The rain in Spain falls..... Who cares about the rain in Spain? In NYC,
the rain keeps falling. You know how when it rains really hard you say,
“It can’t keep raining this hard. It’s going to pass.” Well, not today.
It keeps coming and coming and coming. We need the rain, not as much
as California but everyone need the rain. It prevents a drought, which
could mean you can’t water your lawn or wash your car, except in
California where they do all those things -- but of course they are delusional in
California.
Anyway, when it rains in Metropolitan NYC, people lose their minds. It’s not quite as bad as when it snows in the DC Metropolitan area. People in the south do not know how to drive in the snow. There is no reason for this because DC is not the south. It snows every year -- so it shouldn’t be a surprise.
There is no snow removal so people have lots of time to practice driving.
Back to NY and the surrounding areas. In NYC the highway on the west side, the Henry Hudson, as well as the highway on the east side, the FDR, both flood. As do the streets. It is almost impossible to walk without suffering the consequences of backed up sewers. It’s gross. The cars and trucks go flying by without any concern for the people standing on the sidewalks being splashed with filthy water. But pedestrians are not the point of this blob. Drivers seem to lose their minds along with the ability to drive. And to make it worse the deliverymen on bicycles weave in and out of the traffic so the cars keep swerving, so as not to hit them. These people have no experience even with swerving, it’s the city where there are millions of cars and terrible traffic so people go straight ahead.
There was a time when any weather put me in a bad mood. Rain, snow, wind, fog, everything but sunlight and and 70 degrees. This may be an exaggeration but not much of one. I moved to DC where there was mostly no weather except for an occasional snowstorm which crippled the city. And the humidity in the summer -- but everything was air-conditioned. When, after 30 years or so, we moved we moved to upstate NY, where the snow started early and lasted what seemed like forever. This shouldn’t be explained in the past tense because it is where we live now. It’s my least favorite of all the weathers. So where does a person who doesn’t like the weather live?
It’s beyond my decision making ability. Oh, and I hate to have to drive to places where there are things people need everyday, like the supermarket, or the drug store, or the liquor store (kidding). So LA, where there is hardly any weather is out. This means a city is a more likely place for us than a suburb. Soooo, if anyone can think of a Burnett paradise, we are willing to consider it. Just remember the parameters: no weather, no insane drivers, and no right wing political fanatics. I know I didn’t mention that before but where there is weather, you are likely to find political zealots even though there are no statistics about this. In fact, I may have made it up. But it was snowing this morning and now it’s raining hard , so even the most outrageous statements make perfectly good sense to me.
Anyway, when it rains in Metropolitan NYC, people lose their minds. It’s not quite as bad as when it snows in the DC Metropolitan area. People in the south do not know how to drive in the snow. There is no reason for this because DC is not the south. It snows every year -- so it shouldn’t be a surprise.
There is no snow removal so people have lots of time to practice driving.
Back to NY and the surrounding areas. In NYC the highway on the west side, the Henry Hudson, as well as the highway on the east side, the FDR, both flood. As do the streets. It is almost impossible to walk without suffering the consequences of backed up sewers. It’s gross. The cars and trucks go flying by without any concern for the people standing on the sidewalks being splashed with filthy water. But pedestrians are not the point of this blob. Drivers seem to lose their minds along with the ability to drive. And to make it worse the deliverymen on bicycles weave in and out of the traffic so the cars keep swerving, so as not to hit them. These people have no experience even with swerving, it’s the city where there are millions of cars and terrible traffic so people go straight ahead.
There was a time when any weather put me in a bad mood. Rain, snow, wind, fog, everything but sunlight and and 70 degrees. This may be an exaggeration but not much of one. I moved to DC where there was mostly no weather except for an occasional snowstorm which crippled the city. And the humidity in the summer -- but everything was air-conditioned. When, after 30 years or so, we moved we moved to upstate NY, where the snow started early and lasted what seemed like forever. This shouldn’t be explained in the past tense because it is where we live now. It’s my least favorite of all the weathers. So where does a person who doesn’t like the weather live?
It’s beyond my decision making ability. Oh, and I hate to have to drive to places where there are things people need everyday, like the supermarket, or the drug store, or the liquor store (kidding). So LA, where there is hardly any weather is out. This means a city is a more likely place for us than a suburb. Soooo, if anyone can think of a Burnett paradise, we are willing to consider it. Just remember the parameters: no weather, no insane drivers, and no right wing political fanatics. I know I didn’t mention that before but where there is weather, you are likely to find political zealots even though there are no statistics about this. In fact, I may have made it up. But it was snowing this morning and now it’s raining hard , so even the most outrageous statements make perfectly good sense to me.
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