Lewis Perin wrote:
> "Dominic T." > writes:
>
> > [...joys and sorrows of New York...]
> >
> > Not even being biased, but I would believe you could find just about
> > everything in NYC in PGH more condensed and easily accessible.
>
> That's a pretty strong conclusion to derive from spending a few days
> in New York.
>
> /Lew
> ---
> Lew Perin /
> http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html

It's no offense, or slight on NYC, it is just my opinion. If you have
never experienced the Strip District on a Saturday morning then it is a
worthwhile trip to PGH. It is lively and filled with ethnic groceries
of all kinds, fresh produce, and seafood, as well as a few decent tea
shops and a number of Chinese and Thai groceries.

NYC has the same, but more of them. For the most part though they are
one after another all selling the same items. So you have 6 blocks of
stores that are exactly the same, we have 4 stores in 3 blocks all with
different stuff. We have a whole Jewish area of town, Korean, etc. A
cultural district, Market Square, small boutique shops, etc.

Don't get me wrong I liked it, it just seemed like a lot of the same I
see here... I was expecting all new sights/sounds/smells (well you got
us on smells, at every turn there is a new scent reminiscent of some
form of armpit or foot to assault your senses

I really enjoyed it there, and we had a good time all around, it just
didn't wow me like I thought it would. To be fair, it is just a city, a
really big city... so it makes sense that it is similar in most ways to
most other cities. I found a few really cool small shops and
restaraunts and I'm sure there are hundreds more if you know the right
places and have the inside scoop... but as a tourist and a fairly
adventurous one it was just a bit less awe-inspiring than I thought it
would be.

- Dominic