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[quote=Anonymous]Was in college 1998-2002 and came to NYC often to visit slightly older friends working there. Spent one summer as an intern. A few comments. NYC was rapidly recovering from the massive crime problems of the 1970s-80s. Giuiliani gets much of the credit. Murders and petty crime fell by huge factors. Giuliani wasn't popular among certain demographics but those same demographics were causing most of the murder and crime. WWYD. At the same time, NYC hadn't quite become the playground for the very rich it is now. There was still a fair amount of grittiness that appealed to kids fresh out of 1990s suburbia. It was a much more relaxed, freer and laid back place. Remember smoking! Actual cigarettes! At pool halls and bars! The nanny state that started to emerge under Bloomberg and now pretty much runs NYC today wasn't there yet. Notwithstanding 9-11, much of that reviving NYC remained constant through the next decade. I don't find NYC as interesting these days. [/quote]
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