Tell me about living in NYC during the 80s

Anonymous wrote:God, it was fun. Lots of coke, went out every night, Mon- Friday. The weekends were for the bridge and tunnel crowd. Hung out with a club promoter and his posse. Went to 3-5 different places a night. Had a crap job that paid nothing at Hearst publishing and lived off of free canapés.

My brother who did his internship at Beth Israel saw the beginnings of the AIDS crisis. So fucking sad.

Worked there from 82-85, wonder if I knew your brother. The AIDS crisis was horrible and so sad. It also didn't have to be as bad but the politician didn't care about the gays and drug addicts. We lost so many talented and wonderful young men. I think of some of them often and wonder what they would have accomplished if they had lived.