NY's Dumbest; NYC sanitation workers destroy a Ford Explorer (language)

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Had to grab the numbers from Wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City

Area
- Urban    3,352.6 sq mi (8,683.2 km2)
 - Metro    6,720 sq mi (17,405 km2)

Population density
 - Urban    18,223,567
 - Urban density    5,435.7/sq mi (2,098.7/km2)
 - Metro    19,006,798
 - Metro density    2,828.4/sq mi (1,092/km2)

It comes down to a choice of which is more important, getting the streets open or the personal property of arrogant assholes who think the rules are for every one else. I guarantee that was not the only vehicle in the way and it wasn't the only one trashed, based on the New Yorkers I see around here, while I have no doubt the loader driver is an arrogant prick, the owner of the SUV deserved what he got. In fact, if the loader then went and smashed in the wall of the guys apartment I would not blame him.

That is a sh!t load of area to clear, and with that population density there isn't much room to work.
Here's some other stuff from wiki to show how important getting the streets open is, not just to New Yorkers, but to the whole world.

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York City has a significant impact on global commerce, finance, media, culture, art, fashion, research, education, and entertainment. As host of the United Nations Headquarters, it is also an important center for international affairs.
Some of the city's media conglomerates include Time Warner, the Thomson Reuters Corporation, the News Corporation, the Hearst Corporation, and Viacom. Seven of the world's top eight global advertising agency networks have their headquarters in New York.[104] Three of the "Big Four" record labels' headquarters, are in New York City; Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group. One-third of all American independent films are produced in New York.[105]

More than 200 newspapers and 350 consumer magazines have an office in the city[105] and the book-publishing industry employs about 25,000 people.[106]

Two of the three national daily newspapers in the United States are New York papers:The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times which has won the most Pulitzer Prizes for journalism.

Major tabloid newspapers in the city include:

    * The New York Daily News and The New York Post, founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton.

The city also has a major ethnic press, with 270 newspapers and magazines published in more than 40 languages.[107] El Diario La Prensa is New York's largest Spanish-language daily and the oldest in the nation.[108] The New York Amsterdam News, published in Harlem, is a prominent African American newspaper. The Village Voice is the largest alternative newspaper

The television industry developed in New York and is a significant employer in the city's economy.

The four major American broadcast networks are all headquartered in New York: ABC; CBS; FOX and NBC, Many cable channels are based in the city as well, including; MTV; Fox News; HBO and Comedy Central.

In 2005, there were more than 100 television shows taped in New York City.[109]

New York is also a major center for non-commercial media. The oldest public-access television channel in the United States is the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, founded in 1971.[110] *WNET is the city's major public television station and a primary source of national programming. PBS programming. WNYC, a public radio station owned by the city until 1997, has the largest public radio audience in the United States.[111]

The City of New York operates a public broadcast service, NYCTV, that produces several original Emmy Award-winning shows covering music and culture in city neighborhoods and city government.
New York is a global hub of international business and commerce and is one of three "command centers" for the world economy (along with London and Tokyo).[121] The city is a major center for finance, insurance, real estate, media and the arts in the United States.
New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street, the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar volume

The New York metropolitan area had approximately gross metropolitan product of $1.13 trillion in 2005,[122][123] making it the largest regional economy in the United States and, according to IT Week, the second largest city economy in the world.[124] According to Cinco Dias, New York controlled 40% of the world's finances by the end of 2008, making it the largest financial center in the world.[125][126][127]

Many major corporations are headquartered in New York City, including 42 Fortune 500 companies.[128] New York is also unique among American cities for its large number of foreign corporations. One out of ten private sector jobs in the city is with a foreign company.[129]

Manhattan had 353.7 million square feet (32,860,000 m²) of office space in 2001.[130]

Midtown Manhattan is the largest central business district in the United States. Lower Manhattan is the third largest central business district in the United States, and is home to The New York Stock Exchange, located on Wall Street, and the NASDAQ, representing the world's first and second largest stock exchanges, respectively, when measured by average daily trading volume and overall market capitalization.[131] Financial services account for more than 35% of the city's employment income.[132]

Real estate is a major force in the city's economy, as the total value of all New York City property was $802.4 billion in 2006.[133] The Time Warner Center is the property with the highest-listed market value in the city, at $1.1 billion in 2006.[133] New York City is home to some of the nation's—and the world's—most valuable real estate. 450 Park Avenue was sold on July 2, 2007 for $510 million, about $1,589 per square foot ($17,104/m²), breaking the barely month-old record for an American office building of $1,476 per square foot ($15,887/m²) set in the June 2007 sale of 660 Madison Avenue.[134]

The city's television and film industry is the second largest in the country after Hollywood.[135] Creative industries such as new media, advertising, fashion, design and architecture account for a growing share of employment, with New York City possessing a strong competitive advantage in these industries.[136]

High-tech industries like biotechnology, software development, game design, and internet services are also growing, bolstered by the city's position at the terminus of several transatlantic fiber optic trunk lines.[137] Other important sectors include medical research and technology, non-profit institutions, and universities.

Manufacturing accounts for a large but declining share of employment. Garments, chemicals, metal products, processed foods, and furniture are some of the principal products.[138] The food-processing industry is the most stable major manufacturing sector in the city.[139] Food making is a $5 billion industry that employs more than 19,000 residents. Chocolate is New York City's leading specialty-food export, with $234 million worth of exports each year.[139]

[billt]

It comes down to a choice of which is more important, getting the streets open or the personal property of arrogant assholes who think the rules are for every one else........In fact, if the loader then went and smashed in the wall of the guys apartment I would not blame him.

So we now have you to determine everyone in New York City with a vehicle buried in snow, and unable to be moved, is nothing more than a "arrogant prick". I don't care if the snow is 6' deep, and the street 8' wide. Or for that matter how populous the city is, or how many "record labels" headquarter there, or Kosher deli's there are per sq. mile, or what the average temperature is in the month of December, or any other meaningless blather you want to put forth in an effort to defend total ignorance and stupidity.

A blind man could see from a 3rd floor window, the front tire of that loader overlapped the front of that vehicle by well over a foot. Stupidity has no defense, period. Legal or otherwise. It was so obvious the worst practicing attorney in New York State could most likely make a successful argument in open court it was done deliberate. You don't even know who owns that vehicle. With what do you base that he or she is an "arrogant asshole"? Perhaps they were stranded at an airport thousands of miles away like tens of thousands of others who travel to see family over the holidays, and couldn't get to their car to move it if they so wanted. It doesn't matter because it changes nothing when idiot's set out to prove just how low their I.Q. is.

The fact you would even defend these stupid buffoons, along with what they did brings a lot into question. Where were these people supposed to put their cars if in fact they could move them anywhere? I've seen stupid city ordinances, along with the idiot city managers who tried to enforce them, get thrown out of office because of it. (Chicago....Bilandic / Byrne 1979). All done in the voting booth by these same people who you like to refer to as "arrogant assholes". These same people pay the taxes that provide these morons with their overpriced salary.

This is the same city that won't trust it's citizenry to carry a handgun, but they'll trust a clown like that with a 20 ton front loader. Having lived in and around the city of Chicago for almost 40 Winters, I don't need a geography lesson, or education on urban snow removal, or the difficulty faced when it happens. As they say, welcome to life in the big city. In 1967, and again in 1979 people went weeks before many of Chicago's streets could be cleared, and cars moved. When you stick millions of people in a very concentrated area, then dump 20+ inches of snow on it overnight, it tends to pose a bit more of a problem than it does for farmer Brown getting to his mailbox. None of it allows for fools to prove their stupidity at the expense of others. Your position reflects you have other issues. Perhaps I was a little over optimistic when I suggested "evergreen food". Trail Mix for the seagulls at the landfill might be a better application.   Bill T.

[TAB]

I've had so many assholes cars towed over the years...

The last one blocked me into a drive way.  Called the cops, they had a tow truck come hook it up.  right as he was putting the lights on.  this lady comes out.  "I was only there a few mins "  The officer says:" this guy called almost a hour ago, and why do you have a yoga mat with you?"  there was a yoga place right around the coner. 

Long story short, not only did she get a nice fat ticket, she also got charged, for the tow truck.  she was damn lucky she came out when she did.  other wise it would have been $$$$$$$ in impound fees.  The officer told me after she left, if she had not lied about being there for so long he would have let her go with just a warning.

I've also had guy park behind me in home depot lots so I could not get out...  we had his truck towed to another home depot.  I bet he was pissed.

[billt]

I've had so many assholes cars towed over the years...

Legitimately towing them with the owners knowledge is one thing. Destroying them either deliberately, or out of stupidity is another.  Bill T.

[billt]

 It is amazing the control you have with an articulating boom and a winch.

They more then successfully proved otherwise.   Bill T.

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[MikeBjerum]

They more then successfully proved otherwise.   Bill T.

No, the the tow driver proved what can happen when you are too lazy to set the booms and use the winches.

[MikeBjerum]

Here are a couple quotes from New York City (NYC) officials to make your head spin:

1.  NYC says it costs one million dollars per inch of snow to clean up.  This storm dropped twenty inches, so it will use $20 million of the $22 million 2011 snow removal budget to clear;

2.  This is the first major storm of 2010.

I can understand the media spinning things by bringing next year's figures into this year's issues, but why are city officials using these numbers?  Did they have too much money left over, so they used it for a Christmas party?

[billt]

Large eastern seaboard and Midwestern cities are always going to get Winter blizzards and snow storms. Always have, and always will. They are a large, expensive inconvenience. People will complain, work will be lost, and money will be spent that was not put aside. Life will go on. Today we prepare less, and complain more. All while service gets worse and worse.

You never heard of people being kept captive in commercial aircraft for 8 and 10 hours on the tarmac, not being allowed to deplane because they weren't assigned to a gate. It's insanity, and it's been happening for several years now with zero progress being made to rectify it. Why? Simply because people are becoming more and more inept at their jobs. It used to be to get a job with the city, or the Federal government it was because of who you knew. Now it appears to be based on how little you know. The morons on that video are a shining example of that.   Bill T.

[PegLeg45]

Large eastern seaboard and Midwestern cities are always going to get Winter blizzards and snow storms. Always have, and always will. They are a large, expensive inconvenience. People will complain, work will be lost, and money will be spent that was not put aside. Life will go on. Today we prepare less, and complain more. All while service gets worse and worse.

You never heard of people being kept captive in commercial aircraft for 8 and 10 hours on the tarmac, not being allowed to deplane because they weren't assigned to a gate. It's insanity, and it's been happening for several years now with zero progress being made to rectify it. Why? Simply because people are becoming more and more inept at their jobs. It used to be to get a job with the city, or the Federal government it was because of who you knew. Now it appears to be based on how little you know. The morons on that video are a shining example of that.   Bill T.

That....... and the fact that the sheeple put up with it.

[billt]

That....... and the fact that the sheeple put up with it.

Very true. Today no one takes charge. Everyone just goes along with it. Don't rock the boat. Don't make waves, you might get in trouble. As a result nothing happens. When some guy takes action, like this veteran airline pilot who shot cell phone video blowing a ton of holes through the TSA airport "security system" in San Francisco, armed Federal agents showed up at his house with a warrant to harass him, and took his firearm. This is your reward when you point out the idiot's within the system, along with the crappy job they're doing. I don't doubt the kid who shot this video of the tow truck buffoons will meet with some type of "resistance" because of his actions. This is quickly boiling to a head, and it will get ugly when it finally does boil over and make a mess.   Bill T.