First NY Sign!

Soul despairs. Home of the rude and untidy. Also home to the many many future tolls that the north seems to just love. I dislike New York more than most cities as despite being one of the wealthiest cities on the planet, it's an absolute pile of steaming poo. There are 3rd world cities that have better roads and more polite people than NY. When the state of NYs roads are compared unfavourably to the roads in Casa or Tangier (or even Mkech), this is not good.

Staten Island has holes in the roads that are big enough to lose a family of 5 for a weekend. Yet the city still bills itself as a great place to live. It's not, it's just human conditioning.

The best thing about NY will be Monday when the event heads south. I ALWAYS love that bit of NY - seeing it in my rear view mirror.

But the worst thing about NY is some of the people who have this snobby view that they fund through Federal taxes places in the south. Well dumb m'fos, should have thought that through before the Civil War! Pony up your (Federal) cash, we need a new marina. And if you want to know how to pay for it, it's that $12 toll on that heap of a bridge that I just had to cross.