Post AvafcU3Sge3JHdcvmS by futurebird@sauropods.win
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(DIR) Post #AvabJ2DjYBXDdctzdI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-28T12:40:05Z
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One of the main reasons people come to NYC, stay in NYC and like NYC is because it's one of the places in the US and one of the places where a large number of people share a common value system built on the celebration of diversity and the power we derive and joy we find in living together not just tolerating but actively seeking out people who see the world differently. THIS is how you learn.Finding the way to do this without compromising any of these individual identities.
(DIR) Post #AvabeWywNKkN7lEV8q by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-28T12:43:58Z
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It's been really "interesting" to see that there are people who find this whole project not just naive and idealistic, but that there are people that are basically disgusted that it's happening at all. Even if they don't have to ride on the subway car where you can find 16 different religions and 25 different languages. Even if no one is forcing them to participate but they can't abide that somewhere people are trying to live like this. To them I say "bite me."
(DIR) Post #Avabnvt599T8yPyYS0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-28T12:45:40Z
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And obviously it's not something everyone in NYC buys into, but it's a pretty big deal for a lot of us. And I think people underestimate how important this is for the kind of people who make their way to this city. How much it makes it *home*
(DIR) Post #AvabzoQAjRFxIB7ND6 by rlstone4dems@mastodon.social
2025-06-28T12:47:48Z
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@futurebird Perfectly said, myrmepropagandist!!
(DIR) Post #AvacUGHbhsDoOLdByq by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-28T12:53:19Z
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I could have a much bigger house if I moved to some other city. But, I'd never "fit in" like I do here or in the other cities, and communities that are like this (NYC isn't the only one, but it's the largest one where English is one of the main languages.)And it's not just about religion or ethnicity... it's something that people who know what it's like to NOT fit in will seek out. It's the whole point in many ways.
(DIR) Post #AvadTOO2BxJZBnmqBM by generika@bananachips.club
2025-06-28T13:03:34Z
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@futurebird I must visit your city for the reasons you describe. I've always admired new Yorkers because they obviously love people (something I struggle to do) or they wouldn't live there.
(DIR) Post #AvadWgaqxKmWWdLxU8 by flowerpot@mas.to
2025-06-28T13:04:52Z
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@futurebird Yes! And there is another reason that I love NYC. I'll try to paraphrase as close to what I heard/read said, even though I don't recall who said this (maybe Anthony Bourdain): "New York City is one of the few (or only) places in the world where you aren't the main character in your head" ....presumably because there is so much going on all the time. It's true. I would forget about my own inner voice and stay present in the surrounding mix, when I used to live there.
(DIR) Post #AvaelEhh20F8KD3R3Y by alec@perkins.pub
2025-06-28T13:18:41Z
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@futurebird those who benefit from racial-/caste-based power structures feel threatened by the very existence of pluralistic society. Even within NYC you can see how people from more homogenous areas shy away pluralism:
(DIR) Post #AvaeuxxU92ARHo53tA by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
2025-06-28T13:20:31Z
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@futurebird magats thinking they're defending the city so that it can be "great again" when in fact they're attacking the thing that actually made it great
(DIR) Post #Avaf3ohVvwb9BFpYiO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-28T13:22:09Z
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@alec I don't think checking if an area in NYC is less than 10 percent white captures if it's "diverse" very well.I'm in the Bronx and Mamdani didn't do well here compared to the rest of the city, but this is mostly due to low turn-out. Only the older people vote and they simply have not caught up yet on who he is, or even what Cuomo or the current excuse for a mayor we have.Even in an area that's 80 percent white in NYC you have diversity... but those areas are wealthy.
(DIR) Post #AvafBHnY9HX5S3DPu4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-28T13:23:29Z
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@alec I agree with your larger point, but I think there are some nuances here. The biggest divide is about the age of the voters and turnout. And the key job to have better elections is to increase youth turnout. This is a lot of work but I think it can be done.
(DIR) Post #AvafcU3Sge3JHdcvmS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-28T13:28:15Z
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@Nightmancore There are people who are even disgusted by St. Louis. NYC is just a more superlative version of whatever it is that sets them off.
(DIR) Post #AvagwMZYJdnBp5gEWe by MarvinFreeman@mastodon.online
2025-06-28T13:43:10Z
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@futurebird I think the density and diversity of NYC have led to a population that is habitually tolerant of others. Marvelous and encouraging to experience.
(DIR) Post #Avaj69Yzjn5eHSDPn6 by APBBlue@thepit.social
2025-06-28T14:07:19Z
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@futurebird As someone who grew up in an extremely white place where there was literally no diversity to speak of, I am a much better person for living in D.C. since 2009.