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To: Dale Baker who wrote (67666)	5/22/2008 10:47:46 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542907

I love to visit NY, but would only want to live there if I were very, very rich, and only for a couple of years. But our older son, who has been there two years now (and is not very, very rich) loves it, the energy and creativity, the people, the whole anbience, and our younger son, in his seventh year in LA, a city I really don't care for at all, wouldn't think of leaving. We were so lucky to be able to travel with them when they were small and Dan was in international marketing. Now that we don't get our free flights, I am horrified at the cost. You mean we have to PAY to fly? Hopefully AMR stays alive long enough for us to get our flight benefits back in two years.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (67666)	5/22/2008 11:38:34 AM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542907

NY is a love it or hate it place. I've been several times and am still struggling to find the attraction. OTOH, loved Paris...could live there.

To: Dale Baker who wrote (67666)	5/22/2008 2:09:14 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542907

>> NY is a love it or hate it place. I go once every ten years or so and don't miss it at all in between. It's not hard to stay in touch with the many TV shows filmed on the streets. The don't-love-NY crowd looks at the background shots and remembers why they are happy not to be in that urban jungle.<< Dale - I lived in NYC for 21 years, and by the end of that time, I had had enough of it. It's got all kinds of positive attributes, but it is also a stressful place to live. One has to work very hard just to live like a human being, let alone living well. Now, after several years away, I am starting to miss it. But I think visiting will scratch that itch. I wouldn't want to move back unless somebody offered me my dream job there, with a dream compensation package to match. - Allen