277

    It’s a shame, really. And based on all your responses, I see that it’s very true. New york CITY dwellers really do lack this reality. Parks, lakes, other forms of nature- Yes there are those sprinkled throughout, but stars?! I see the same blasted planet next to the moon every time I look up on a cloudless night. You might as well just board up my schach for crying out loud! 😉

    #818278
    Dr. Seuss
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    I don’t understand. Why don’t the stars come out over New York?

    #818279
    Yatzmich
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    The first time that I actually saw light from the moon was after I bought a house on a quiet block in Lakewood. On a clear night the moon light is actually quite strong. In NYC I have never seen that.

    #818280
    koillel101
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    The only thing we don’t have in NYC is…….

    A kosher subway!!!!!

    They have in baltimore and its great but we dont have one locally!:(

    #818281
    commonsense
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    we can see the stars but we don’t have Walmart (brooklyn)

    #818282
    Disrael613
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    Your missing the Kotel! And Clean Air!

    #818283

    And Walmart- You’re right! I’m seeing some cracks in the NYC ‘all powerful’ defense system…..Oh, and how many stars can you count from where you are commonsense? Dr. Seuss- The city lights don’t allow us to see stars that aren’t super bright. It’s hard to explain.

    #818284
    Toi
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    time, derech eretz, parking…i could go on and on.

    #818285
    2scents
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    It all sums up to one thing, which is quality of life! New Yorkers probably don’t even know to what I am referring.

    #818286
    commonsense
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    I don’t know why everyone complains they can’t see the stars, on a clear night we see them just fine. If we happen to be outside on Shabbos when it is almost over, we watch as the stars become visible to know when Shabbos is over (even though we hold a later zman). I live in Brooklyn.

    #818287
    stuck
    Member

    The city that never sleeps has it all: Torah, Avodah, and Gemilas Chasodim.

    #818288
    am yisrael chai
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    Next thing we’ll hear is that NY doesn’t have a view of the moon as well as the stars, and inhabitants go OOT for kiddush levana…

    #818289
    YW Moderator-42
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    ayc, many months NYC does have that problem. I once went OOT (is EY OOT?) the 2nd Shabbos of a month and after Shabbos was looking for people to say kiddush levana with. but they had all said it the previous week. Granted, it’s not just NYC, but Eretz Yisrael generally does not get cloudy during the summer months

    #818290
    stuck
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    What does clouds have to do with NYC vs. OOT??

    #818291
    happiest
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    @toi- I take offense to your post. “time, derech eretz, parking…i could go on and on.”

    Derech eretz? Honestly, how can you generalize and say that people in NY don’t have that?

    Wow, I don’t even think I’m going to continue saying what I was going to because it probably won’t be worth it but just know the derech eretz that goes on in NY (and around the world) is astonishing. Yes, we don’t nec see it all but I know I see it a lot and it makes me proud of being a Jew and NYer;)

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