Submitted by Icewear_Daddy t3_10spnj6 in news
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Pinkie_Flamingo t1_j72rez6 wrote
"Cleanest the rivers have been in 100 years" doesn't seem like it would be clean enough to swim in safely.
Also, what about climate change? As these rivers rise, won't beaches encourage flooding?
Lastly, whut about crime? Murderers have been throwing victims' bodies in the East River probably since before 1496.
Adavadava t1_j72ropb wrote
Many people go to beaches just to tan, even at rockaway.
Adavadava t1_j72rvy2 wrote
No swimming is more about shipping and currents (the hudson is cold, fast, strong, and filled with boats). Also, the hudson river isnt the east river.
Adavadava t1_j72s0ni wrote
Hey, anything to thin out the weekend warrior herd in rockaways is welcome.
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sicariobrothers t1_j734uir wrote
You would swim?
thatisnotmyknob t1_j7366oc wrote
Ew so people just sweat for hours is the hot sun and don't bathe until they get home? That sounds awful (and unpleasant for everyone around them).
thatisnotmyknob t1_j736cdu wrote
Not in the Hudson or the East River. I swim in the Atlantic all the time.
thatisnotmyknob t1_j736qfa wrote
Yea and based on currents alot of those bodies are found in Williamsburg (according to cops I talked to as I watched them fish out a body in Long Island City).
thatisnotmyknob t1_j736usu wrote
The beach in Brooklyn is on the East River.
Pinkie_Flamingo t1_j73cvfd wrote
If you cannot safely eat fish caught in the river due to pollution, I don't think you can swim in it safely either.
kslusherplantman t1_j73jmeg wrote
You mean like summer in Boston? I don’t deal well with humid heat…
thatisnotmyknob t1_j73uygi wrote
I literally have heat intolerance going to the beach and not swimming sounds insane
eggitywegs t1_j73x4ms wrote
If some mild BO is unpleasant for someone, then they aren't cut out for nyc lol. They wouldn't notice it over the smell of trash heaps and aerosolized piss that hangs in the air here between june and september anyways.
thatisnotmyknob t1_j74buoq wrote
Yea I live here and take the train to the beach. Why be a part of the problem?
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Fine_With_It_All t1_j766evd wrote
This made me crack up - perfect description of nyc.
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eggitywegs t1_j7iz9nm wrote
Is the problem people who tan at the beach or people who don't mind their own business?
thatisnotmyknob t1_j72p0z7 wrote
Is it really a beach of you can't swim? Ima say no and continue to go to Brighton or Jacob Riis. Also a lot of bodies wash up in that part of Brooklyn due to currents so again...pass.