Comments on: What’s Good for the Naked Cowboy Is Good for NYC http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/27/whats-good-for-the-naked-cowboy-is-good-for-nyc/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Omri http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/27/whats-good-for-the-naked-cowboy-is-good-for-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-63805 Omri Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:47:34 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5559#comment-63805 So after this completes he'll start wearing more clothes? WIN! So after this completes he’ll start wearing more clothes?

WIN!

]]> By: Max Rockatansky http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/27/whats-good-for-the-naked-cowboy-is-good-for-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-63804 Max Rockatansky Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:35:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5559#comment-63804 Good lord, what does he mean by "serve"??? Good lord, what does he mean by “serve”???

]]> By: Rhywun http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/27/whats-good-for-the-naked-cowboy-is-good-for-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-63787 Rhywun Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:49:19 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5559#comment-63787 From what I can tell the nay-sayers' opposition stems from their unwillingness to lose any square-footage of asphalt, period, rather than anything specific about this particular experiment. Because if you give an inch here, sooner or later pedestrians will be on an equal footing with automobiles when it comes to the allocation of space in the city, and we can't allow that. From what I can tell the nay-sayers’ opposition stems from their unwillingness to lose any square-footage of asphalt, period, rather than anything specific about this particular experiment. Because if you give an inch here, sooner or later pedestrians will be on an equal footing with automobiles when it comes to the allocation of space in the city, and we can’t allow that.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/27/whats-good-for-the-naked-cowboy-is-good-for-nyc/comment-page-1/#comment-63786 Glenn Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:47:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5559#comment-63786 Plus people 10 feet away would actually hear the music before are shocked that he's naked instead of after. The Naked Cowboy doesn't wear clothes because no one can hear him over the din of traffic noise and a clothed man with a guitar doesn't stand out while you in fear of cars running you over. It shows what lengths people go to just to grab a moment's attention above the noise and fear of automobiles that dominates a pedestrian's life. Plus people 10 feet away would actually hear the music before are shocked that he’s naked instead of after.

The Naked Cowboy doesn’t wear clothes because no one can hear him over the din of traffic noise and a clothed man with a guitar doesn’t stand out while you in fear of cars running you over. It shows what lengths people go to just to grab a moment’s attention above the noise and fear of automobiles that dominates a pedestrian’s life.

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