One young professional's everyday observations of the daily commute on the New York City subway system.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Magazine
I notice this afternoon that the three people standing in front of me as I sit on the 5 train are all reading the exact same thing- New York Magazine’s 40th Anniversary edition. The same magazine I too was reading all last week on the subway and finally finished this morning. I also notice someone else seated across from me reading the identical New York Times Sunday Magazine from two weekends ago that I am currently flipping through now. Everyone likes to say New York is so diverse and we like to think we are such individuals. But really we are all the same.
I have been living in Manhattan since this past January. I live in a rent stabilized walk-up in the less-glamorous part of the Upper East Side and work in corporate treasury down in the Financial District. I have decided to start blogging about my commute everyday- the things I see and the observations I make below the streets of New York each morning (and evening).
Every day I get on the 6 train headed downtown and then switch to the 4 or 5 at either Grand Central or Union Square. I get off at the Fulton Street stop.
Will this blog be boring? Only time will tell…
1 comment:
Tonight is my last night in New York, and not once did I ride the subways. I am very disappointed in myself.
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