tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post555800945167672530..comments2023-10-20T11:53:51.189-04:00Comments on Up The Beanstalk: In Defense Of My Home And ChildhoodErachethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660802321998349072noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-86505170587791724482008-11-30T01:35:00.000-05:002008-11-30T01:35:00.000-05:00Having been recently chastised by a good friend fo...Having been recently chastised by a good friend for NY-bashing, I am newly aware of how much this bothers people. I'll try to be better in the future.<BR/><BR/><BR/>...until I hear the next cow-tipping comment, anyway.Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911315552965685448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-71920614644097228082008-11-08T21:09:00.000-05:002008-11-08T21:09:00.000-05:00Aw c'mon, G - Don't be hatin'.Erachet, this is a g...Aw c'mon, G - Don't be hatin'.<BR/><BR/>Erachet, this is a great post that I think I want to print out, laminate, and have ready for people to read whenever necessary. You said it all so well.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, it's become a fun game to NY bash, and it gets old, draining, and inaccurate. Let's you and I make up the name of some small town and pretend we're from there, since they usually RaggedyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01022064984702182705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-24479402361665442762008-11-08T20:28:00.000-05:002008-11-08T20:28:00.000-05:00I happen to like New York, and I'm not sorry to ha...I happen to like New York, and I'm not sorry to have grown up there. I'm just not particularly interested in continuing to live there.Bas~Melechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01511197551248863790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-6961304156926254432008-11-06T15:14:00.000-05:002008-11-06T15:14:00.000-05:00People make fun of LA all the time, but we know it...People make fun of LA all the time, but we know it is because they are jealous.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-10534630666856175152008-11-06T14:47:00.000-05:002008-11-06T14:47:00.000-05:00There's something beautiful about growing up in a ...There's something beautiful about growing up in a small community like that, while still being close enough to the larger communities within NY to make use of their amenities. I've also been referred to as an out-of-towner :-)Josh M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14414532577328945154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-15758714201412766152008-11-06T14:19:00.000-05:002008-11-06T14:19:00.000-05:00Shoshana - Haha, really? That's funny. :)Littlebir...Shoshana - Haha, really? That's funny. :)<BR/><BR/>Littlebirdies - Yeah, probably the same place. Plus, I've never heard of there being a nut roll anywhere else. :)<BR/><BR/>Ezzie - Well, when I was in Israel for the year it took months for some people (out of towners) to learn I was from New York, and they were surprised when they found out. So think I'd pass the test? :P<BR/><BR/>Frayda - My Erachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660802321998349072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-66644562531307051702008-11-06T11:41:00.000-05:002008-11-06T11:41:00.000-05:00with all due respect...so what?Generalizations are...with all due respect...so what?<BR/><BR/>Generalizations are just that, "in general". Anybody who says them thinking they apply 100% across the board is a fool and anybody who hears them and takes it that way is equally as wrong.<BR/><BR/>If you're not that way and don't come from a place like that...great! Still does not change the realities.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, it just don't.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512231582715592098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-1335671402975352522008-11-06T11:11:00.000-05:002008-11-06T11:11:00.000-05:00at least they don't say "i hate new yorkers." your...at least they don't say "i hate new yorkers." your community sounds like a great place to grow up. i grew up in brooklyn and i enjoyed our shul that felt like a small community shul. we didn't have any of those wonderful programs you mentioned but it was a wonderful shul to be a part of. even in brooklyn, you can find places like that. i moved when i was 11 but i still love to go back to ny. i Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-10120933006599811172008-11-06T09:23:00.000-05:002008-11-06T09:23:00.000-05:00Very well argued.The real test, of course, is how ...Very well argued.<BR/><BR/>The real test, of course, is how long before you'd be pegged as a NYer if you spent a month "out of town"... :)Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-59959414642899554012008-11-06T08:08:00.000-05:002008-11-06T08:08:00.000-05:00You sound like you are describing the community my...You sound like you are describing the community my husband grew up in (down to the nut roll) in LI. If I'm correct, it's a wonderful community and the Rav of the YI is a very special person. <BR/><BR/>When people say they hate NY it's usually Brooklyn, 5 Towns, etc. Not the quiter communities. It's also because they are often from out of town where things are slower paced. I moved from MD to NY LittleBirdieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05532161424217457972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2671016537527752068.post-16975331523797832012008-11-06T05:04:00.000-05:002008-11-06T05:04:00.000-05:00Woo-hoo!!! Well said on behalf of all of us "out-o...Woo-hoo!!! Well said on behalf of all of us "out-of-towners" who some way or another ended up in NY for a little while, or longer...<BR/><BR/>I lived near your hometown for a couple of years and agree it's a great place...actually came across your picture in a friend's yearbook last week. (Of course, you were like in kindergarten and friend was in high school!)Shoshana Hurwitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03234983651685375484noreply@blogger.com