Dear Walter,
Your blog was so good, that I found myself thinking about it for days later.
This is a picture from this morning. The police have now become proactive in anticipation of the crowds, the traffic, and the mess it all becomes. The NYPD has devised a barricade system, to protect the pray-ers. These blue "police line do not cross" barriers are the same ones used in parades, and major crime scenes. Believe me when I say, you can get hit in the head with a police batton if you cross it.
Years ago they were the most pleasant people. They moved in, opened a shop, and would fall over to help you in their store.
Please, thank you, how are you, how is your family, have a nice day.
More and more stores opened.
More and more moved in.
They stopped saying please & thank you.
They stopped saying hello.
There is great strength in numbers. They aren't pleasant anymore, because their businesses no longer depend on customers like us to survive.
They aren't nice anymore, because they don't have to be.
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