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• Commented on Census Shows Rich New Yorkers Held Strong as Recession Hit
  "Other head-scratching numbers among the wealthy recorded in last year's census, the number of New Yorkers making over $200K rose by 19,000 and the median income among the top five percent jumped up to $857,000." Where do you think all...
• Commented on Runoff Elections Costing You $14.4 Million!
  As the article notes, this is an easy fix. We just adopt instant runoff/ alternative vote, which they have in San Francisco (New York even had proportional representation at one point, but it was too much of a challenge to...
• Commented on Boat Rides on Gowanus, If You Dare!
  I hate to be another naysaying Gothamist commentator, but I've been to one of these events and its really like being on a party on a boat in an open sewer. Though I guess being on a boat in an...
• Commented on Are Park Slope Parents Killing the Romance?
  I've been starting to eat out less often due to too many encounters with boorish behavior in restaurants. I thought it was just me getting old. Its too bad because it looks like the only way that restaurant management is...
• Commented on Speaking Out Against Sidewalk Congestion
  I have to second most of the comments above. The "clutter" these days is really other pedestrians. We really need to bring back the notion of walking quickly, not drifting along the sidewalk, keep to the right, no more than...