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From: pankaj@sbcs.UUCP (Pankaj Gupta)
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Subject: Re: Excerpts from an Interview/Biography
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 10:52:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  9 10:52:24 1985
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> From: sunil@ut-ngp.UUCP (Sunil Trivedi) Message-ID: <1936@ut-ngp.UTEXAS>
>	The questioner (Q:) is A. Sikri, (P:) is Padmini Kolhapure,
>	and  is me, Sunil Trivedi .
>	Q:  How do you like New York City, since you come here so often?
>	    How different is it from Bombay?
>	P:  They're both really the same, overcrowded, dirty cities.
>				    her that it was New York City.  Mayor Koch [of New York
>		    City] ought to give her the "Key to the City" for that
>		    remark.>
> 
> > 	I am surprised that somebody as ignorant as you are about New York
> > 	city comments on others opinions. I think it is about time you 
> > 	visit New York ( making sure that cabby does not take you to 
> > 	Hoboken ) and get your facts straight. It is a well known fact
> > 	( even Mayor Koch will agree ) that New York city is dirty.
> 
> I assume living in New York would be better than visiting New York if I
> want to make statements about New York.  Well I have lived in New York
> for 13 years.

Boy, you lived in NYC for 13 years and still think that it is a clean
and beautiful place (even after living in Austin)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> I agree there are several sections of New York that are not
> the most appealing, but that situation will exist in any major metro-
> politan area.

I think you just repeated what Padmini said :-)

> I believe it is not fair to
> judge the whole city, when only a few sections are culprit.  Just because
> the many communities in NYC [New York City] share a common government,
> does not mean that all the communities are the same. South Bronx hardly
> reflects the rest of NYC.
> Usually those who don't live in "the city" are the ones who help to give
> "the city" a bad name.

I think that means - `those who live in cleaner and more crime-free
areas feel that "the city" is dirty and full of crime'.

> If NYC were as
> dirty and over-crowded as the "well-known facts" reveal, then why do those
> who have the ability to move out stay there?  Does anyone believe that these
> residents stay there because they like to be dirty and to live in over-
> crowded settings?

I know a lot of New Yorkers who feel that it is the "greatest city
on earth".  I agree that the city is a great place for enjoying
social and cultural events, but it still remains a fact that it
is dirty and overcrowded.

> 
> > 	I wish you do not waste our time and yours (!!!) posting such
> > 	articles.
> 
> To all those who believe that I am wasting their time (including Baiju Patel
> baiju@sbcs, Shaji Bhaskar shaji@sbcs, & Shankar Muppala muppala@sunybcs),
> please exercise the 'n' key.
> 
How come my name was not included in the list?  For those of you who
know how to hit the `r' key for sending me mail, but do not know
how to use the `f' key for sending followup messages send me mail if
you want to be included in the list, and I will post the list in the
future (my astrologer tells me that Feb 29 1986 is a good day for
that purpose).

Pankaj Gupta
SUNY at StonyBrook.