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vowelqueue t1_jacrek5 wrote

I've always felt that getting a major roadway named after you in the NYC area is such a dishonor. Your name is just going to get associated with a dangerous, congested, aging piece of infrastructure that is generally hated by the public.

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myassholealt t1_jacwjda wrote

Whenever I'm in a bad mood or having a bad day, I come to this sub to read comments and leave feeling better because as bad as my day was, I'm still not as miserable as the users here who find a reason to hate any and everything possible, and complain about all of it.

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justfetus t1_jad21zj wrote

I feel the same way about most of Reddit and social media. Most people just seem to try to find something to criticize, no matter what the subject is. What a cynical existence.

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trophy_74 t1_jaea275 wrote

As a person who’s not from NYC, y’all deserve to complain about the city government. Your leaders are beholden to the interests of tourists and foreign investors.

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epicxownage t1_jad0xvt wrote

Username checks out. Thanks for your thoughtful contribution to the discourse today

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myassholealt t1_jad1l2e wrote

Sorry.

"Naming things suck and such a waste of resources. Incompetent!"

There's your community-sanctioned contribution.

Though I do love how you complainers always hate the person who points out that you fools hate everything. Fitting though, if you think about it.

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DeathPercept10n t1_jadgv1c wrote

They couldn't see the irony if they were smacked in the face with it.

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RedditSkippy t1_jactqpf wrote

Seriously. I would be like, “No, please just plant a tree in my name.”

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onyourrite t1_jactqct wrote

""Ed Koch"" ""Van Wyck"" ""Verrazano"" 🤮

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photo-smart t1_jadc78d wrote

They say no one's ever beaten the Van Wyck

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pompcaldor t1_jaemsc3 wrote

I’ve never had a problem with the Verrazano.

The highways immediately after… different story.

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DonConnection t1_jada15y wrote

"I don't give a fuck where you are in America, if you're on Martin Luther King Boulevard there's some violence going down"

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Darth_JarJar300 t1_jacyp5w wrote

Yes, we should be leasing naming rights and collecting money instead.

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Rottimer t1_jad8su9 wrote

And honestly, the Jackie Robinson is fucking awful. Not the infrastructure as much as the drivers though.

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lupuscapabilis t1_jadlq21 wrote

What, you don't feel safe with an enclosed 2-lane area with curves and drivers doing 50?

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coffeeshopslut t1_jaektgt wrote

The FDR takes the cake for that. Trusting people to do 3 wide in an enclosed space and people battle for position at 60mph at 9pm really makes you feel alive

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wwants t1_jaeynaj wrote

It’s the illegal dirt bike gangs swarming you or the two assholes in low-rider racers flying past you at 90mph swerving through traffic that really enhance the experience. Late night FDR is a blood-curdling danger zone.

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eggplantsforall t1_jae4as3 wrote

My favorite part is the hard right turn at the bottom of the hill going under an overpass, right before exit 6 I think. I never go into that parallel with another car.

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Rottimer t1_jaepb3o wrote

50? I’d be happy if they were doing 50. More like 65 is what I see.

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DonConnection t1_jadadkt wrote

The infrastructure is terrible too. I've forgotten the last time they haven't been doing construction on it

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