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Saving The Beatrice Inn Is NYC's Most Pressing Issue

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kneetoe
06/26/09

In reply to Saving The Beatrice Inn Is NYC's Most Pressing Issue
I love that she was there to save her brother's club. Maybe she should run for office.

Having worked on the city's last update to the noise code, I know more about this issue than I care to. Therefore, in compliance with said code, I will now shut up.
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Nic Fit
06/26/09

@kneetoe: Do you think the updated noise code has had any effect on noise? I tend to think that noise is a perennial political issue, but the reality is the city will always be noisy and it's really a generational battle.
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kneetoe
06/26/09

@Nic Fit: It was a step in the right direction, especially moving towards standards based on what you can hear instead of what you can measure with a machine that no one is walking around with. That said, enforcement is still very difficult, noise in the city is ubiquitous (and often transitory), and the nightlife lobby is nearly as strong as the people who got no sleep are angry.
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Nic Fit
06/26/09

@kneetoe: Why didn't they just give people noise meters? They cost like $20 a pop.
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LogSlide
06/26/09

@kneetoe: You actually write laws to manage the public's noise level? That reminds me of the principal in Footloose who outlawed dancing and other tomfoolery. That line of work do it for you? Just curious.
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City_Dater
06/26/09

@LogSlide:

I'm guessing you're either really young or live somewhere really boring...

Noise in cities, what with bars, traffic, men with tiny penises who choose to compensate with large car stereos, people who get drunk and holler under their exes' windows at 4am, is kind of a big problem.
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Nic Fit
06/26/09

In reply to Saving The Beatrice Inn Is NYC's Most Pressing Issue
Well, now you're never getting into the Beatrice, even if they stay open.
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