New York Stories

Living in New York, inevitably you start to realize there's a pattern of horrible stories that happen every few months or years. One recurring theme are deliveryman murders, such yesterday's terrible Chinese food deliveryman murder, killed by two teenagers. Or taxi/livery cab murders - like the one last week where the passengers killed a driver because they didn't like the route he took. There stories are a part of our city's fabric, and New York is not perfect. But it doesn't mean Gothamist likes hearing those stories or ones about child abuse, neighborhood rapes, ex-boyfriend/ex-girlfriend murders, landlord-tenant disputes gone wrong, police brutality and its converse - disrespect for the men in blue, etc. Tension, crime, upheaval, yes, those are parts of our everyday and make us thankful for what we have. But we rather hear less of those stories,

A story to pick up your spirits: The Times on a homeless man who was given a second chance by Upper East Siders.

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By Jen Chung in News on February 15, 2004 6:43 PM

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Stephanie

Yes, true, NYC is just another city, big cities have more violence, i lived in Houston for awhile and rapes, murders, kidnappings, etc. happened everyday, even though i didn't like hearing about it, it was good to know whats going around where you live.

Kristen

When I moved to NYC, I was 18 and I moved into a building on WEA - a month before I got there a Columbia coed was raped and murdered on the roof and I ended up moving into her apartment. It wasn't until about a year later that the people in the building told me about it. I think about it -- the timing and all. Horribly sad but spooky somehow. It could have been me... one month earlier...

NYC feels like a small town - but the truth is it's a city -- that's just the grim reality...

Jen

What do you mean, a rounded picture? We do post about those kinds of stories - we are just commenting that while we are posting about them, it doesn't mean we like to hear about them in the broader context. We don't like hearing about hit and runs either.

denny

if gothamist is about new york, then why doesn't it paint a rounded picture?

ie. speaking of pictures. all the other posts on the page have pictures but this doesn't.

why not include:

- http://www.nydailynews.com/ips_rich_content/321-chinesedelivery1.JPG

Sister of teen slain delivering food cries behind family restaurant yesterday.

so yes, we do live in a dangerous place. i live in the bronx and as an asian family i have constant fear of my childen's safety at school.

i fear for my wife's safety everytime she comes home late from work that she might get raped at the train station. if i am able i will wait for her at the station but i have been mugged and stabbed twice.